By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the second National Day of Truth and Reconciliation almost upon us, Ginger Gosnell-Myers says too much of this Call to Action falls upon the shoulders of Indigenous peoples. The same people who need to use this day for healing. “On Sept. 30 there are Indigenous peoples leading workshops (and) a lot of Canadians who are taking workshops led by community members?But this is just more of our people leading this knowledge exchange instead of healing and that is not sustainable or equitable,” said Gosnell-Myers. Meanwhile, she says, non-Indigenous people are donning orange shirts and shopping. Another day of capitalism, she adds. Gosnell-Myers, of Nisga’a and Kwakwak’awakw heritage, and fellow for urban Indigenous policy and planning and decolonization at the SFU Wosk Centre
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