1/There were 138 residential “schools” in Canada. I am wondering what we could call them instead of schools. Graveyards are not incorporated into the architectural plans for new schools as these were. Maybe child labour camps. They were everywhere
trc.ca/assets/pdf/203…
2/By my count, 1,142 children’s remains have been found in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Canada so far:
Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, on the lands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation - 215
3/Brandon Indian Residential School on the lands of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation - 104
Regina Indian Industrial School - 38
Muscowequan Indian Residential School, Muskowekwan First Nation (Lestock, SK) - 35
4/Marieval Indian Residential School in Marieval, Saskatchewan, on the lands of Cowessess First Nation - 751

Justice Murray Sinclair, former senator and chair of the TRC, estimated in that the numbers could be as high as 15,000 to 25,000.
5/Write your MPP, demand the TRC calls to action are implemented and that Canada submit itself to the UN for investigation for crimes committed against Indigenous Peoples.
trc.ca/assets/pdf/Cal…
6/In Ontario? Write Doug Ford, demand he reinstate the Indigenous Culture Fund, the project to rewrite the provincial curriculum with Indigenous content – these were both initiatives that came out of recommendations from the TRC. Ford cut them both in his first week in office.
7/@belindadaniels9
"Some good steps forward in place of ‘Sorrys': #landback, ongoing language funds, #languagrevitalizationfunds, leaders, Roman Cath Orgs, school boards, more immersion progs, hiring of more FNs Journalists, have reconciliation with action, listen to us!"
8/@BreenOuellette
"Support calls for #Canada to submit before international courts on charges of #apartheid and #genocide"
#CanadaSubmitToJustice
9/@crystalfraser
"support your Indigenous colleagues, friends, family. Donate $$ to the @NCTR_UM & local Indigenous organizations. Read. Tweet. Become uncomfortable. Think about your whiteness."
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1/Make the lockdowns count. There is no acceptable number of deaths.
Just published: COVID-19, Get to Zero, Save Lives
Huge thanks to contributors @GosiaGasperoPhD, @caruzycki & @TehseenLadha
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●Zero Covid is eliminating SARS-CoV-2 in a region or country until there is zero community transmission in that region.
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2/7 A veteran RN with 3 kids, she wasn't scared during the 1st, or even the 2nd, wave. But now, like her colleagues, she is terrified. Leaders need to listen to their science advisors, not lobbyists. Decisions need to be made according to public health, not political ambitions.
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