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Taapwaywin: Talking about what we know and what we believe

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In this eight-episode series, host Ry Moran (founding Director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) goes in depth on why the truths of Indigenous Peoples are so often suppressed and why we need truth before reconciliation. Over course of this season, we visit with Survivors, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, academics, artists, and activists, exploring the opportunities and barriers for truth telling, and ways we can move forward together. This podcast is presented by the Libraries ...
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A fundamental gap remains between how many Canadians see this country and the realities of living under a colonial settler state. Public commitments made by our governments to truth and reconciliation often do not match their actions behind closed doors. From courtrooms to truth commissions, this episode is about the ways the Canadian settler state…
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Around the world, we are witnessing massive amounts of irreversible ecological destruction brought about by the intersecting impacts of colonization, capitalism, and human induced climate change. From the recent loss of billions of sea stars to the way environmental destruction infringes on protected Indigenous rights, in this episode we’re looking…
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What’s the name of the city, or town, or country that you’re in right now? Do you know where that name comes from? Do you know how long it’s been known by that name, or if it’s had any other names? Today we’re looking at names across this country – the names of places, people, and individuals – and what truths about our history they reveal or obscu…
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Around the world, communities are grappling with the traces of systemic violence and human rights violations that exist in the landscape around us. How do we remember injustices when the physical signs of that history are no longer visible? What do we do with the buildings and structures that still stand? And how are the memories embedded within th…
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In 2015 carvers Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw travelled all the way to Oxford to carve a replica of a masterpiece of Haida art: a remarkable bentwood box that had been held in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection for over 130 years. But why were Jaalen and Gwaai recreating the box in the first place? Why was having the original bentwood box return to Haid…
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Why is it so hard for the truths of Indigenous peoples to be heard? What are the roadblocks to truth-telling in Canada? And what can we do about them? In the inaugural episode of Taapwaywin, host Ry Moran explores the responsibilities that come with exploring truth through conversations with Survivors, Knowledge Keepers, and Elders. Guests Barney W…
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In this eight episode series, host Ry Moran goes in depth on why we need truth before reconciliation. Over the course of this season, we will visit with Survivors, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, academics, artists, and activists, exploring the opportunities and barriers for truth-telling. Visit www.taapwaywin.ca for transcripts, shownotes, and more inf…
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