Author Archives: bill butt
Children in Palestine
Kettle and Stony Point First Nation Memorial Ceremony for the Children
The war memorial at KSPFN after the lighting and placing of candles in memory of children lost at Residential Schools in Canada.
Tarek Loubani Webinar
Dr. Tarek Loubani, emergency-care physician in London, Ontario, and in Gaza, leads a webinar on “Gaza’s health system and the challenges it faces: under-funded, under Covid, and under occupation”. Tuesday, June 29, 7:30 ET. Hosted by Ottawa Forum on Israel Palestine. To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mdHXT46PQyexlucCdcpCog
Parliamentary Poet Laureate Writes of Kamloops
The Cree poet Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer, Canada’s current Parliamentary Poet Laureate, has written a public poem about the children whose bodies were discovered at the former Residential School in Kamloops. It is called Angels: 215>, 1820-1979 “The Past Is Always Our Present”. It will soon be posted on the National Parliamentary PoetContinue reading “Parliamentary Poet Laureate Writes of Kamloops”
In Memoriam
Photo taken Sunday afternoon May 30 at the war memorial across from the Kettle and Stony Point United Church. More than 215 pair of children’s shoes, placed in the shape of a heart, in memory of the 215 children found at the Residential School in Kamloops.
Overcoming Ontario’s Poverty Pandemic
Written and edited by: Murray MacAdamThe on-line launch of this research and advocacy book was hosted by ISARC on March 16. The book is now available through the ISARC website at http://www.isarc.ca. Click the button ‘Order Now’.
Boomer Spirituality
Attention All Boomers! Return Visit of Rabbi Richard Address to Siloam United Church in London! Click here for poster: https://siloamunitedchurch.org/rabbi-address-registration