Equitable Infrastructure: a resource framing infrastructure types using an equitable placemaking lens
What if instead of going back to normal or back to before - we re-imagined tomorrow with justice and equity informing our built environment? Jay Pitter, Community Foundations of Canada & a group of revolutionary thinkers help to inform this report and an equitable placemaking lens that everyone can use.
Indigenous Joy
Everyday, aunties, cousins and relatives from every corner of our community are achieving, overcoming and winning. But the positive accomplishments rarely make headlines. We all need to work hard to change this and I have some ideas that could possibly make it so!
Housing Solutions for Indigenous Youth Aging Out of Care Releases Final Road Map
Check out the culmination of this nearly 2 year innovation research project! I personally want to thank HTFC Winnipeg (Zoe, Adam, Tim) for being our legal entity and all of the youth and families affected by child welfare who informed this road map. There are also nearly 100 organizations to thank, and volunteers from many prototyping groups we are indebted to!
If Every Child Mattered
I wrote this poem out of frustration, anger and sadness. Another mass grave was discovered and many people will talk about the tragedy. I continue to believe that if you want to do something productive, support and protect children today.
Darryl Buck Releases 2nd Full Length Album “Pray For Me”
Darryl Buck is excited to release his 2nd full length album of round dance songs with a modern twist called Pray For Me with collaborations from Wilfred Buck, to Hellnback and Lisa Muswagon and more! I'm honoured to have collaborated on one of the tracks called “Wakotawin”, listen to the new album and tell us what you think.
215
The recent discovery of 215 children’s bodies in an unmarked grave at an Indian Residential school in Kamloops BC people are rightfully horrified at the news. I have been struggling with this and have not been sure what to say - is there anything I could say that I haven’t already shared many times before? Ultimately, I wish for a day where stories of the success and happiness of Indigenous people are more plentiful than the stories of our pain.
The Resiliency Trap
Resiliency is a term used to describe individuals who are tough or have the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. But the way it is often used in academics and media is so problematic that I share my belief that when we only focus on how strong people are, we ignore the many challenges they should never have had to overcome in the first place!
Reframing Addiction: The Crisis of Disconnection | Attachment Network of MB | Podcast
Join a lively host and explore topics relating to addictions, healing and relationships with the Attachment Network of Manitoba’s new video podcast series. Welcome to “Reframing Addiction: The Crisis of Disconnection” featuring special guests Marion Cooper, Tim Fletcher, Marion Willis & Eldon Dueck.
Video: Vaccinated!
Shout out to Ma Mawi Chi Itata Centre for all their awesome work fighting the pandemic! This short video shares a few thoughts and some details of the experience for me. Let me know how you felt if you went to 363 McGregor like me!!
In Honour Of The Village We Have Today | Plan Canada
I recently co-authored an article aimed at city planners for Plan Canada’s Social and Racial Equity magazine in the spring of 2021. This article talks about the Housing Solutions for Indigenous Youth Aging Out Of Care Innovation project.