David Warkentin

Is misinformation and disinformation getting worse?

2/2 Let’s not be fooled by the dog whistle of “parental rights” in public education as it’s just stoking fear to prevent the necessary changes needed for LGBTQIA2S+ safety and inclusion. #NoSpaceForHate

1/2 As someone with kids in public school, who benefit from caring teachers and an inclusive learning environment, I’m so grateful for an educational system in @abbotsfordsd that supports us as parents wherever our kids are at. #NoSpaceForHate

Well deserved! Such a wise and engaging presence who has invited so many to understand and connect with the place that is S'olh Temexw (Sto:lo land)

“Some languages belittle us, and still, we must adopt them to assimilate. These languages are said to edify. They only stultify. They bind us to realities in which we are diminished. We come away not civilized, but colonized, held hostage by a new vocabulary” @HarrisonMooney

“The past will remain horrible for as long as we refuse to assess it honestly” (James Baldwin).

Insightful overview of the complexities and conflicts re/ #Abbotsford community development from @ty_olsen • The compromises, questions, and threats that have driven the development destiny of a cherished mountainside. fvcurrent.com/p/mckee-plan-s…

Wait, there’s a “plastics lobby”!?! “Canada's single-use plastic regulations face their first legal test today as the plastics lobby and the federal government head to court.” cbc.ca/news/politics/single-…

“We have found that there is a significant gap between people’s intellectual ability to acknowledge these patterns in the abstract and their affective and relational abilities to identify and interrupt when they or others embody these patterns in action.”

Settlers, take note: “While it is vital that Indigenous perspectives are prioritized in decolonization, this is different than assuming Indigenous people should do all of the work.” -Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective decolonialfuturesnet.files.w…

Such an important voice to listen and learn from. Your presence and writing is a gift, @cartersawatzky_ ✌🏼🏳️‍🌈 “I wonder what has happened to Christianity, why we are no longer defined by love, humility and compassion, but instead by our earnestness to erase queer people.”

2/2 “Within the context of settler colonialism, Indigenous peoples are not seen as worthy recipients of consent, informed or otherwise, and part of being colonized is engaging in all kinds of processes daily that given a choice, we likely wouldn’t consent to.” Leanne B. Simpson

1/2 “…if children learn to normalize dominance and nonconsent within the context of education, then nonconsent becomes part of the normalized tool kit of those with authoritarian power…” Leanne B. Simpson

“Institutions will protect themselves at the expense of the people who inhabit them” - challenging and important convo with @rohadi and @gindaanis

Unlike performative reconciliation, such relationality is practiced with “embodied decolonial relations, relation as a storying of land and Indigenous territory, ethical relationality as an educational practice, and interrelatedness as the foundation of whole human being.”

“A relational focus is key to troubling colonial dominance.” It’s inspiring to see this practiced in the collaborative work of @AmyParent11 and @JeannieK222 - in their 2022 coauthored chapter, “Contemporary Colonialism and Reconciliation in Higher Education.”

Notice marginalized people. Notice the land. Notice the agreements. Notice the names. Notice the absences. Notice the gaps. Wisdom to foster relational connection to people and place, as suggested by @gindaanis in her book, Becoming Kin. Highly recommend.