Sacred Relationship

So few of us get things right. I love and respect all my people… and I try to treat everyone well. I will falter. But, I’d like to think I see the error of my ways. I’m not meant for everyone, and not everyone is meant for me. But, my goal is to be able…

Discernment in our relationship to wildlife in densely populated areas

"Densely Populated" will always be relative. I live around some "rural areas," though technically, right now, I'm in a more "urban" area in the rural area. I'm in the Town of Sidney. I have lived in Brentwood, and my kid(s') schools have been/still is in Brentwood, so I saw a discussion about feeding squirrels. So…

Some thoughts on Residential Schools, government and Catholic churches

I usually post in facebook, but i know residential school survivors are going through it with the Pope’s tour of Canadian Indian reserves. Colonizers and the Catholic Church have never made peace with someone they’re actively oppressing. Because they haven’t stopped oppressing. Here on the coast we had “northern raiders” who were invading our territory.…

Decolonizing Work Practices: “Holiday”

By ŚW̱,XELOSELWET Tiffany Joseph The best thing to do when your work is meant to centre Indigenous peoples, don't call Statutory holidays a "holiday." Holiday is rooted in the concept of "holy day." "Holy day refers to a religious commemorative day or festival, a type of sacred time, see: Liturgical year, determines when feast days,…

Decolonizing Work Practices: Referring to W̱SÁNEĆ people, territory, etc.

By ŚW̱,XELOSELWET Tiffany Joseph I'm writing this blog as a way to give some harm-reduction approaches to working with me, and this may apply to other W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. There are many ways people strive to decolonize their interactions by acknowledging "W̱SÁNEĆ" or "SENĆOŦEN language", but slip-ups like typos, or mispronunciations create labour in our meetings…