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We are talked about as though we live in the past, and these elementary
school children and high school children, even up to the university level,
they are not even recognizing that we are still here and that we are still
practicing our traditions, culture and languages. I think the education
system needs to include that in their school curriculums because I think
that's where a lot of the racism and intolerance comes from... They don't
know anything about us and then they watch the news and everything is
negative. People need to see the positive aspects of our cultures and better
understand what's happened in the past.
— Hayley Moody
Hamilton
We need the people down south to understand
the north because it's special. The north has
people, people that are the most heartwarming
passionate people and they just need to see us
and understand that we are here, we're not
going away and we're strong.
— Doronn Fox
Kwanlin Dün First Nation
The non-Indigenous side of my family,
they used to see us Indigenous people
as always wanting money, being lazy.
This has now turned into this pseudo
enlightenment of pitying Indigenous
people, 'oh poor them, they can't help
themselves'. This isn't any better and
these views need to stop.
— Elise St. Germain
Toronto
