Fighting Poverty with a New Attitude
“It’s hard to be self-motivated when someone is telling you what to do.” Todd Coombes spent most of his adulthood “on the low end of the money scale”, drifting, without […]
Belly Dancing for Afghan Literacy
“It is female-empowering. You are dancing into the earth.” Women and girls in Afghanistan are learning to read and write because an Ontario, Canada, woman loves to . . . […]
SENATE CALL: END SEX DISCRIMINATION IN INDIAN ACT
UPDATE: Canada’s federal government has brought the outstanding provisions of Bill S-3 into force, as of Aug. 15, 2019. This means the long standing sex discrimination in the Indian Act […]
Book Review of ‘Following Nimishoomis: The Trout Lake History of Dedibaayaanimanook Sarah Keesick Olsen’
Helen Agger. Following Nimishoomis: The Trout Lake History of Dedibaayaanimanook Sarah Keesick Olsen (Penticton, BC: Theytus Books, 2008). Review by Lynn Gehl, Ph.D. In Following Nimishoomis: The Trout Lake History […]
17 Tuesdays for 6(1)a All the Way!
UPDATE: Canada’s federal government has brought the outstanding provisions of Bill S-3 into force, as of Aug. 15, 2019. This means the long standing sex discrimination in the Indian Act […]
ReFrame Film Encourages ‘New Possibilities’ in Dementia Experiences
Time Travel, screening this coming weekend (Jan. 26) at the ReFrame Film Festival in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario delves into the world of dementia and the relationships between those with the illness and […]
Indigenous Women Await End to Indian Act Discrimination
UPDATE: Canada’s federal government has brought the outstanding provisions of Bill S-3 into force, as of Aug. 15, 2019. This means the long standing sex discrimination in the Indian Act […]
Palestine Needs Our Help, Says Human Rights Lawyer
The 25-year-old Oslo Peace Accords are long dead. A two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is no longer viable. The Trump administration recently cut all US funding to the United Nations Relief […]
A Biography of Lynn Gehl
Lynn Gehl, who resides in Peterborough, Ontario, is known across Canada as an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe who is an advocate, artist, writer, and an outspoken critic of colonial law and policies […]
The Tree of Peace Saves the Earth
By Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabkwe … the 1847 report on Indian Affairs recommended shifting from the provisions of ready-made clothes to the provisions of material with which to make clothes. […]
Find a Little Joy Each Day: Lessons From A Cancer Warrior
“Every day find that little piece of joy” – it’s a daily motto that keeps Barb Mills going strong, and it’s also her advice for anyone struggling. Barb fought the […]
