When I moved to the Houston area a few months ago, I was a little in shock. But recently a good friend told me a great saying: “Bloom where you’re planted.” So that’s what I’m doing. In the different towns and suburbs I’ve lived in across North America, one thing has always helped me feelContinue reading “Off 6 coffee house series ready to kick off!”
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How Contrarians Read a Book on Reconciliation: Jonathan Kay and In This Together
Disclaimer: What follows are my own ideas and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher (Brindle & Glass) and contributors. Also, I recognize the weirdness of two settlers discussing some of these ideas back and forth. But as some of my colleagues have told me, “we’re sick and tired of explaining this crap. YouContinue reading “How Contrarians Read a Book on Reconciliation: Jonathan Kay and In This Together”
Reconciliation Talk at Indigenous Arts Festival @ Fort York in Toronto
Quill & Quire Praises In This Together Anthology!
A selection of personal essays by indigenous and non-indigenous writers, In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation is a call for meaningful reconciliation between colonizers and indigenous people. Edited by author and historian Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, the anthology looks beyond government lip service and into the heart of Canada’s shameful past—and present. The theme of lossContinue reading “Quill & Quire Praises In This Together Anthology!”
Search is on for Edmonton’s Fourth Historian Laureate!
My two-year term as YEG’s third Historian Laureate winds up in late March 2016 and so it’s time to find someone new to fill the role. The Edmonton Historical Board and Edmonton Heritage Council co-manage the position and they’ve issued the call for nominations (self-nominations are acceptable too). Deadline is December 16th! If you orContinue reading “Search is on for Edmonton’s Fourth Historian Laureate!”
In This Together set to be published by Brindle & Glass in 2016
Brindle & Glass Publishing will publish In This Together: Fifteen True Stories of Real Reconciliation, a collection of reflective magazine-style essays edited by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail. Metcalfe-Chenail commissioned non-fiction pieces written by Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals from across Canada. The contributors are journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, a city planner, and a lawyer; they carefully consider their own experiencesContinue reading “In This Together set to be published by Brindle & Glass in 2016”
Who We Are: YEG’s Latin American Community
I was lucky to steal a few moments with Ana Laura Pachulo at her home this weekend to discuss the Latin American community in Edmonton. You can hear my column – and parts of my chat with her – this Wednesday at 4:40pm on CBC Radio Active. The column will be uploaded to SoundCloud shortlyContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Latin American Community”
Camsell Hospital: Summer Updates
I appreciate how much support and interest there has been in Edmonton and across the province around this research. In the wake of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Executive Summary, I think many of us are looking in our own backyards for opportunities to bring reconciliation home. #MyReconciliationIncludes what Justice Murray SinclairContinue reading “Camsell Hospital: Summer Updates”
Who We Are: YEG’s Pan-African Community
For this week’s CBC Radio Active column, I headed to the University of Alberta to interview Peter Midgley. Peter is the Senior Editor at the University of Alberta Press and the author of a recent memoir, Counting Teeth: A Namibian Story and the upcoming book of poetry based on this material. He has also written orContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Pan-African Community”
This Week’s CBC Column: YEG’s Muslim Community
This week my summer column returns to its normal time slot at 4:40pm on Wednesday. I will be speaking to the long Muslim history in Edmonton with help from social entrepreneur and heritage project leader, Omar Yaqub. If you can’t catch the column then, or you’d like to listen to past editions, please click hereContinue reading “This Week’s CBC Column: YEG’s Muslim Community”