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Jul 16, 2021 35 tweets 9 min read
Friends, I have some advice to offer. If you find it helpful, I hope you'll share this thread. The advice is a principle I have dubbed #MaskIn. It's all about letting the folks furthest from the centre of power feel supported wearing masks. 1/n Last week, my province dropped all COVID public health guidelines. Maybe yours did too? In workplaces and public spaces, folks are suddenly having to decide whether or not to wear a mask. Just like in spring 2020, only now we know a lot more about transmission & VARIANTS! 2/n
Jun 25, 2021 30 tweets 4 min read
Settler and arrivant Canadian looking to learn more, please take the time to read Volume 4 of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The title of that volume: "Missing Children and
Unmarked Burials." trc.ca/assets/pdf/Vol… 1/n It is important to know that the issue of unmarked graves at residential schools takes up an entire 273-page volume of the TRC's final report. Moreover, the material in that volume was not a new discovery. Rather, the volume pulls together existing documents & testimony. 2/n