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Church-Wellesley BIA calls for removal of Alexander Wood statue
Church-Wellesley BIA calls for removal of Alexander Wood statue
Business leaders want the city to take down the statue of the local gay icon over his ties to a missionary school for Indigenous people By Kevin Ritchie
The business improvement association in Toronto’s gay village wants the city to take down a statue of the historic figure considered the area’s founder “immediately and without hesitation.”
In an open letter posted on social media on June 8, the Church-Wellesley Village BIA chair Christopher Hudspeth and vice-chair Sagrario Castilla write that Alexander Wood was the treasurer and a founding board member of the Society for Converting and Civilizing the Indians and Propagating the Gospel Among Destitute Settlers in Upper Canada.
This column is the second in a two-part series on Indigenous solidarity and reclamation of identity as an act of decolonization. My favorite Ojibwe story tells of Cheengwun, a medicine man, who travels to the spirit realm in a dream. There, he finds an old ookoomisan, who told him that the Wiindigo, a demonic figure.
Published May 14, 2021 Updated May 14, 2021, 12:52 pm CDT
Members of the Indigenous community woke up on May 6 to find their Instagram posts for National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls had disappeared. After months of planning and events leading up to May 5, the day of recognition, activists, educators, families, community organizations, and more had shared infographics, resources, and stories to help get the word about the epidemic of missing and murdered Native women, girls, relatives and Two Spirit Peoples on Instagram. Featured Video Hide
Stories were posted with several hashtags including “MMIW” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, “MMIR” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives or Relations, and “MMIWG2S” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.
Posted: May 05, 2021 5:34 PM MT | Last Updated: May 5
Instead of a solidarity walk, prayers, an elder s blessing and an event involving families of the missing and murdered, this year s MMIWG was scaled back and replaced by the hanging of banners and a vehicle procession.(Contributed by Terri-Lynn Fox)
After months of planning a sacred day of remembrance, Terri-Lynn Fox, the director of the Blood Tribe s wellness program, was advised to postpone the ceremony that is normally held on May 5. When I received the final word from the CEO [of the Blood Tribe Department of Health], I actually had to just shed a few tears. Fox said.