Narayever synagogue’s private sponsorship builds community By Clarrie Feinstein It took almost two years, but in March the First Narayever Congregation on Brunswick Avenue was finally able to welcome a Syrian refugee family into their community. When the couple and their five-year-old son arrived in Toronto, they became one of 14,000 privately sponsored families now […]
NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE (MAY 2017): Crisis breeds unity
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NEWS (APRIL 2017): Reclaiming the Anishinaabe past
April 10th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (APRIL 2017): Reclaiming the Anishinaabe past
Street-naming project highlights a 15,000-year history By Clarrie Feinstein How things are named can be loaded with historical, and often political, significance. Consider Toronto: in the Wendat language, Toronto refers to a fishing weir constructed of standing sticks in the water, implying this was an important gathering area for many Aboriginal peoples as the fish […]
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 […]
FOCUS ON EDUCATION (DECEMBER 2016): Decolonizing our schools
December 20th, 2016 · Comments Off on FOCUS ON EDUCATION (DECEMBER 2016): Decolonizing our schools
Putting the Indigenous land acknowledgement into practice By Clarrie Feinstein In September 2016, trustees at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) unanimously passed a motion to include an Indigenous land acknowledgement every morning before the singing of the national anthem. Introducing the acknowledgement is part of the Aboriginal Education Committee’s (AEC) mandate to decolonize Canadian […]
FOCUS ON EDUCATION (NOVEMBER 2016): Building a respectful future
November 18th, 2016 · Comments Off on FOCUS ON EDUCATION (NOVEMBER 2016): Building a respectful future
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. The treaty that was signed for this […]
NEWS (OCTOBER 2016); Ardent for arbour
October 28th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS (OCTOBER 2016); Ardent for arbour
Forestry activists call on province for support By Clarrie Feinstein After paradise was paved over this summer at a North York building site, an organization dedicated to preserving the city’s urban forest hosted a September meeting to discuss how citizens can help enforce Toronto’s tree bylaws. The clearing of 40 trees, including a 150-year-old linden […]
NEWS (AUGUST 2016): U of T committee tasked with responding to Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivers interim report
August 26th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS (AUGUST 2016): U of T committee tasked with responding to Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivers interim report
By Annemarie Brissenden and Clarrie Feinstein The University of Toronto (U of T) steering committee mandated with prioritizing the institution’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released its Interim Report last month, just as the Native Students’ Association launched a petition to implement a mandatory Indigenous studies credit across all levels […]