Alyssa Carpenter

I HAVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS. This film was painful, grueling, unrelenting and unnecessarily graphic. A thread. 🧵

All of Canada needs to stop what they are doing, spare a thought for the child whose jawbone was found on the grounds of the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School in Lebret, Saskatchewan. Bone is about 125 years old, Sask coroner says. Child was btwn 4 to 6 years. @fsinations

#COP27 #glpol #inuit

Use what you have, take only what you need, share what you have, share what you know. Read youth leader policy recommendations from @TheGordonFdn's #Arctic Policy Hackathon on food sovereignty, facilitated by @BelferCenter Senior Fellow @PhDJSpence. bit.ly/3Vnf0s3

🎧 New Podcast Episode 🎧 Listen to @SaraOlsvig Olsvig, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, speak on the importance of #Indigenous involvement in #Arctic discussion and decision-making 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1IzUim…

"I think for myself, and a lot of the people that I work with at these forums, our goal is to take power back." Daniel T'seleie, an Indigenous climate activist from the Northwest Territories, at COP27 cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Meet the movers and shakers on the @upheremag Northerner of the Year 2022 shortlist 👇 uphere.ca/articles/notab…

Strategic Planning with @waycwaycwayc this weekend in Inuvik! The next 3 years will be focused on healthy, sustainable, connected, and efficient efforts internally and externally to keep doing what we are trying to do for thriving communities!

Listen to this youth panel discuss mental health, reframing colonial systems, opportunities for education within small communities and more! 👇👇 youtube.com/watch?v=0Zcwmb… @ditttalou @waycwaycwayc @arcticyouthnet @StudentsOnIce #ArcticCircle2022

'Youth Perspectives on a Changing Climate' What does mean to call the #CircumpolarNorth 'home' amid a rapidly changing landscape due to climate change? 🗣️ @arcticyouthnet #ArcticCircle2022

“I think it's really important to think about ways that we can keep wealth that's created in the North, in the North.” Listen to @PJC709 speak with @OnTheGoCBC about the #ArcticPolicyHackathon and Arctic food sovereignty. open.spotify.com/episode/1RffSj…

"It was a really cool experience" - @ditttalou chats to @fnlenny about taking part in the first #ArcticPolicyHackathon and the importance of food sovereignty. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

On behalf of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada’s Board of Directors and employees, we would like to extend our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to Mary Papatsie’s family members, in Ottawa and Pangnirtung. 1/4...

The National #Inuit Poverty Reduction Summit (NIPRS) 2022 will be held virtually on November 2nd and 3rd, from 11am to 3:30pm ET. Register now to attend and participate: eventbrite.ca/e/national-inu…

Every time I hear 'tuck' for Tuktoyaktok I cringe. The root word is Tuktu (took-too), not tuck-too. The place name is took-too-yaak-took, a place that looks like a caribou. You can do better @CBCNorth Yellowknife!

An innovative approach to #conservation in the NWT–known as a Project Finance for Permanence initiative–could help to establish long-term funding support for #Indigenous-led land stewardship as well as benefit communities across the north. Find out how: cabinradio.ca/107841/news/en…

The first #ArcticPolicyHackathon, organized with @CanadaArctic and @ArcticMayors, saw new leaders address food sovereignty in the Arctic. Read their policy recommendations, which were shared during the recent @_Arctic_Circle Assembly 👇 @JJCroteau gordonfoundation.ca/resource/arcti…

House of Commons votes unanimously to describe residential schools as genocide ctvnews.ca/politics/house…