1/ Today is #orangeshirtday for residential school survivors & their families. Sharing this image to show solidarity, but fully aware that systemic racism continues in Canada and this week's headlines are just full of examples. We heard Nunavut’s MP, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq describe

2/ the dire state of nrthn. housing to the PM; Saw the feds potentially back away from a 2021 deadline to end boil water advisories on reserves; learned about the horrific circumstances surrounding the death of Joyce Echaquan in a Quebec hospital. Such sadness for her family and

3/ community. I myself have so much left to learn about how to address systemic racism, achieve reconciliation and FN self-determination. Feel free to add resources to this thread. (B&W image from CBC / Canada's last residential school closed in 1997.)