A Canadian-born actor is urging everyone to get educated on Indigenous issues and history in 2020.
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Come learn with me? I香蕉视频直播檝e signed up for a (free) course through the University of Alberta called Indigenous Canada. 12 lessons that explore Indigenous histories and contemporary issues from an Indigenous perspective.
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This little video explains it all. Sign up via link in my bio!
Levy香蕉视频直播檚 call comes after a series of ongoing Black Lives Matter protests that in Canada have grown to include racism and police brutality against Indigenous peoples.
This year has also seen a fatal police shooting of Indigenous woman Chantel Moore during a wellness check and a confrontation between police and Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, over an alleged expired licence plate.
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