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Don Cherry’s Firing on Remembrance Day
On November 11th yearly Canada reflects on wars past and present, so does member countries of the Commonwealth since this was a reminder of the sacrifices made by soldiers past and present since the First World War, for our present peace and freedoms. Typically leading up to the two seconds silence on the eleventh hour…
What is “positive nationalism”?
I welcome Jared Milne’s commentary published in St. Albert Gazette of August 7, 2019. I commend his efforts to elevate the dialogue on ways to combat the rise of white nationalism through striving for positive nationalism. However, he argued that attacks of racism by the left against those who raise concerns about our changing national…
2017: The Year that Was – Mending the Gap.
Reez Community Foundation (RCF) is a non-partisan faith based anti-poverty and human rights organization committed to influencing policy, engage in capacity building and taking action to address gaps as we strive for just and resilient integrative communities. We do this through bridging the experiences of people of Black African descent, other ethnic communities and mainstream…
Economic Self-Reliance is a Little Bit of Heaven
At this time of the year, we are all expecting Santa represented by either the man in red or the child, Jesus Christ, who spilled his blood to direct our path back to Heaven. Feelings of goodwill is in the air. We have three to four weeks to be the person we most desire to…
In Search of the Spirit of Collaboration
On our drive home recently, I took a left turn and my 13 year immediately said, “Mama you just took an L on that”. Surprised, I asked “what is an L?”, “it means you took a loss, he bluntly stated and goes on to explain why, with his signature teenage bluster. “You missed the car…
Effectively Addressing Racism: A City’s Journey.
A City’s Journey on Addressing and Eliminating Racism – Time to Exit the Ring Road. Background Racism has always being part of the human condition. Therefore, it is fair to say that the approach and actions by the municipal government of Edmonton to tackle this issue overtime is all over the map. Recent evidence show…
Social Enterprises in Action
We are familiar with member-owner business models such as Servus Credit Union, how familiar are we of worker-owner business model? They are certainly a social enterprise, developed with a combined primary objective of making profit and benefiting the community is some way. Social enterprise business model is a growth niche, although our particular interests are…
Social Justice Issues Alert – 1
Statement to the media by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to Canada, 17-21 October 2016 Ottawa, 21 October 2016 The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of Canada for its invitation to visit the country…
Why Worker Cooperatives?
Our mission at Reez Community Foundation includes improving access to justice and economic empowerment by fostering economic resilience through increasing worker ownership business model. This was heavily influenced by entrepreneurship experiences in the immigrant community and possibly a good number of the over 200 home based businesses in St. Albert. Like the home based businesses,…