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Continue your learning journey by visiting DWF’s list of compiled resources. Learn some common words and why it’s important to appreciate and protect Indigenous languages. Study an Indigenous language-especially one that is spoken in your region. Visit ArtistAmbassador.ca for more artists to include in your music rotation. Listen to music made by Indigenous artists, such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, William Prince, Leela Gilday, Mimi O’Bonsawin and more!. For more resources about residential schools visit the Legacy Schools Resources page. Find out if there was a residential school in your area or where the closest one is located by using the CBC Beyond94 Residential School Map. Share your knowledge and spread the word to engage others in the conversation about Indigenous Peoples’ contributions to Canada and the world. Research the local First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and the contributions they have made to your community/surrounding communities. Encourage your school, company and/or community to include a daily land acknowledgment as part of morning announcements, meetings, assemblies, and important events. Be sure to carefully consider your relationship to the land that you live on and the traditional territories of the Indigenous Peoples who were there for thousands of years before colonization. Learn the land acknowledgment in your region or develop one of your own in consultation with local Indigenous communities. For those who prefer not to celebrate their birthday at work, consider making a donation in their name rather than purchasing a card or dessert. Host an open mic night or karaoke event and charge admission. Organize a garage sale, flea market, or green market to sell used clothing and unwanted household items. Partner with local Legacy Schools or neighbouring businesses and host a block party. Purchase products from Indigenous-owned businesses and raise funds for an Indigenous-led charity through a raffle or silent auction for the items.
Purchase artwork from a local Indigenous artist and raise funds through a raffle or silent auction for the piece.Contact local food trucks and organize a lunch event with a cover charge or a portion of sales collected.For those who prefer not to celebrate their birthday, consider making a donation to an Indigenous-led charity in their name rather than purchasing a card or dessert.
On your birthday, consider asking for donations to an Indigenous-led charity instead of presents or cards. Organize a bake sale or lunch-by-donation, featuring Indigenous recipes, or host a culinary competition and charge per serving to vote on the winner. Host an evening of music with Indigenous musicians. #Brownie on a downie movie#
Organize a movie night for your community and screen Gord Downie’s Secret Path, Tash Hubbard’s ‘nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, or Finding the Secret Path by Mike Downie.If invited or open to the public, attend local Indigenous cultural events taking place in your community.Visit a local Indigenous organization, Friendship Centre, community group or museum.To register for Walk for Wenjack and create your personal or team event page, click here.Organized by a dedicated team of volunteers and champions, Walk for Wenjack is a grassroots event that started in 2016, providing Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples throughout Canada with the opportunity to honour Chanie by walking some or all of the 600 kilometres he needed to get home.Organize a Walk for Wenjack with friends, family, and your community.2021: A Day for Truth and Reconciliation.2021: What this means for reconciliation in Canada.
2022: Indigenous Perspectives on the Pope’s Apology.National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Artist Ambassador Workshop for Indigenous History Month.
#Brownie on a downie series#
Reconciliation Begins With You Video Series.