Jennifer Oussoren

Indigenous culture comes to the walls of Waverley Drive Public School guelphtoday.com/following-up/i… @ugdsb @waverley_ps @DirectorUGDSB

We are so excited about our new school mural, Water is Life, lovingly created by Michael Cywink and our very talented group of intermediate artists.

Local residents demonstrating in Fergus today to urge support from Canadians and Canadian government for Ukraine in its fight against invading Russian Forces.

@deanneprins @JaelRichardson @ugdsb Just finished it too - yes many questions and a continuing shift in my perception of my place & roles & obligations in this society.

Finished this - so many ?s What is freedom? Who is truly free? How do I continue to disrupt colonialism? How am I enabling colonialism as a white educator? How am I prioritizing the voices of those who identify in the margins? @JaelRichardson @ugdsb

Vigil and Walk - We will stand with #OurLondonFamily In lieu of candles and flowers, if you are able, please direct your support to a new @MSOFG_SM antiracism resource fund and memorial garden for the family we have lost and the victims of islamophobia. ow.ly/C4wa50F63DV

DC police arrested 13 people today of the thousands who put the Capitol on lockdown. A few weeks ago, 22 of us were arrested here on my people’s homelands standing in front of machines destroying our homelands for an oil pipeline.

If Muslims stormed into the U.S Capitol - they would be dead - but Muslims like myself would be tweeting our outrage & trying SO HARD to prove Islam is a peaceful religion. My white colleagues don’t need to prove anything after today’s violence. That’s why we call it privilege.

Just sayin'.....

Found these (TU Dr. Seerat K Chawla on IG) Many of us, including POC, ask ourselves if we are Authentic allies versus Performative allies. I know I struggle internally & have to check myself everyday. Btw, please read Layla F. Saad’s #meandwhitesupremacy Thread 👇🏽

Learning to Critically Address Anti-Black Racism: Voice in Conversation with Kike Ojo-Thompson, Principal Consultant, Kojo Institute shar.es/aHVLkN via @ETFOnews @Victory_ps @mllevaughan @ugdsbequity @MoniqueCadieux @MmeDrumm @JenApgar @LBusuttil

Trinity Bellwoods - Queen’s Park Protest - June 6. Black lives matter. No justice, no peace. Stay outraged. Demand change.

What are we going to do to challenge the systemic silence, denial and oblivion of our system and society? #4BigQuestions #OneBigQuestion

Stay outraged. Ask the difficult questions. Name the problems. #4BigQuestions #OneBigQuestions

Our education system is not neutral - it is built on white supremacy and colonialism. #4BigQuestions #OneBigQuestion

We white people have been conditioned to see black people as less than us- the work of anti-racism is to disrupt and fight this conditioning every single day. #4BigQuestions #OneBigQuestion @mskikeojo

White friends: Remember that racial justice is not (1) a hobby, (2) an event to attend before scurrying back to safety, (3) a performance, (4) a way to invite validation, (5) an opportunity to assuage white guilt, (6) about our comfort. There's no half-way or toe-dipping here.

To my white educators: Today, you’re posting about social justice, buying antiracist books, following brown folks, and temp changing your profile pictures. (thread) Here’s what I need you to do tomorrow:

@k12kimsmith I’m here and I’m ready

Racism isn’t getting worse. It’s getting filmed. ~Will Smith #GeorgeFloyd