Alina Dyatlova's video: Nora Bernard and Residential Schools: Celebrate Indigenous Women Resign O Toole

In this video I talk about Nora Bernard, who was a Mi’kmaq activist of the First Nation Community of Millbrook. She felt that the Canadian Residential School System was wrong and that every child that had ever been forced to attend the Shubenacadie Residential School was entitled to be compensated for their experience. She wanted justice for the Survivors of the Shubenacadie School. Nora filed the first Class Action law suit against the government of Canada seeking compensation for Residential School Survivors. After Nora filed her claim other survivors from other schools in other provinces filed similar law suits. Eventually these claims joined together and the end result was the National Class Action Settlement, the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. I also quickly touch base on the latest trending hashtag Nutritional Experiment Article: Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools. Written by: Ian Mosby Pam Palmater Video On O'Toole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFcqR2ITSI THANK YOU FOR WATCHING - LET'S CONNECT: Instagram - @bigkatdaddy Twitter - @alinabalinaa THE JUSTICE CARD PLAYLIST:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa-oMP3ATLx14PKWlyKS7i_qunGQrZ00t Disclaimer: As a white, able-bodied CIS woman, I acknowledge my privilege and I am using it to spread awareness about the on-going societal and institutionalized violence towards racialized groups, with a direct focus on Indigenous Peoples. I am actively working on challenging my internalized racism and biases by rejecting the narrative that was taught and absorbed by me as a result of white-washed education and prominent stereotypes in our media, social life, etc. This video is published in solidarity with the on-going activism of Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island, specifically the work that they have been doing towards dismantling systems of oppression (de-colonization of institutions). I have created The Justice Card so we can learn more about historic and ongoing impacts of colonization and how those colonial notions survive and thrive within our most “sacred” institutions. I also discuss various Canadian news stories and current events (think, social justice) that you may have missed because they weren’t striking enough to circulate via social media.Let’s challenge our white privilege and work through our white fragility together so we can effectively show up and do the work that is required of us. Systemic violence is rooted in white supremacy and has been flowing through our institutions for centuries, always wearing a new mask - a new face to fit the social climate of “today”. The work ahead of us is not easy, and will be difficult, awkward at times. As white folk, we benefit from these systems whether we realize it or not, and it is our job to dismantle it - piece by piece; we must acknowledge that the actions and inactions of our ancestors further solidified racial biases, discrimination and oppression. Resources, accounts to follow and more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GrdqBKsBv-qYQJkTQDl84ydnCX4HgY6w88bDEmOnK9s/edit?usp=sharing