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Shani Gwin

@shanigwin.bsky.social

PR, engagement & AI lady, Métis momma, and dance superstar. She/her. Shaw-nee.

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https://wasikankisewatisiwin.ca/

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Omar Mouallem

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“I just thought there’s got to be a way to help take the emotional labour off of our people" –Shani Gwin on her novel AI app that takes on anti-Indigenous racism
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AI takes on anti-Indigenous racism

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May 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Lin Zurawell

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Danielle Smith, the message from Treaty 6,7&8 Chiefs and community was clear. This land in NOT your land. Stop using it for your own political games.

First Nations Chiefs wearing Headdresses and community members carrying flags in front of the Alberta Legislature

May 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM

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The Goose 🇨🇦

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Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations regarding Alberta Premier Danielle Smith passing a bill to make a referendum on breaking up with Canada easier. #alberta

Premier Smith’s government is not interested in
partnership — instead, they sow division among Albertans and attack our Treaties by passing
Bill 54. We will fight against separation and any ‘citizen-led’ referendum that threatens Treaty.
We have not stood idly by. We fought for amendments to Bill 54 that would have made it
impossible for a separation referendum to ever move forward. Those were rejected. We made
every attempt to stop Premier Smith’s government from advancing this harmful agenda,
including being forced to utilize colonial and bureaucratic processes to fight for our Peoples
and Lands.
First Nations have always been kind and loving, but our kindness is taken advantage of. Let us
be clear: we are not subordinate to Alberta or Canada. Our relationship is Nation-to-Nation with
the Crown, and that relationship must be respected.
We are all Treaty Peoples — Alberta would not exist without Treaty. When our ancestors
completed the Pipe Ceremony, they made a sacred commitment to share the Land in Peace.
The agreement stands — it is law under Creator. We will not allow colonial governments to
discredit or dishonour that sacred covenant.
For the separatists, we are fully prepared to hold Smith’s government accountable in court. Our
rights are aﬃrmed and protected by Section 35 of the Constitution — we will not hesitate to
assert them. Our sacred Treaty will not be undone by the thoughtless and careless actions of a
loud minority. You cannot undermine our rights or our future.
To our community members, supporters and leaders who stood with us and showed their
solidarity with Treaty No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 today at the legislature — thank you. Your
presence, strength and kindness sent a powerful message: Treaty is not history — it is a living
agreement that binds us all.
Treaty is forever — Treaty No. 6 will last as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river
flows.
aiy hiy,
Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations
Grand Chief Greg Desjarlais

May 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Shani Gwin

@shanigwin.bsky.social

Doug Griffiths from edmontonchamber.bsky.social talks about a space an Edmonton business wanted to activate as “where the unhoused gather and do bad things.” Lololol whaaaaat? Yikes! #stateofthecity y’all!

Bluesky

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May 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Shani Gwin

@shanigwin.bsky.social

Very weird state of the city without the YEG Mayor delivering it. I wonder when and who decided it should be given by a panel of white “city leaders…” And of course no Indigenous representation lol.

Sigh. Downtown elite back at it.

So far, the best speaker was Elder Morin.

May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Pioneers Post

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NEW | Finding the AI balance: how to use AI for good without trashing the planet and its people

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#sustainableAI #AIforimpact #ChangeNOW
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Finding the AI balance: how to use AI for good without trashing the planet and its people

As entrepreneurs eager to use artificial intelligence for the greater good grapple with AI’s negative impacts on people and planet, speakers at the ChangeNow conference offer practical solutions to cr...

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May 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Shani Gwin

@shanigwin.bsky.social

It’s not lost on me that while being interviewed about our AI project, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, Edify would decide to highlight my grandfather as the first in a new series, Lost Ones. Here we are in the Edmonton Innovation issue: edifyedmonton.com/people/profi...

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