Signal Hill has one of the highest ratios of aboriginal students in the province - 40% of the elementary age kids come from a First Nations background. That means, two out of every five kids in the school come from a culture for whom school is not a safe place – not a refuge … Continue reading The bravest day of the year
Last week, I met with Clare Hanbury, the Vice Principal at Signal Hill, and Tanina Williams, an Aboriginal cultural support worker, to hear about a Blanket Ceremony I'd caught a glimpse of via Facebook. More about that tomorrow. I'm so thrilled Clare agreed to write about that incredible initiative for the Wellness Almanac, and look forward … Continue reading The Blanket Ceremony at Signal Hill
Students from Xit’olacw Community School and Pemberton Secondary School participated in a day long workshop on November 21, utilizing the games and exercises of Theatre for Living to explore what reconciliation means. Me personally? Stage-shy. So I can't think of anything more vulnerable than playing improv theatre games. Doing that on highly-charged topics like reconciliation - wow. Hats off to … Continue reading Reconciliation in stop motion
Gary Martin spent 50 days riding his bike back and forth between the Pemberton and Mount Currie, contemplating the distance between our communities. At the Wellness Gathering on Saturday, an event conceived to help bridge that gap, he said to me, “It seems like the things that really lie between us are mostly invisible.” A … Continue reading Column: We Were Children screens at the Library, Nov 27
Isadore Charters-Artist's Story from Jef Gibbons on Vimeo. I've been reading a book about "influence" - how to effect change in people's behaviour. It's fascinating - as a parent, as a partner, as a person who writes marketing and community outreach stuff - to hear about what it takes to inspire people to be their … Continue reading Event: Reconciliation and Friendship, 4pm tonight, Xetolacw School Cafeteria
"Many factors, including a history of discrimination, help explain aboriginal poverty across Canada. In terms of what can be done today, education should loom large. It should loom large, but it doesn’t." March 19 2013, Vancouver Sun On Tuesday, April 30, the Village of Pemberton Council and Winds of Change Steering Committee will take part … Continue reading Event: Project of Heart workshop, April 30
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