Kokum Sarah
@kokumsarah.bsky.social
Lakotah's mom and kokum to my amazing granddaughter. Assistant Professor of Indigenous Peoples Education, Nehiyaw Iskwew, Beadworker, Harm Reduction Advocate.
"Liberation doesn’t hinge on extraordinary individuals; it requires structural transformation. When we elevate “heroes,” we risk distorting accountability and reinforcing inequity." (Celeste Pedri-Spade, para 12)
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Thomas King: As we learn another ‘hero’ is non-Indigenous, let’s not ignore a broader cultural problem
Indigenous people are more than stories. We deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, and accountability is measured by actions that build trust and repair harm.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Liberation doesn’t hinge on extraordinary individuals; it requires structural transformation. When we elevate “heroes,” we risk distorting accountability and reinforcing inequity." (Celeste Pedri-Spade, para 12)
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This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
This is how a health system burns to the ground
Dr. Paul Parks explains how Alberta's dual-billing plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
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Do you make...
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Do you make...
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 3
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 3
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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 2
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 2
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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1
#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025
#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1
#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025
#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025
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Can’t wait for our next post? Read mayoral and city council candidates’ full responses on our website, here: cssdp.org/chapters/edm...
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Can’t wait for our next post? Read mayoral and city council candidates’ full responses on our website, here: cssdp.org/chapters/edm...
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”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”
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”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Safeworks no longer providing needles, pipes to Calgary partner agencies
Grassroots harm-reduction teams in Calgary say the province’s health restructuring has halted their access to free needles, pipes and other supplies that help keep drug users safe.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
My friend says it all. We don't get to take off our orange shirts and tuck them away for another year.
Another day of reconciliation day is over, yet the children of Indigenous mothers continue to die from a poisoned drug supply.
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The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My friend says it all. We don't get to take off our orange shirts and tuck them away for another year.
The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss
October 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss
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Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity
Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity
When it comes to reconciliation in Canada, we need to remember that the colonial history encompasses many assimilation tactics and its impacts are ongoing.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity
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YEG mayoral candidate Michael Walters backs involuntary treatment which is harmful and ineffective.
Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails.
Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports.
Vote wisely, not for him.
urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...
Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails.
Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports.
Vote wisely, not for him.
urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures | Urban Affairs
It’s time to add more tools to fight the addiction crisis
urbanaffairs.ca
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
YEG mayoral candidate Michael Walters backs involuntary treatment which is harmful and ineffective.
Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails.
Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports.
Vote wisely, not for him.
urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...
Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails.
Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports.
Vote wisely, not for him.
urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...
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I connected with @drdagly.bsky.social and he allowed me to share his story as a physician working the front lines with patients and families of overdose victims as a blog post for @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
There’s a really bad batch out there right now ... — Moms Stop The Harm
Trigger Warning: This content discusses topics related to drug overdose and death, which may be distressing for some individuals. Please proceed with care and prioritize your well-being. Submitte...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I connected with @drdagly.bsky.social and he allowed me to share his story as a physician working the front lines with patients and families of overdose victims as a blog post for @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
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On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...
September 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...
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“When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.”
#bcpoli
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'Street Sweeps' Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
‘Street Sweeps’ Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds | The Tyee
City workers in Vancouver have been confiscating tents and personal belongings from unhoused people since 2008.
thetyee.ca
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.”
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
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Monday Sept 22
Noon - 1:30 pm
Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges
Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community
albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Noon - 1:30 pm
Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges
Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community
albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Monday Sept 22
Noon - 1:30 pm
Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges
Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community
albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Noon - 1:30 pm
Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges
Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community
albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Saskatchewan Health Authority faces criticism for Indigenous hair-cutting policy | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1133214...
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August 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"Alberta Day" with a beer garden — the same day as Int'l Overdose Awareness Day.
Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis.
Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted.
www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...
Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis.
Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted.
www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...
Alberta Day – Edmonton event
Let's celebrate Alberta Day at the Legislature Grounds.
www.alberta.ca
August 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Alberta Day" with a beer garden — the same day as Int'l Overdose Awareness Day.
Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis.
Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted.
www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...
Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis.
Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted.
www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...
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🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.
August 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.
My granddaughter attended this year. She loved it and can't wait for next year. Highlights for her were the ribbon skirt & rattle making.
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Young Indigenous Women are empowered at Circle of Leadership summer programs - Alberta Native News
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (ANNews) – For the past two years, Dr. Trudy Cardinal, professor of Elementary Education in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education, has been...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My granddaughter attended this year. She loved it and can't wait for next year. Highlights for her were the ribbon skirt & rattle making.
www.albertanativenews.com/young-indige...
www.albertanativenews.com/young-indige...