Educate NOT Celebrate!
July 1, 2021
CONTENT WARNING: Colonialism, Residential School, Genocide.
There’s a lot of work to do on “Canada” Day. We put together a list of resources so you can educate yourself, donate, and take action.
Support
If you or anybody you know needs support, please reference the below services.
Indian Residential Schools Survivor Society
24 Hour Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
(Support services for former Residential School students
and their families)
Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society
Resolution Health Support Program
1-877-477-0775
First Nations Health Authority
Virtual Counselling and Health Services
1-855-344-3800
Call to Action
READ the Truth and Reconciliation Report’s Call to Action. Read now!
LEARN whose lands you live on, your host nation, and their protocols. Find out now!
ATTEND WORKSHOPS Amal Rana’s workshop on Becoming and Accomplice is part of VanPride Classroom. Register here!
UPLIFT and DONATE. More info below!
Donate
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS network
Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Uplift
Queer Arts Festival, Visual Art Exhibition curated by Jeffrey McNeil Seymour, July 24–August 13. Learn more here!
Becoming Accomplices for Racial Justice by Amal Rana, July 21. Register here!
#CancelCanadaDay No Pride in Genocide, July 1 at 2 PM, Vancouver Art Gallery