Michelle from the Native Calgarian podcast joins me to talk about systemic racism in Canada. We talk about the Indian Act and what actually happened when the white man stole the natives land. Michelle shares some specific calls to action that we can use in our everyday life to work towards reconciliation, and we discuss the systemic issues and laws that have really hurt our indigenous population. Check out her podcast for more information @Native Calgarian and follow her on FB and Instagram.
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Michelle Robinson is:
a facilitator for Mending Broken Hearts: Healing Unresolved Grief through the White Bison, Wellbriety Training Institute
A volunteer on the Calgary Police Service Indigenous Justice Committee
the volunteer Indigenous liaison for 12 Community Safety Initiative that runs the only open to the public Indigenous book club, Chapters and Chat for over three years
a cochair of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit Calgary committee
Assistant Producer for Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS) to encourage youth to go to post-secondary through opening an RESP, and encouraging folks with low income to utilize the Canada Learning Bond.
-a co-founder of VOICES, a group advocating for the Two-Spirit, and queer people of colour in Calgary
is the Calgary Chair for the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission in Alberta.L
was the 1st First Nation to run for the city council of Calgary and ran as the candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party for Calgary East April 16, 2019.
Michelle is a proud mom and volunteers in her daughter’s activities. Michelle also has a podcast called Native Calgarian.
