Ri / ᕒᐊᔦᓬᐄ (she/her)

Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts | CBC News Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over cuts to OSAP grants Tuesday, telling them to "not pick basket-weaving courses" and to invest in education that gives students i...

My elders taught me to basket weave and I promise you I learned more there than I did in MANY of my undergrad courses, Doug.

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Top half of the image displays a photograph of a protest. Participants hold cardboard signs and posters, including a cutout of Mark Carney's face. Visible signs read "LAND BACK," "End Ongoing Colonialism," and "Let Gaza Live." A red line across the image beneath the photo. Within the line reads: “The Yellowhead Brief”. The bottom half of the image displays the brief title information: "Budget 2025: A New Era in Indigenous-Canada Relations? By Riley Yesno." The YI logo is displayed on the right side of the image.

A quotation is bordered by a dashed red line. A quotation mark sits at the top centre of the border and “The Yellowhead Brief” is placed in the bottom centre of the border. Inside the border reads: “...new financing at least means the federal government recognizes that it will require extensive engagement with Indigenous Nations to pursue the many national-interest economic projects they’re talking about—and that engagement costs money. How that money will be used, and whether it is accompanied by the time needed to build meaningful partnerships, is another discussion entirely. - Riley Yesno"

Image is of a dark blue background. A dark red text box is displayed in the top centre of the image, white text reads, “Learn More”. White text in the centre of the image reads: "What can Indigenous communities expect from the Federal Government's 2025 budget?" Below this, smaller white text reads the title information: "Budget 2025: A New Era in Indigenous-Canada Relations? By Riley Yesno." A dotted red line separates the centered text from the title information and the Yellowhead Institute logo displayed in the bottom centre of the image.

Last week the Carney Government tabled their first budget. In this Brief, Riley Yesno reviews the commitments to Indigenous communities and highlights the gaps, limitations and general disappointment.

Full Brief linked in bio.

If I have to see another one of those Ring of Fire ads, or billboards, or hear it in the radio…I am going to LOSE IT.

Also, the region is called Mamataawa you asshats.

The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved

It was very special to work with six brilliant, thoughtful Indigenous writers — Michelle Good, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Eva Jewell, Janelle Lapointe, Anna McKenzie and Riley Yesno — on this series about truth and reconciliation, in print & online for @thewalrus.ca. thewalrus.ca/truth-and-re...

DEAL NEWS! I’m squealing!

Canadian governments continually treat Indigenous title as a “policy issue” rather than a legal obligation and fundamental right. @rileyyesnomaybe.bsky.social asks: Why must Indigenous people fear for the protection of these rights with the arrival of every new government? thewalrus.ca/trc-land/

How Far Has Canada Come on Reconciliation? | The Agenda YouTube video by TVO Today

From the residential schools apology to Idle No More, where is Canada on reconciliation? @spaikin.bsky.social asks Chief Serge Simon (Kanesatake First Nation), Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux (@lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social), @karynpugliese.bsky.social (@carleton.ca), and @rileyyesnomaybe.bsky.social

Bill 5 saying the quiet part out loud: when the government feels it has the appropriate conditions to justify bypassing First Nations rights, they do it. A reminder that “no” was never really an option.

It’s traumatizing to be trapped and it’s also traumatizing to be forcibly displaced—particularly by circumstances exasperated by a crisis you’ve fought generations to mitigate.

The new Lilo and Stitch has
Nani give up custody of Lilo and go study on the mainland?!?? Livid

Indigenous minister of Indigenous services is a hard one. Boof.

It’s finally my favourite time of year: baby in sunhat season

Indigenous people repeatedly get left out of Canada's so-called democratic processes (which they, of course, have been forced into in the first place), and at the same time are told by so many people that it's unacceptable if they choose not to vote.

Elections Canada apologizes to Nunavik voters left out of vote | CBC News Voters in several Nunavik villages say polls closed early - or didn't open at all. Elections Canada says those shortcomings shows the work that still remains for the organization.

Slightly dated news, but just saw this article and felt my blood boil a bit. Remember in 2015 when northern reserves weren't sent enough ballots, so didn't get to vote then, either?

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Read the conservative platform now. It’s brutal. The Indigenous affairs section, yes, but literally all of it.

Promises to do soooo much that violates Indigenous rights and consent.

Also ‘our Indigenous people’? Again? Did you get an Indigenous person to read any of this over??

Outside of the reconciliation section this is what is highlighted.

Remember the rest of the platform (which deals heavily with international presence and the economy) becomes extremely challenged if Indigenous nations don’t consent to their vision of « economic growth at home » not surprising

Yeah this liberal platform is very telling when it comes to Indigenous affairs. Vague promises to essentially not abandoned previous work but the only substantial funding is for « economic reconciliation » and resource extraction. Yeah yeah yeah

Going on a trip to London next week and looking for things to do. I suggest the London Museum. My spouse says: « why? So we can go see all of your things??? » LMAO

As federal funding falters, Vancouver, the ‘City of Reconciliation,’ offers crucial lessons in Indigenous relationships Cities, where the majority of Indigenous people in Canada live, are ‘ground zero’ for reconciliation. But this process isn’t perfect

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Thinking abt reconciliation in cities ft. @michellecyca.com, Ginger Gosnell-Meyers, and Cecil Sveinson

Remember accountability is a relational obligation. Policing isn’t.

Trump scares me — but so does Canadian nationalism While many Canadians are feeling just a whiff of foreign aggression for the first time, remember that Indigenous people are not. We know the threat of encroachment well — in

"At the very best, we are seeing innumerable people who are uncritical in their nationalism. Those who are often more scared of foreign aggression than they are focused on domestic policy or their learning to-date"

Great new piece by @rileyyesnomaybe.bsky.social

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Trump scares me — but so does Canadian nationalism While many Canadians are feeling just a whiff of foreign aggression for the first time, remember that Indigenous people are not. We know the threat of encroachment well — in

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

If you’ve talked to me recently you know this has been very much on my mind. Great opinion piece by @rileyyesnomaybe.bsky.social

Canada going from « Cancel Canada Day! let’s reflect and wear orange shirts » to « elbows up!!! Full national swing » is disappointing, but not surprising whiplash.

Lololol

This is disgusting all on its own but also exasperates me bc you say this and then wonder why so many Indigenous people here reject your ‘reconciliation’?

If you don’t like a honey crueller you have poor taste

As someone from Thunder Bay—where big snows are bountiful—I can confirm that it’s worse in Toronto. The city has no proper infrastructure to deal with anything beyond a dusting.

The other day at a hockey game they began singing the US national anthem and my wife and me, as well as this other queer couple stayed seated and I thought we were on the same wavelength…and then they RIPPED out of their seats for the Canadian anthem.

Oh…that’s not…sigh. Haha

Amid Canadian Flag Day celebrations, Indigenous Peoples issue 47-minute long exasperated sigh

This executive order banning trans women from sports? I know we might have seen it coming but I still feel so sick.