We are organizing a Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal housing, homelessness, space and identity in Edmonton this November. If you want to register, send me an e-mail at zoe.todd@trudeaufoundation.net. The event is entirely free, and we are aiming to bring together people from the community, from academia, from industry, and from government. Please feel free… Read More
This
This is brilliantly written: “Similarly, to return to the issue of settlerhood, the recognition of oneself as a settler, while notable, does little to dismantle colonization. We can’t simply shake off or ‘check’ our privilege at the door. And it’s not simply about being mindful of a knapsack we’re carrying. In fact, declarations of privilege… Read More
a meditation on space (and spirit)
Back home. There is that wonderful familiarity in everything — the way the sun pours through the bedroom windows. The smell of fresh coffee brewing in the kitchen. Faces of people I recognize from school and work and concerts and parties as I walk down the street. The dog, so happy to see me, sleeping… Read More
trauma/healing
I’ve been thinking a lot about trauma and the city — about the impacts it has on people and their stories. A few years ago someone very close to me went through a terrifying experience, and I was compelled to write a song in response. It was the only immediate, visceral way for me to… Read More
a song for the road
Sometimes when you are on the road, you wonder who will be there when you get home. So much can happen in such a short time, and in the last few years I’ve missed births and weddings and sicknesses and deaths and triumphs and failings. I just want my dearest friends to know that I… Read More
hearts (between)
