Comments for Fedcan Blog http://blog.fedcan.ca Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Asylum Rights and Seeking Refuge from homophobic and transphobic persecution by MONICA http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/11/17/asylum-rights-and-seeking-refuge-from-homophobic-and-transphobic-persecution/comment-page-1/#comment-19018 MONICA Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:34:07 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=2072#comment-19018 I AM SO SORRY OF ALL THE VICTIMS INVOLVED..PRACTICALLY I AM SUFFERING FROM THE SAME ACT AND NOW I ESCAPED TO INDIA BY HELP OF A MOTHER WHO WAS ALSO BEATEN AND CHASED OUT OF HOME..I THOUGHT I WOULD GET HELP FROM MY RELATIVES WHO EVERY TIME KEEP ON TELLING ME HOW THEY ARE BROCK.I AM NOW FORCED TO GO BACK TO UGANDA BECAUSE LIFE IS SO HARD BUT THEN WHERE DO I START FROM..MY DADA THREATENED TO KILL ME AND MY NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT TO SEE ME FOR THEY SAY I WILL AFFECT THEIR CHILDREN..SOME ONE HELP I AM SO SORRY OF ALL THE VICTIMS INVOLVED..PRACTICALLY I AM SUFFERING FROM THE SAME ACT AND NOW I ESCAPED TO INDIA BY HELP OF A MOTHER WHO WAS ALSO BEATEN AND CHASED OUT OF HOME..I THOUGHT I WOULD GET HELP FROM MY RELATIVES WHO EVERY TIME KEEP ON TELLING ME HOW THEY ARE BROCK.I AM NOW FORCED TO GO BACK TO UGANDA BECAUSE LIFE IS SO HARD BUT THEN WHERE DO I START FROM..MY DADA THREATENED TO KILL ME AND MY NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT TO SEE ME FOR THEY SAY I WILL AFFECT THEIR CHILDREN..SOME ONE HELP

]]> Comment on Canada’s Black Writers: Achieving Excellence and Avoiding Annihilation by avoiding annihilation « Fledgling http://blog.fedcan.ca/2012/02/03/canadas-black-writers-achieving-excellence-and-avoiding-annihilation/comment-page-1/#comment-18975 avoiding annihilation « Fledgling Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:42:18 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=2214#comment-18975 [...] essay on African Canadian authors is up on the FedCan blog: If the Canadian publishing industry only opens the gate for two black novelists each year, what [...] [...] essay on African Canadian authors is up on the FedCan blog: If the Canadian publishing industry only opens the gate for two black novelists each year, what [...]

]]> Comment on Everything is alive and everyone is related: Indigenous knowing and inclusive education by sid habi http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/01/25/everything-is-alive-and-everyone-is-related-indigenous-knowing-and-inclusive-education/comment-page-1/#comment-18886 sid habi Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:36:18 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=1020#comment-18886 Culture is vital to its people as air to the blood. Also, cultures evolve with thinking, knowledge and experience of its people. It is fascinating to see that we live in one planet, we speak different languages, have different cultures, and yet explain the same things differently with the same verve. I believe this is the essence of living in EARTH which we all live from it. Imagine if we were all alike, with one dominating culture, knowldge, experience, etc ... Nature seems to be against that. Culture is vital to its people as air to the blood. Also, cultures evolve with thinking, knowledge and experience of its people. It is fascinating to see that we live in one planet, we speak different languages, have different cultures, and yet explain the same things differently with the same verve. I believe this is the essence of living in EARTH which we all live from it. Imagine if we were all alike, with one dominating culture, knowldge, experience, etc … Nature seems to be against that.

]]> Comment on Education Matters: Confronting Homophobia and Transphobia in Schools by LGBT young people, public spaces and policing in Australia « Fedcan Blog http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/09/29/education-matters-confronting-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-18856 LGBT young people, public spaces and policing in Australia « Fedcan Blog Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:03:47 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=1890#comment-18856 [...] forms. Similar to the subtle forms of harassment elaborated in Brian Burtch and Rebecca Haskells’ Get That Freak. The young people in Australia talked about how police stops and actions sent clear messages to [...] [...] forms. Similar to the subtle forms of harassment elaborated in Brian Burtch and Rebecca Haskells’ Get That Freak. The young people in Australia talked about how police stops and actions sent clear messages to [...]

]]> Comment on Queering In/Equality: LGBT and Two-Spirited Youth ‘It Gets Better’ by LGBT young people, public spaces and policing in Australia « Fedcan Blog http://blog.fedcan.ca/2010/10/15/queering-inequality-lgbt-and-two-spirited-youth-%e2%80%98it-gets-better%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18855 LGBT young people, public spaces and policing in Australia « Fedcan Blog Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:03:29 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=812#comment-18855 [...] as I see them at least once a week in my travels and, as Malinda S. Smith puts it  in “Queering In/Equality,” these young people  are not only ‘out,’  they are hyper-visible. They attract attention [...] [...] as I see them at least once a week in my travels and, as Malinda S. Smith puts it  in “Queering In/Equality,” these young people  are not only ‘out,’  they are hyper-visible. They attract attention [...]

]]> Comment on Everything is alive and everyone is related: Indigenous knowing and inclusive education by Sarabjit Dhaliwal http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/01/25/everything-is-alive-and-everyone-is-related-indigenous-knowing-and-inclusive-education/comment-page-1/#comment-18834 Sarabjit Dhaliwal Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:46:59 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=1020#comment-18834 I am very curious to know more about aboriginal culture and their teaching. However, like other social issues such as oppression of women and gender biases, media tend to present native issues in a demeaning and rather inferior tone relative to the western cultures. This bias not only disengages natives but also non-natives. The native issues needs to be told with due complexity, coherence, and sensitivity to avoid distorted information. I am very curious to know more about aboriginal culture and their teaching. However, like other social issues such as oppression of women and gender biases, media tend to present native issues in a demeaning and rather inferior tone relative to the western cultures. This bias not only disengages natives but also non-natives. The native issues needs to be told with due complexity, coherence, and sensitivity to avoid distorted information.

]]> Comment on Indigenous, immigrant, inclusive: Three perspectives on diversity by Garnet Wind http://blog.fedcan.ca/2012/01/18/indigenous-immigrant-inclusive-three-perspectives-on-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-18822 Garnet Wind Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:45:49 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=2171#comment-18822 Interesting and well written blog... thank you. The US is facing a similar situation with regards to demographic changes and seems to be taking only surface action, possibly because the people making the decisions cannot bring themselves to take proper action. I respect Canada for apologizing to the Indigenous population a few years ago. There has been no apology from the US and it is unlikely that an apology will ever be offered. I am a bit confused by the quote from Governor General David Johnson, as far as his comment about encouraging the preservation of language. Wasn’t the Sixties Scoop all about destroying Indigenous culture and language? What does he mean about “allowing people expression of their identity --as long as they don’t hurt somebody else?” Hasn’t Canada’s Indigenous population been hurt repeatedly and continuously by Canada’s policies. . Interesting and well written blog… thank you.

The US is facing a similar situation with regards to demographic changes and seems to be taking only surface action, possibly because the people making the decisions cannot bring themselves to take proper action. I respect Canada for apologizing to the Indigenous population a few years ago. There has been no apology from the US and it is unlikely that an apology will ever be offered.

I am a bit confused by the quote from Governor General David Johnson, as far as his comment about encouraging the preservation of language. Wasn’t the Sixties Scoop all about destroying Indigenous culture and language? What does he mean about “allowing people expression of their identity –as long as they don’t hurt somebody else?” Hasn’t Canada’s Indigenous population been hurt repeatedly and continuously by Canada’s policies.
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]]> Comment on News from the social sciences and humanities by Dr. Pamela Rutledge http://blog.fedcan.ca/2012/01/20/news-from-the-social-sciences-and-humanities-17/comment-page-1/#comment-18803 Dr. Pamela Rutledge Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:12:01 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=2181#comment-18803 You are raising great questions for discussion. The move to a more participatory and collaborative learning model doesn't preclude acquiring knowledge from someone who is an expert. It does, however, change how you think about the responsibility of information exploration and delivery. Participation implies that you are engaging with the material and therefore, as a wide array of research shows, increases internalization and learning. Socrates, often held as a pinnacle of great teaching, wasn't much of a lecturer. But the point is more a state of mind or perspective toward education for the 21st century, the difference between the "sage on the stage" vs. "guide on the side" model educators often cite. An interesting question is: in a rapidly changing, globally-connected world, who is best in a position to decide what is relevant and valuable for students? Since the answer is probably neither one, it makes collaborative learning a very reasonable solution. You are raising great questions for discussion. The move to a more participatory and collaborative learning model doesn’t preclude acquiring knowledge from someone who is an expert. It does, however, change how you think about the responsibility of information exploration and delivery. Participation implies that you are engaging with the material and therefore, as a wide array of research shows, increases internalization and learning. Socrates, often held as a pinnacle of great teaching, wasn’t much of a lecturer. But the point is more a state of mind or perspective toward education for the 21st century, the difference between the “sage on the stage” vs. “guide on the side” model educators often cite. An interesting question is: in a rapidly changing, globally-connected world, who is best in a position to decide what is relevant and valuable for students? Since the answer is probably neither one, it makes collaborative learning a very reasonable solution.

]]> Comment on Difference Matters: Diversity, Complexity and Innovation by Indigenous, immigrant, inclusive: Three perspectives on diversity « Fedcan Blog http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/09/12/difference-matters-diversity-complexity-and-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-18785 Indigenous, immigrant, inclusive: Three perspectives on diversity « Fedcan Blog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:38:33 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=1838#comment-18785 [...] novel approaches to problem-solving and creative ways of reinventing our collective futures. As Scott E. Page writes we need to better understand the relationship between diversity and complexity and those [...] [...] novel approaches to problem-solving and creative ways of reinventing our collective futures. As Scott E. Page writes we need to better understand the relationship between diversity and complexity and those [...]

]]> Comment on Indigenous knowledge, symbolic literacy and the 1764 Treaty at Niagara by Jan Beaver http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/02/15/indigenous-knowledge-symbolic-literacy-and-the-1764-treaty-at-niagara/comment-page-1/#comment-18784 Jan Beaver Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:31:06 +0000 http://blog.fedcan.ca/?p=1075#comment-18784 I was honoured to be invited to Lynn's reading of the Wampum Belts exchanged at the 1764 Treaty at Niagara. It was truly refreshing to be able to hear about this historical event from an Indigenous perspective. There is so much that needs to be researched and written so others can learn about the true meanings of these beautiful works of art. The wampum belts are a beautiful physical manifestation of the oral traditions held by the Indigenous nations who were the first inhabitants of Turtle Island. In my view, the wampum belts are much more important than the paper treaties that really were not negotiated at all but were written up ahead of time to outline what the colonizing peoples wanted from the First Nations. G'chi miigwetch to Lynn for sharing her wisdom with us and inviting us to the feasting of her Wampum bundle. I was honoured to be invited to Lynn’s reading of the Wampum Belts exchanged at the 1764 Treaty at Niagara. It was truly refreshing to be able to hear about this historical event from an Indigenous perspective. There is so much that needs to be researched and written so others can learn about the true meanings of these beautiful works of art. The wampum belts are a beautiful physical manifestation of the oral traditions held by the Indigenous nations who were the first inhabitants of Turtle Island. In my view, the wampum belts are much more important than the paper treaties that really were not negotiated at all but were written up ahead of time to outline what the colonizing peoples wanted from the First Nations. G’chi miigwetch to Lynn for sharing her wisdom with us and inviting us to the feasting of her Wampum bundle.

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