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a modest proposal
For a few years, I’ve had this dream of printing off images (in LARGE SCALE) of what I consider to be of this place and to wrap buildings in these images. It would be particularly satisfying to intervene in the most post-awesome buildings or the spaces where Indigenous and non-Indigenous hi...
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For a few years, I’ve had this dream of printing off images (in LARGE SCALE) of what I consider to be of this place and to wrap buildings in these images. It would be particularly satisfying to intervene in the most post-awesome buildings or the spaces where Indigenous and non-Indigenous hi...
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self-revitalization
My neighbourhood is pretty humble. It isn’t flashy, it doesn’t have aspirations of grandeur. It is comprised mostly of single-family dwellings, many of them post-war CMHC type houses. It is close to some major transit lines, a regional mall, has two schools, an arena, a strip mall wit...
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My neighbourhood is pretty humble. It isn’t flashy, it doesn’t have aspirations of grandeur. It is comprised mostly of single-family dwellings, many of them post-war CMHC type houses. It is close to some major transit lines, a regional mall, has two schools, an arena, a strip mall wit...
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Ghosts of East Central Alberta, part 2: Settler relics
In my last post I wrote about ghost towns, and how they continued to be relevant today, haunting us, even though as centres of social relations and as gatherings of material structures they were for the most part long gone. This time I want to write a bit about other ghosts that haunt the landsca...
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In my last post I wrote about ghost towns, and how they continued to be relevant today, haunting us, even though as centres of social relations and as gatherings of material structures they were for the most part long gone. This time I want to write a bit about other ghosts that haunt the landsca...
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Thoughts on Identity
Identity. Something that has been bothering me lately is the characterization in a diverse set of settings of Metis as ‘AboriginalLite’, or to appease those who reject the term Aboriginal, ‘IndigenousLite’. In passing remarks from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous colleag...
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Identity. Something that has been bothering me lately is the characterization in a diverse set of settings of Metis as ‘AboriginalLite’, or to appease those who reject the term Aboriginal, ‘IndigenousLite’. In passing remarks from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous colleag...
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: recap
This is just a quick post to thank the 70+ people who participated in our Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal Housing, Homelessness, Identity and Space last week. I am incredibly grateful to Susan McGee, Dave Ward, Kamala Todd, Nathalie Kermoal, Marshal German Johnson, Dwayne Donald, D...
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This is just a quick post to thank the 70+ people who participated in our Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal Housing, Homelessness, Identity and Space last week. I am incredibly grateful to Susan McGee, Dave Ward, Kamala Todd, Nathalie Kermoal, Marshal German Johnson, Dwayne Donald, D...
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Ghosts of East Central Alberta, Part 1: Ghost towns and google maps
This is Royal Park in 1951 or 1952. It was a small town along highway 16 between Edmonton and Vegreville. Nowadays there isn’t anything there except for a very small sign and a quonset hut. When I was home at Christmastime last year I was over at my aunt’s place, she lives about ...
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This is Royal Park in 1951 or 1952. It was a small town along highway 16 between Edmonton and Vegreville. Nowadays there isn’t anything there except for a very small sign and a quonset hut. When I was home at Christmastime last year I was over at my aunt’s place, she lives about ...
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar — update with poster
Here is the event poster for our keynote and workshop on Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness. Feel free to circulate widely. The event is FREE and open to the public. You must register, however, to ensure we have enough space to accommodate participants. Beyond Bricks and Mortar poster Poster des...
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Here is the event poster for our keynote and workshop on Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness. Feel free to circulate widely. The event is FREE and open to the public. You must register, however, to ensure we have enough space to accommodate participants. Beyond Bricks and Mortar poster Poster des...
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Where do you come from/where are you going?
Last week at the Avenue Top 40 Under 40 event, I ran into Cary Williams. We’ve never officially met, but we follow each other on Twitter, so it’s sort of like we know each other, right? In any case, Cary had an excellent question for me: he was curious about how my writing about Edmon...
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Last week at the Avenue Top 40 Under 40 event, I ran into Cary Williams. We’ve never officially met, but we follow each other on Twitter, so it’s sort of like we know each other, right? In any case, Cary had an excellent question for me: he was curious about how my writing about Edmon...
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I am not from Edmonton: diaries of an ex-rural Albertan
I grew up on a farm 10 miles outside of a small town in East Central Alberta. You haven’t heard of it, you’ve probably never been there. Maybe you drove by on your way someplace else, but that doesn’t really count. Even though it’s not really true, I just say I’m from Edmonton – after … Con...
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I grew up on a farm 10 miles outside of a small town in East Central Alberta. You haven’t heard of it, you’ve probably never been there. Maybe you drove by on your way someplace else, but that doesn’t really count. Even though it’s not really true, I just say I’m from Edmonton – after … Con...
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Aboriginal housing, homelessness, space and identity in Canada
We are organizing a Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal housing, homelessness, space and identity in Edmonton this November. If you want to register, send me an e-mail at zoe.todd@trudeaufoundation.net. The event is entirely free, and we are aiming to bring together people from the co...
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We are organizing a Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal housing, homelessness, space and identity in Edmonton this November. If you want to register, send me an e-mail at zoe.todd@trudeaufoundation.net. The event is entirely free, and we are aiming to bring together people from the co...
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This
This is brilliantly written: “Similarly, to return to the issue of settlerhood, the recognition of oneself as a settler, while notable, does little to dismantle colonization. We can’t simply shake off or ‘check’ our privilege at the door. And it’s not simply about being mindful of a knapsac...
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This is brilliantly written: “Similarly, to return to the issue of settlerhood, the recognition of oneself as a settler, while notable, does little to dismantle colonization. We can’t simply shake off or ‘check’ our privilege at the door. And it’s not simply about being mindful of a knapsac...
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a meditation on space (and spirit)
Back home. There is that wonderful familiarity in everything — the way the sun pours through the bedroom windows. The smell of fresh coffee brewing in the kitchen. Faces of people I recognize from school and work and concerts and parties as I walk down the street. The dog, so happy to see m...
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Back home. There is that wonderful familiarity in everything — the way the sun pours through the bedroom windows. The smell of fresh coffee brewing in the kitchen. Faces of people I recognize from school and work and concerts and parties as I walk down the street. The dog, so happy to see m...
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My Mom is not a Settler
It has become, in certain Indigenous and activist circles, de rigeur to invoke notions of decolonization that paint Indigenous peoples as separate and distinct from ‘settler’ culture. This shorthand is a way of delineating between peoples whose ancestors have lived here since time imm...
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It has become, in certain Indigenous and activist circles, de rigeur to invoke notions of decolonization that paint Indigenous peoples as separate and distinct from ‘settler’ culture. This shorthand is a way of delineating between peoples whose ancestors have lived here since time imm...
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trauma/healing
I’ve been thinking a lot about trauma and the city — about the impacts it has on people and their stories. A few years ago someone very close to me went through a terrifying experience, and I was compelled to write a song in response. It was the only immediate, visceral way for me to ...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about trauma and the city — about the impacts it has on people and their stories. A few years ago someone very close to me went through a terrifying experience, and I was compelled to write a song in response. It was the only immediate, visceral way for me to ...
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a song for the road
Sometimes when you are on the road, you wonder who will be there when you get home. So much can happen in such a short time, and in the last few years I’ve missed births and weddings and sicknesses and deaths and triumphs and failings. I just want my dearest friends to know that I … C...
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Sometimes when you are on the road, you wonder who will be there when you get home. So much can happen in such a short time, and in the last few years I’ve missed births and weddings and sicknesses and deaths and triumphs and failings. I just want my dearest friends to know that I … C...
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