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Now That We Know
TRANSFORMING THE CITY
From: Indigenous Toronto
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On the colonial history of Toronto (and Canada’s) education system, and dealing with colonial history and structures.
Contributors
Lila Pine
Lila Pine, Mi’gmewi’sgw of mixed ancestry, is bound by the Peace and Friendship Treaty. She divides her time between Mi’gma’gi, where she belongs, and Tkaronto, where she teaches in the RTA School of Media at a downtown university. Her research seeks to develop a way of ‘seeing’ sound in order to identify distinct qualities in the speaking of different languages with the goal of better understanding how language informs knowledge(s). Recently, Lila launched Moon Talks, a speaking series that brings together Indigenous and Black anti-racism thinkers. She is also collaborating with Buffy Sainte-Marie on a project called Creative Native: Youth Mentorship in the Arts Initiative.