Hope is being able to see light despite all the darkness.- Desmond Tutu On July 2nd, I had the pleasure of spending an evening with friends in Kahnawà:ke, attending the opening night of an art exhibit Lodges, Dams, and Longhouses featuring works by first nations artist Marian Snow. The exhibit is being held at the Kanien’kehá:ka […]
Welcome to a new academic year from BILD and to our move to biweekly rather than weekly posting. As we move into our tenth consecutive year of collective blogging—soon to be celebrated in anniversary posts—we thought we’d start out with a collaborative post, and asked our members and guest bloggers to reflect on what BILD […]
Casey Catherine Heather Jacqueline Jennifer Kathleen Lauren Melissa Michaela Patricia Stephen Sumanthra Yecid Casey Casey Burkholder became invested in the notion of citizenship and belonging from an early age, growing up in Canada’s North. Because her family moved frequently (from Edmonton to Red Deer to St. Albert to Fort Smith to Calgary to Winnipeg), […]
This blog post includes a linked audio file. Just click on the link below if you would like to hear the post read aloud. Scroll down to read the text. The wall was the wall of the waiting room in the Winnipeg CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) station, sometime in the 1890s, perhaps. Here is the […]
