Category: Indigenous
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Continuing the Indigenous conversation
We hope that, through this WordCamp, we may encourage important conversations within the WordPress community about the value of Indigenous perspectives and that result in practical initiatives to support Indigenous communities in engaging with WordPress.(from our Opening words and Land Acknowledgement) When we made a commitment to Indigenous representation and perspectives in our vision statement…
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Indigenous Links
As I worked on trying to create a basis for starting a conversation about Indigenous perspectives and engagement at WC-EH, I added to the resources I had already gathered together in the fifteen years since we emigrated from the UK to Canada. I was genuinely moved by the response to our efforts to put Indigenous…
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A bit more about Land Acknowledgements
Both before and during WordCamp Canada we received questions about Land Acknowledgement. So we thought it might be helpful to provide a bit more information for those who are interested. What is a Land Acknowledgement? “A land acknowledgement or territorial acknowledgement is a formal statement that acknowledges the original Indigenous Peoples of the land, spoken…
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Land Acknowledgement
WordCamp Canada acknowledges that Ottawa, as it is now called, is built on un-ceded and un-surrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The Peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this Land. We honour the Peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. We honour all…