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Where is Kamloops with truth and reconciliation?
‘Our relationship as good neighbours has grown’: Kamloops city council members reflect on the city’s efforts to live up to the TRC’s Calls to Action.
In photos: Kamloops gathers for Truth and Reconciliation Day
The community gathered for the second Truth and Reconciliation Day event co-hosted by Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops.
Storyteller Chris Bose on getting the next generation of youth to ‘be loud’
The Secwépemc and Nlaka’pamux artist brings poetry, jam sessions and workshops to dozens of Vancouver Public Library branches, encouraging youth to reclaim their voice, ‘even if you can’t find it.’
Here’s how you can commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Tkʼemlúps
From film screenings to motorcycle rides, here are a few events in Kamloops to gather and learn Sept. 30.
Echoes of the Homesick Heart seeks to answer the question: ‘What do we do to heal our communities?’
Laura Michel’s play Echoes of the Homesick Heart aims to support language revitalization with learning tools and a bursary.
‘It’s time to bring it forward’: Ed Jensen on the art and spirituality of Secwépemc hunting
For Secwépemc hunter, artist and Yukon Harvest TV personality, Ed Jensen, Tk̓emlúps Traditions is more than a business – it’s a living archive of Secwépemc knowledge.
On screen and in spirit: Indigenous voices lead the 4th Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival
Taking place Sept. 26 to 28, the festival offers an ‘additional learning opportunity’ leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
How Secwépemc songwriter Jeremy Kneeshaw gives back
Through his Kamloops-based recording business, the mutli-instrumentalist and producer amplifies the power of music and culture by preserving it.
‘Act of resistance in learning our language’: Why revitalizing Secwepemctsín matters to language advocates
‘It's learning about our worldview as Secwépemc,’ says St̓uxtéws (Bonaparte) First Nation member Candice Day, as she learns to speak her ancestral tongue.
Where is Kamloops with truth and reconciliation?
‘Our relationship as good neighbours has grown’: Kamloops city council members reflect on the city’s efforts to live up to the TRC’s Calls to Action.
In photos: Kamloops gathers for Truth and Reconciliation Day
The community gathered for the second Truth and Reconciliation Day event co-hosted by Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops.
Storyteller Chris Bose on getting the next generation of youth to ‘be loud’
The Secwépemc and Nlaka’pamux artist brings poetry, jam sessions and workshops to dozens of Vancouver Public Library branches, encouraging youth to reclaim their voice, ‘even if you can’t find it.’
Here’s how you can commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Tkʼemlúps
From film screenings to motorcycle rides, here are a few events in Kamloops to gather and learn Sept. 30.
Echoes of the Homesick Heart seeks to answer the question: ‘What do we do to heal our communities?’
Laura Michel’s play Echoes of the Homesick Heart aims to support language revitalization with learning tools and a bursary.
‘It’s time to bring it forward’: Ed Jensen on the art and spirituality of Secwépemc hunting
For Secwépemc hunter, artist and Yukon Harvest TV personality, Ed Jensen, Tk̓emlúps Traditions is more than a business – it’s a living archive of Secwépemc knowledge.
On screen and in spirit: Indigenous voices lead the 4th Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival
Taking place Sept. 26 to 28, the festival offers an ‘additional learning opportunity’ leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
How Secwépemc songwriter Jeremy Kneeshaw gives back
Through his Kamloops-based recording business, the mutli-instrumentalist and producer amplifies the power of music and culture by preserving it.
‘Act of resistance in learning our language’: Why revitalizing Secwepemctsín matters to language advocates
‘It's learning about our worldview as Secwépemc,’ says St̓uxtéws (Bonaparte) First Nation member Candice Day, as she learns to speak her ancestral tongue.
