February 2012
madonna’s new song ft. nicki minaj and m.i.a. sounds like a target commercial.
Police didn’t need to shoot man in hospital gown:... →
The anguished renovator who alerted police to a dazed man clad in a hospital gown lurking in the backyard of an east-end house last Friday says police did not need to kill him.
“From what I saw, this was uncalled for. There was no need to shoot him,” said Vince, who wouldn’t reveal his full name. “I don’t want the family to know it was me. I feel responsible. I’m still struggling to cope.”
The...
Hampstead crash survivors may be deported:... →
“The three migrant workers who survived a horrific crash in Hampstead, Ont., earlier this week will likely lose their workers’ compensation benefits and be deported, a provincial victims’ group says.
“‘Canada and the agricultural industry are quick to dispose of migrant workers who get injured in the course of their employment,” she said. “‘Workers are soon...
Inside a migrant worker transport van →
“You have a heart of gold
and I am kneeling in your bloodstream
panning for the...”
– Andrea Gibson, from “Staircase” (via loveyourchaos)
i just had an amazing conversation with a mentor who was super instrumental in how i understand decolonizing curricula. she’s kinda the big mama for talking about post-structural feminism in early childhood development. somehow we talked about haraway and companion species, spivak and time, anderson and national narratives, d&g and time as energy, queering finger paint, and hauntings in...
Ashley Aron, Bitch: I started a blorg. →
ashleyaron:
Dudes, check it out! I started a new blog. I left Facebook so now I need somewhere to post pictures of my cleavage and be self-deprecating. I also need somewhere to think and write through my grief process and post pictures of my cleavage. I think you’re gonna like it ‘cus sometimes I think I say…
YOU LEFT FACEBOOK. i love you ashley aron.
“Don’t be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be...”
– Dear Sugar, #41, Like an Iron Bell”
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Ontario crash tragedy sheds light on plight of... →
Monday’s horrific crash in southwestern Ontario, in which 10 migrant workers were killed when the van transporting them smashed into a truck and careened into a building by the side of the road, exposes a growing sector of Canada’s labour market that, despite its size, tends to go unnoticed.
In the span of a decade, temporary foreign workers’ ranks have swelled to more than 250,000 from...
“I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees,
The grass, and the waters, the birds and...”
–
The Lorax, it seems, commenting on this post about the new movie. (via nothingbutsurrender)
Relevant quote from the post: “The Lorax, obnoxiously voiced by Danny DeVito (the very opposite in personality from the gentle wisdom The Lorax should represent) points at another character and asks...
SOME WEAR BODIES :: Hari Malagayo Alluri →
Hari Malagayo Alluri is a poet, community facilitator and filmmaker who immigrated to South Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories at the age of 12 and believes in craft and movement. A VONA alum and finalist for the Joy HarjoPrize, his poems have appeared or are upcoming in 580 Split, Cutthroat, Lumina,Kweli Journal and TAYO Literary Magazine. Hari’s most recent collaborations are with Asian...
“Some of us live our lives in ‘the gap.’ This ‘gap’ is where we were born, how we...”
– Shaunga Tagore (via theredtree)
myownbody:
etiquette-etc:
Moderating a panel called “Fourway: The Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality” at the University of Victoria’s Student Union Building tomorrow (Feb. 7) from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Vertigo.
GOOOO-O-O-O-O-O-O!
and this is why i can never, never get behind on my dash! ughhhh
The Students of Colour Collective at the university is probably doing another...
Birthing While Black: An Experience I'll Never... →
They tested my newborn for drugs (though I’ve never taken an illicit substance in my entire life) without my consent — something I later found out hospitals do at disproportionately higher rates with black babies than white ones.
“Many find that compassion comes more easily toward the suffering of others than...”
– Noah Levine in The Heart of Revolution (via restoried)
Few refugees recognized from Sun Sea, Ocean Lady →
TORONTO • The refugee claims from the nearly 600 Sri Lankans who paid smugglers to ferry them to Canada are moving slowly and face dwindling odds of success, new statistics show.
More than two years after the Ocean Lady arrived off Vancouver Island carrying 76 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, only one has been accepted as a refugee so far, according to newly released Immigration and Refugee Board...
10th annual Homelessness Marathon / 10e marathon... →
Tune in to the 10th annual Homelessness Marathon, broadcasting on over 30 campus-community radio stations across Canada from February 22-23, 2012 (5pm-7am EST). PARTICIPATE! If you are in Montreal, come by the Native Friendship Centre (2001 St-Laurent) all night. If you are anywhere else in Canada, call us toll-free at 1-866-594-7729 to take part in the on-air discussion. Every year, the Homeless...
Moderating a panel called “Fourway: The Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality” at the University of Victoria’s Student Union Building tomorrow (Feb. 7) from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Vertigo.
GOOOO-O-O-O-O-O-O!
Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila →
“When we attach to impermanent objects — sensations, thoughts, feelings, people,...”
– Noah Levine and The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha’s Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness.
Amazing book!
(via restoried)
jbj and i are on the ferry subtly saying keywords to today’s event: #majesstica #wedding #queer dance party #upper lip hair
on the ferry to swartz bay for #majesstica’s union of love. you too?
Whose Classroom Is It? Unpacking Power and... →
“This thesis will investigate the accounts from Women’s Studies students regarding their experiences academically, emotionally and politically in feminist university classrooms. Through the lens of an anti-racist feminist and intersectional analysis, I seek to demonstrate the way in which Women’s Studies university classroom spaces are neither ‘innocent’ nor are they devoid of racism and/or...
Basketball player benched for Native American... →
SHAWANO — A seventh-grade student from Shawano‘s Sacred Heart Catholic Academy is upset and looking for an apology after she was benched from a basketball game.
12-year-old Miranda Washinawatok got in trouble with her teacher for saying “I love you.” She says the teacher didn’t get upset about what she said, but the language she used.
Washinawatok is Native American and speaks more than one...
No One Is Illegal on White Supremacist Hate Crimes →
ayiman:
Fuck yeah! Grassroots POC anti-racist, anti-colonial organizing!
No One Is Illegal Statement on Blood and Honour White Supremacist Hate Crimes
No One is Illegal-Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories is a grassroots anti-colonial and anti racist migrant justice group. As a multiracial movement led by people of colour, we are outraged to hear of the rise of overt white supremacist...
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Lakota Language Loses Fluent Speaker - ICTMN.com →
adailyriot:
The Lakota language has lost one of its most fluent speakers. Johnson Holy Rock, of Wakpamni, South Dakota, walked on January 21 at the age of 93.
Holy Rock was one of the founders of the Lakota Language Consortium. He served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2008.
“His leadership regarding the Lakota language was very influential as he was one of the most fluent Lakota...
All-out against Canada’s neoliberal agenda:... →
For immediate release February 1, 2012
Toronto, ON — On this National Day of Action to Drop Tuition Fees, members of the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance—Ontario (UKPC/FCYA-ON) stand in solidarity with the Canadian Federation of Students and all students as we demand to drop tuition fees and student debt and to advance our entitlement towards universally accessible post-secondary education in...