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[batmanonfire]

"The poor do not choose poverty. It is at once their affliction and our national shame. The children of the poor (and there are many) are the most helpless victims of all, and find even less hope in a society where welfare systems from the very beginning destroy their chances of a better life."

-David Croll, Canada's first Jewish member of

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[fadeintothewind]

so interested in this! did you know that toronto was a central meeting place for indigenous people? yonge street was actually a portage, and it would take an entire day to walk from one end to the other to relay messages.

we had a speaker in my class a couple of weeks ago, an indigenous film maker named rebeka tabobondung. she wrote, directed and produced a film called "the original summit: journey to the sacred uprising" which was about globalization and indigenous struggle. i believe she also started or helped to start the imagiNATIVE film festival in toronto. she has been doing a lot of research on the indigenous history of toronto. interesting stuff!