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Angel is aboriginal from the Haida Nation.She is the proud mother of three amazing kids and has been a dog owner for five years. She is a passionate human being and activist always fighting for human rights or the environment. When she is not doing work with the Megaphone Speakers Bureau, she is an actress. She has been nominated for Best Actress twice. At night she likes to relax with a glass or two of vodka and smoke crystal methamphetamine. Eva Takakanew was born in Edmonton, Alberta and is from Thunderchild First Nation near Turtleford, Saskatchewan.She is a descendant of Chief Poundmaker. Eva moved to Vancouver and lived with her biological mom until just after her first birthday and then was adopted at the age of two. Last July, Eva graduated with a diploma in family community counselling from Native Education College and hopes to one day work with youth. She also has aspirations to become a Native court worker. Eva loves to write and says it helps her calm her busy brain, which never seems to shut off. Mental Health Support:— Crisis Centre BC:https://crisiscentre.bc.ca/— Indian Residential School Survivors Society:https://www.irsss.ca/services — KUU-US Crisis Line:https://www.kuu-uscrisisline.com/ — WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre:https://www.wavaw.ca/— BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services:http://www.bcmhsus.ca/ More Resources:— "The truth must be told" by Eva Takakanew: https://www.megaphonemagazine.com/vendor_voices_july_2021— 'Neglected in Life, Dishonoured in Death' - The Tyee: https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/06/01/Neglected-Life-Dishonoured-Death-TRC-Excerpt/— Megaphone Speakers Bureau: https://speakersbureau.megaphonemagazine.com/
Author: Angel Gates, Author: Eva Takakanew, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Steve Tornes, Author: Alex Masse
Date created: 2022-03-22
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Coyote, Ivan , Author: Nawaz, Zarqa , Author: Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll, Author: Aslan, Reza
Date created: 2014-07-10
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Indian Summer Festival
Date created: 2014-07-06
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Indian Summer Festival
Date created: 2014-07-05
Audio recording of event with Donato Mancini and Ted Byrne presenting and reading their translations of the fatras. Danielle LaFrance and Jacqueline Turner responded to the original fatras, after which all of the poets read some of their own poetry, either new fatras, or poetry that responds to the fatras.
Author: Mancini, Donato, Author: Byrne, Ted, Author: LaFrance, Danielle, Author: Turner, Jacqueline
Date created: 2017-10-03
Video of EMMA Talks presentation with Vivek Shraya
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Shraya, Vivek, Author: EMMA Talks
Date created: 2018-10-01
Credits: Kathleen McCabe (poet, cancer patient) and Ecko Aleck (sound artist).
Author: McCabe, Kathleen, Author: Aleck, Ecko
Date created: 2016-11-23
Credits: Kathleen McCabe (poet), Michael Park (composer), and Heather Molloy (mezzo-sopranist).
Author: McCabe, Kathleen, Author: Park, Michael, Author: Molloy, Heather
Date created: 2017-01-02
Author and educator David Chang of SFU's Faculty of Education joins Am Johal for a conversation about what it means to live an ethical life during the Anthropocene — an epoch marked by the monumental environmental impact of human activity. David is co-editor of a recently published collection of scholarly and creative essays, A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene.He and Am discuss themes in Ecological Virtues, including Aristotle's notions of virtue ethics, and the grounding of virtue ethics in other thought traditions. They also speak about David's colleagues' contributions to the book that deal with death literacy and the process of forging soulful connection with places through poetry.Resources:— A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene (University of Regina Press, 2020): https://uofrpress.ca/Books/A/A-Book-of-Ecological-Virtues—"What Are Your 'Ecological Virtues'?" - review from The Tyee: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/09/22/What-Are-Your-Ecological-Virtues/
Author: David Chang, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-03-02