[BCFSN] Garlic festivals

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Having just taken time to listen to this presentation from jeanette
Armstrong - I would like to encourage all to do the same.

i believe, like Jeanette does, that we humans are smart enough to rise to
the challenge of knowing our land - the land we live on - but - we -each
and everyone of us, needs to take time to educate ourselves and 'do
something' as individuals.

We can start by asking those who are running for government offices how
they feel about the topics that will effect our everyday lives.... and then
VOTE accordingly.

Sincerely,
Cheryl Thomas -
North Thompson Valley


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
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> I thought you might all like to view this TEDx Talk by Interior Salish
> woman Jeanette Armstrong whom I have looked up to in my work for several
> years. Her thinking has deeply informed the paradigm and priorities I bring
> into my work with the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and
> weaving an Indigenous narrative into the SWBC – FSDP and ISFS.
>
>
>
> Click on this link to view the video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOfXsFlb18
>
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> Jeannette Armstrong pleads that we must stop looking at sustainability
> from only an economic basis and that we must remember that the earth is our
> fragile home. An Indigenous author and activist, her published works
> include literary titles and academic writing on a wide variety of
> Indigenous issues. Awarded the 2003 EcoTrust Buffett Award for Indigenous
> Leadership, she is distinguished with Honorary Doctorate's from U of St.
> Thomas, U of British Columbia Okanagan and the University of Queens. She
> holds the Okanagan College Lifetime Fellow award.
>
> She is the Executive Director of En'owkin Centre, the cultural research
> and education facility of the Okanagan Nation as well as being on faculty
> in Indigenous Studies at UBC Okanagan. She has a PhD from the University of
> Greifswald, Interdisciplinary in Environmental Ethics and Syilx Indigenous
> Literatures. She is an Okanagan Syilx culture and language specialist and
> traditional knowledge keeper.
> She currently serves on Environment Canada's Aboriginal Traditional
> Knowledge (ATK) sub-committee of the Committee On the Status of Endangered
> Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
>
>
> Dawn Morrison,
>
> Research Associate, Indigenous Community Engagement
> Southwest BC Bioregional Food Systems Design and Plan
> Kwantlen Polytechnic University
> Office: 604.599.2569
> Email: dawn.morrison at kpu.ca
> Website: http://www.kpu.ca/isfs
>
>
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> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
> Mobile: 778.879.5106
> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
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-- 
Cheryl
*Food for thought...*
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of
others." - Mahatma Gandhi
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