Narayever synagogue’s private sponsorship builds community
PHOTO COURTESY NARAYEVER SYNAGOGUE: Narayever members Mona Kornberg and Ricki Sharpe greet the Syrian family at the airport.
By Clarrie Feinstein
NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE (MAY 2017): Crisis breeds unity
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NEWS (APRIL 2017): Reclaiming the Anishinaabe past
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NEWS (FEBRUARY 2017): Building a stronger relationship
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U of T receives final report recommending response to TRC
By Clarrie Feinstein
The Steering Committee for the University of Toronto Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has answered a call to action. On Dec. 31, 2016, it released Wecheehetowin, a final report on how the university should respond to the dozens of educational reforms recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
FOCUS ON EDUCATION (DECEMBER 2016): Decolonizing our schools
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FOCUS ON EDUCATION (NOVEMBER 2016): Building a respectful future
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TDSB schools adopt traditional territories acknowledgement
Our local acknowledgement: “I would like to acknowledge that this school is situated upon traditional territories. The territories include the Wendat (wen-dat), Anishinabek (ah-nish-nah-bek) Nation, the Haudenosaunee (ho-den-oh-sho-nee) Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations, and the Métis (may-tee) Nation.
NEWS (OCTOBER 2016); Ardent for arbour
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Forestry activists call on province for support
PICTURE COURTESY ©ERIN MACDONALD/LEAF: Volunteers tend to LEAF’s Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Markham Road entrance of Bathurst subway station.
By Clarrie Feinstein
NEWS (AUGUST 2016): U of T committee tasked with responding to Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivers interim report
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PHOTO BY BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS: The manager of cultural programming at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Michael Etherington (above), suggests that introducing Indigenous teaching techniques to U of T could prompt “a complete paradigm shift” in which educators “take a step back and rethink our entire education system from the foundation upwards”.