A little joy for you this morning. I’ve been listening to Ibrahim Maalouf’s new album Capacity to Love which combines his unique middle eastern trumpet sounds with hip hop and pop musicians from across the spectrum. This video was inspired by the third track on the album, El Mundo and is just a fun pop song that is embedded with an aspiration for a life of free joy and mutual support. Flavia Coelho sings. Enjoy.
Smelhmelhélch (Passage Island) at the mouth of Átl’ka7tsem (Howe Sound) before the snows came earlier this week. Some notes on 2023 while I have a moment to review them. The year began with the death of my father and is ending with worries about the serious and lingering health issues of other senior family members and so in a lot of ways this year has been split between personal grief during the first part of the year, and the waiting, supporting and attending in the second part of the year. Several times during the year, I haven’t found myself at …
Geneviève Bergeron – Hélène Colgan – Nathalie Croteau – Barbara Daigneault – Anne-Marie Edward – Maud Haviernick – Maryse Laganière – Maryse Leclair – Anne-Marie Lemay – Sonia Pelletier – Michèle Richard – Annie St-Arneault – Annie Turcotte – Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Never forgotten
Courtesy of my friend and colleague Bhav Patel, here is a link to some great facilitation resources collected and curated by the ICA:UK crew. ICA is the global network of practice that has brought the Technology of Participation approach into the world, and this is the first time I have come across a comprehensive collection of tools that supports that approach. I have added that link to my own eclectic collection of quality facilitation resources. That has long been the most popular page on this site!
It’s Giving Tuesday and if you are in Canada and looking for places to donate money, I encourage you to head over to a new website launched and hosted by The Circle on Philanthropy which connects Indigenous communities and funders, foundations and donors. The new website is called The Feast House and it is a place where you can donate directly, abundantly and without restriction to Indigenous-led organizations and projects across the country. It also contains links to articles, podcasts and videos to hep you learn more about giving and philanthropy in an Indigenous context Donating money to Indigenous-led work …