Photo of Black Panthers at a rally in DeFremery Park in Oakland, California (1966) ... Horrified, scared, emotional, and overwhelmed all at the same time. Recognize those who are overwhelmed by the constant influx of images and news upon their screens, grieving for those they have never known, consciously and daily aware of the structures that have brought about these crimes. The structures in power that make you daily aware of your identity. Grateful for the awakening, grate

The world changed suddenly and faster than any of us imagined. What were my main concerns merely days before instantly became virtually nonexistent. My last graduate classes this year were not meant to be held by Zoom conference calls with me sitting in sweatpants on my couch. Yet, that is how I spent the last weeks of classes, discussing issues of human rights violations and post-conflict attempts at reconciliation and reconstruction. In my very last class, our professor ask

Those who know me more personally, know that speaking about Indigenous issues is something that I am rather passionate about, so much so that I am currently writing a Master's thesis on the role of land claim dispute settlements and whether they lead to reconciliation of the Indigenous-Canadian states. I have been an anti-pipelines supporter since high school and can recall debating the issue of pipelines on Indigenous lands in a social studies class in the 11th grade. Yet, I