Dancing to heal: Understanding Indigenous cultural gatherings …
WEBJun 28, 2022 · A lot of our dances were for ceremonial healing.”. This includes issues of reconciliation — dance, here, serves as a means to reconnect to one’s roots and to heal the trauma incurred by systemic oppression. Prophesied as an end to colonial expansion, Eagletail explained that “the Ghost Dance was banished by the governments.
Bake Chef: The best place to eat on campus
WEBBy Nazeefa Ahmed, April 24 2022—. Bake Chef is the only place on campus that I trust to serve me a fresh, affordable and mouth-watering lunch on days I need it the most. Their bread is soft and their vegetables seem to be picked fresh from a garden. More importantly, however, they serve halal chicken and beef, something that is a blessing for ...
U of C the ‘bee’s knees’ when it comes to pollinator biodiversity
WEBJun 25, 2021 · Check out the Calgary Pollinator Count Summer 2021 Pilot, an initiative by faculty and student researchers at the University of Calgary in partnership with the Office of Sustainability. UCalgary’s Pollinator Week runs from June 21-25 with many buzzworthy virtual events, everything from Bee-free and Unwind with the Graduate Students ...
What is Canadian Thanksgiving really about? - The Gauntlet
WEBOct 21, 2021 · What is Canadian Thanksgiving really about? By Nimra Amir, October 21 2021—. The general origins of Thanksgiving in the West are often romantically depicted as the sharing of a feast between European settlers and Indigenous peoples to commemorate the first successful harvest season — mainly with pumpkins, potatoes, corn and turkey.
The history of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo and Rangeland Derby
WEBJul 4, 2024 · Additionally, the chuckwagon races were first held as a spectator sport at the 1923 Calgary Stampede. Now known as the Rangeland Derby, it combined with the other rodeo events which helped create the Calgary Stampede Rodeo as one of the premier events in the professional rodeo season. But what exactly are these events and how do these athletes ...
Dr. Jyoti Gondek is Calgary’s 37th Mayor - The Gauntlet
WEBBy Sophia Lopez, October 19 2021–. Polls for the Calgary municipal election closed at 8 p.m. on Oct. 18 and Dr. Jyoti Gondek has been named the 37th mayor of Calgary with 45 per cent of the vote. Terry Wong has also been elected as Ward 7 councillor with 26 per cent of the vote.. Global News hosted a livestream of the municipal election results, followed by analysis on the results.
KAYAM on his evolution as an artist and his newest single …
WEBBy Nimra Amir, October 8 2021— Born and raised in Calgary, KAYAM is an up-and-coming artist who released his newest single “WORTH IT” accompanied with a MyNameFrench-directed music video on Sept. 24. With over 500,000 combined plays garnered over his four last singles, KAYAM has received press from Virgin Radio, Sidedoor Magazine, iHeartRadio and HipHopDX. […]
Head-to-Head: What does the Trans Mountain pipeline ... - The …
WEBOct 23, 2018 · The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could, at $7.4 billion in revenue, be used to further grow these renewable energy sources. The toughest issue facing this project is the lands on which it will be built — unceded Indigenous territory. Canada has historically and continuously marginalized Indigenous peoples and has had difficulty finding ...
Review: My Internship in Canada - The Gauntlet
WEBBy Danielle Kim, October 6 2015 — With growing election buzz and an increased focus on the Canadian government, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre (in English, My Internship in Canada) is a timely watch.Directed by Québécois film director Philipe Falardeau, the film follows a rural Quebec member of Parliament and his overly enthusiastic Haitian intern.
The lack of clean drinking water in Indigenous communities
WEBDec 4, 2021 · A “do not drink water” notice is enacted when a potential risk is detected with water consumption that cannot be adequately addressed by boiling alone. These instances are not uncommon for the many Indigenous communities that continue to suffer from a lack of access to clean water. Most recently, a Calgary protest against the Coastal ...
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