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With so much despair in the world, maybe a little humour can help … a bit!
So many events in the world are tearing us apart. I’ll get to what I hope will bring you a few laughs, but first I need to unburden myself of some of what’s causing my despair. This is, sadly, hardly … Continue reading
When the most optimistic people aren’t feeling very optimistic
These times have been hard on almost everyone in some way or another. In the past 2+ years (or maybe in the past 6+ years), we’ve learned that no-one is immune from the world’s problems: the challenges of global pandemics, … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Climate change, COVID, economic disparity, equality, human rights, kindness, pandemic, poverty, Project Do Better, racism, sexism, social justice, war, world peace
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How to be an ally when we just aren’t sure what to do
In Canada, aside from the urgent threats from climate change (witness this week’s devastating floods and landslides in heat- and fire-ravaged British Columbia) and never-ending COVID, ensuring that the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Report are acted upon in … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Ally, ally to Indigenous peoples, Canada, discrimination, racism, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation Report, Wolastoqey
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You can’t change history, but you can change the consequences
Last week I tackled the first two items on my self-challenge list of who have been the most significant contributors throughout history to making the world a better place. I got through the enormous challenge of women’s rights and children’s … Continue reading
The greatest ___________ (fill in the blank); how do we decide who or what is most important to count?
Last week I shared the Charles Schulz’s philosophy on what’s most important to us all. The piece starts with a list of what defines success to many people: extreme wealth, winning pro athletes, beauty pageant winners, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: how do we change this reality?
Posted in Wordless Wednesday
Tagged inequality, manipulation, nationalism, philosophy, populism, racism
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Emancipation Day comes to Canada
There’s so much happening in our little corner of Canada this weekend. You might say that in New Brunswick we are being emancipated from the emergency restrictions put in place to combat COVID. Starting yesterday, the province that cut off … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged abolition, Canada, COVID, Emancipation Day, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, racism, slavery, systemic racism
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Indigenous History Month: What do baby steps in Reconciliation look like?
Last week’s post in recognition of National Indigenous History Month focused on one of the ugliest truths of the Canadian government’s heinous assaults on the Indigenous Peoples, the residential school system. There’s a long list of egregious government policies and … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged First Nations, Indigenous Peoples, indigenous racism, Land Acknowledgement, National Indigenous History Month, racism, Reconciliation, revisionist history, St. John River, systemic racism, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Wabanaki, Wolastoq, Wolastoqey, Wolastoqiyik
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