Cathy Crowe – “Dying for a Home: The Chronic Crisis of Homelessness and Housing in Canada” (Winter 2023 Forum #2 Summary)

Cathy Crowe, a long-time “Street Nurse” who works in the area of social justice nursing, presented some important and timely issues in an Academy Winter forum at Tartu College. Her background in nursing homeless people, as well as advocacy, writing, and filmmaking, have provided her with significant insights which she shared in a very visual presentation.

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Linda Woodcock and Sharyn Salsberg Ezrin – Presenting our Presenters (Winter 2023 Forum #1 Summary)

Linda took an interesting approach to the presentation as it was an imagined trip to see the dark sky events that have occurred recently. The first stop was to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park to see a total eclipse of the moon which is on the lands of the Blackfoot people.  Linda told us of the traditional celebrations for the Beaver moon (also called the Grandmother moon) of Algonquin people.

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