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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 1d

By scoring multiple titles, I’m excited to assist a #bookclub of #educators who will take on the amazing #RobinWallKimmerer ‘s #BraidingSweetgrass #IndigenousKnowledge #botany Thanks to #HamOnt #library system 💕 @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 1d

By scoring multiple titles, I’m excited to assist a #bookclub of #educators who will take on the amazing #RobinWallKimmerer ‘s #BraidingSweetgrass #IndigenousKnowledge #botany Thanks to #HamOnt #library system 💕

12 copies of one book entitled Braiding Sweetgrass

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Ward 2 Hamilton @ward2hamilton.bsky.social · 2d

For more information on Bill 33 and how you can get involved in the discussion, visit ofl.ca/action/stop-.... @oflabour.bsky.social

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 10d

youtu.be/6SudJKLrOAw?... wow

iskwē - "Little Star" (Official Video)

YouTube video by iskwē

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 10d

#QuoteoftheDay From #WhyIndigenousLiteratureMatters #settler #colonialism isn't something one just gets over; it's woven into all aspects of our experience, and those strangling threads are too often invisible and all the more wounding as a result #IndigenousPedagogy #hegemony
#DanielHeathJustice

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 16d

bbc.com/news/article...

BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza

Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.

bbc.com

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 16d

Grateful to @daanis.ca for #BecomingKin and the #thoughtprovoking ideas, the connections she draws between #Indigenous nations and the #BlackDiaspora #history #pedagogy #Landback
#bookchallenge part memoir part #history lesson

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26d

TORONTO! come and see us tomorrow for comics, slideshows and signing!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/triple-hea...

Triple Header Book Launch: Tom Gauld, Lee Lai, and Mimi Pond

Drawn & Quarterly presents the premier comics event of the season with a trio of critically acclaimed, award-winning cartoonists.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 26d

Thinking about #colonial nature of publishing, #Dewey and where we are shelving & #categorizing #books related to #Indigenous resources, culture, creation stories, etc. in #School #Libraries today Reading this: www.opendemocracy.net/en/transform... now seeking suggestions for further reading...

An indigenous approach to categorizing books

The Xwi7xwa library in British Columbia is working to decolonize the way libraries organize information.

www.opendemocracy.net

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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social · 27d

Brooklyn Book Festival, tomorrow, virtual. Indigenous writers come together to discuss creating within a settler-colonial framework, foregrounding ancestral modes of storytelling and thought in support of Indigenous sovereignty. With Chris La Tray, Joseph Le & me.Moderated by Lily Philpott.

Story and Sovereignty - Brooklyn Book Festival

Native and Indigenous writers come together to discuss creating within a settler-colonial framework, foregrounding ancestral modes of storytelling and thought in support of Indigenous sovereignty. Wit...

brooklynbookfestival.org

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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 29d

Thank you to Tundra Books for offering this one through our Early Reviewer program!

Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to receive & review @davidarobertson.bsky.social ‘s new book #LittleShoes Another tool to help primary #children understand the #Truth about #ResidentialSchools Thanks to @librarything.com #EarlyReviewers #Indigenous #earlychidhoodeducation #Reconciliation

Blue book with star cover featuring cartoon gran / Kōkum, child and mother in front of residential school memorial of small shoes and candles

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to receive & review @davidarobertson.bsky.social ‘s new book #LittleShoes Another tool to help primary #children understand the #Truth about #ResidentialSchools Thanks to @librarything.com #EarlyReviewers #Indigenous #earlychidhoodeducation #Reconciliation

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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Banksy has just paid a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Sep 6

@milkstreetstudio.bsky.social Thank you for name dropping this #cookbook in an old episode - I love it 💕 #lLetThemEatCake

White book cover with photo of a hand pouring white icing over a Bundt cake on a pedestal

Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m grateful when I visit a new place in town for a bite and I look up to see evidence that these people are definitely all right #JordansHomesidePub #local #HamOnt #vegan #plantbased

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Sep 1

What a perfect reminder and so well timed as we mark 20 yrs since Katrina. This was a powerful read, and a great choice I had almost forgotten about.

Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Sep 1

Don’t re-read books often. So many books, so little time! Occasionally looking at my book shelves I wonder, “Why was I so impressed by that 40 yrs ago?” I’ll borrow the audiobook and reconsider whether it’s a ‘keeper’ #ZoraNealeHurston blew my mind AGAIN. #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod #bookchallenge

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 28

14 day #childrensliterature #YAbook challenge! Choose 14 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read and recommend #booksky #bookchallenge 📚💙 last one! #Refugees #NoOneisillegal

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.

Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.

Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow

leadnow.ca

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 26

14 day #childrensliterature #YAbook challenge! Choose 14 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read and recommend #booksky #bookchallenge 📚💙 #Canada #haunted #AntiBlackRacism #YA #WilliamBell

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Reading this now 🤯 🤯 🤯
after seeing so many references to it on Bluesky and already appreciating #UrsulaKLeGuin because of #TheLeftHandofDarkness

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 25

14 day #childrensliterature #YAbook challenge! Choose 14 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read and recommend #booksky #bookchallenge 📚💙 #Reconciliation #TruthTelling #Indigenous

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 24

Another successful #HouseConcert on another beautiful #SummerDay in #HamOnt hosted by my favourite #impresario #TonyKilgannon 🥰

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 23

14 day #childrensliterature #YAbook challenge! Choose 14 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read and recommend #booksky #bookchallenge 📚💙 #rights #UNICEF #childrensRights #humanRights

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Ef Eh @effeh.bsky.social · Aug 21

14 day #childrensliterature #YAbook challenge! Choose 14 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read and recommend #booksky #bookchallenge 📚💙 #immigration #DEI

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