Nancy Knickerbocker
@nancyknicker.bsky.social
Reader, writer, quilter, unionist, español enthusiast, sister (bio & union), mom (bio & step), grandma. Opinions? I have strong ones. Working in #bced, #bcunion.
Teachers know what kids need – more time, more support, and more resources. Add your voice and tell government it’s time to deliver on better classroom conditions.
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More support for our kids
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Teachers know what kids need – more time, more support, and more resources. Add your voice and tell government it’s time to deliver on better classroom conditions.
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In Rural Canada, CBC Brought Us the World via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
In Rural Canada, CBC Brought Us the World | The Tyee
It sparked the careers of many artists. Now as the election nears, we risk losing it.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In Rural Canada, CBC Brought Us the World via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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Monday @winnipegfreepress.com column - Fathers are not sons; good news for those impacted by residential schools (aka everyone)
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Opinion: Fathers are not sons — good news for Carney’s prospects with Indigenous voters
Mark Carney has become the subject of attention in Indigenous circles after it came to light his father was the principal of Joseph Burr Tyrrell school — a federally run Indian day school in Fort Smit...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Monday @winnipegfreepress.com column - Fathers are not sons; good news for those impacted by residential schools (aka everyone)
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
This is only one of many Terry Beech signs we saw vandalized on a short drive in Burnaby North-Seymour riding today. I am not a Liberal voter, but I am disgusted by the disrespect for the electoral process and juvenile name calling, so characteristic of Pierre Poilievre’s brand of petty politics.
March 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is only one of many Terry Beech signs we saw vandalized on a short drive in Burnaby North-Seymour riding today. I am not a Liberal voter, but I am disgusted by the disrespect for the electoral process and juvenile name calling, so characteristic of Pierre Poilievre’s brand of petty politics.
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He challenged teachers to see that the values we define as uniquely Canadian -- democracy, health care, multi-culturalism and free speech -- come not from European heritage but from untold centuries of Indigenous education. Supporting each other is what Kanata (Canada) is all about. #bced
March 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
He challenged teachers to see that the values we define as uniquely Canadian -- democracy, health care, multi-culturalism and free speech -- come not from European heritage but from untold centuries of Indigenous education. Supporting each other is what Kanata (Canada) is all about. #bced
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Niigaan urged #bced teachers to learn the histories and cultures of the Indigenous lands they inhabit and to build relationships with their Indigenous neigbours and students. “That’s what reconciliation looks like, and that’s the power of education.”
March 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Niigaan urged #bced teachers to learn the histories and cultures of the Indigenous lands they inhabit and to build relationships with their Indigenous neigbours and students. “That’s what reconciliation looks like, and that’s the power of education.”
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Miigwech @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for your sweeping, hopeful keynote at the #BCTF Annual General Meeting today.
The Anishinaabe author and activist wove a vision of education as action for reconciliation, reciprocity, and mutual respect.
The Anishinaabe author and activist wove a vision of education as action for reconciliation, reciprocity, and mutual respect.
March 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Miigwech @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for your sweeping, hopeful keynote at the #BCTF Annual General Meeting today.
The Anishinaabe author and activist wove a vision of education as action for reconciliation, reciprocity, and mutual respect.
The Anishinaabe author and activist wove a vision of education as action for reconciliation, reciprocity, and mutual respect.
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Excited to see everyone at @bctf.bsky.social ! Miigwech for bringing me out to beauiful Vancouver! www.bctf.ca/news-and-opp...
Calls for deepening bonds of solidarity as BC teachers gather for Annual General Meeting
About 700 teachers from across the province will gather in Vancouver this weekend for the 109th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BC Teachers’ Federation.
The AGM is the largest of three...
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March 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Excited to see everyone at @bctf.bsky.social ! Miigwech for bringing me out to beauiful Vancouver! www.bctf.ca/news-and-opp...
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Great essay not just on #takedowntesla but how it's working and how it exemplifies direct action (Waging Nonviolence is always worth checking out):
'Tesla Takedown' underscores the importance of moving from protest to resistance
The viral pickets at Tesla showrooms are a necessary first step toward the kind of disruptive tactics that can force change.
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February 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Great essay not just on #takedowntesla but how it's working and how it exemplifies direct action (Waging Nonviolence is always worth checking out):
Reposted by Nancy Knickerbocker
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Members of Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. are voting on it's first formal constitution.
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Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. voting on historic written constitution
The Heiltsuk constitution has been in the works for 20 years and formalizes the joint governance of Indian Act and Hereditary chiefs.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Members of Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. are voting on it's first formal constitution.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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La belle ville de Québec. La ville est magique en hiver.
Quebec City is a magical place. Its people are so welcoming.
But they do have basic standards.
Quebec City is a magical place. Its people are so welcoming.
But they do have basic standards.
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
La belle ville de Québec. La ville est magique en hiver.
Quebec City is a magical place. Its people are so welcoming.
But they do have basic standards.
Quebec City is a magical place. Its people are so welcoming.
But they do have basic standards.
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We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.
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With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
Leonard Peltier sentence commuted by President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden's last decision as he sets to leave the White House was to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier.
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January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
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This is infuriating. And racist as hell.
"The same memo also makes the claim that Palestinian religious and cultural symbols compromise workplace safety, and that for some staff it is 'very hard and even threatening to see a keffiyeh worn at work.'" themainlander.com/2025/01/16/p...
Palestinian Symbols Banned at Vancouver Public Library
The Vancouver Public Library (“VPL”) has implemented a branch-wide ban on employees who show symbols of support for the Palestinian people. According to internal workplace memos obtained by The Mai…
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January 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is infuriating. And racist as hell.
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I saw this post online.
Just be a decent and straightforward Canadian who understands the need to protect our beautiful and fair land.
Don't be a weasel or spread the rage bullshit of Danielle Smith and gang.
Nobody from outside can beat us.
Stand up to the quislings.
Just be a decent and straightforward Canadian who understands the need to protect our beautiful and fair land.
Don't be a weasel or spread the rage bullshit of Danielle Smith and gang.
Nobody from outside can beat us.
Stand up to the quislings.
January 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I saw this post online.
Just be a decent and straightforward Canadian who understands the need to protect our beautiful and fair land.
Don't be a weasel or spread the rage bullshit of Danielle Smith and gang.
Nobody from outside can beat us.
Stand up to the quislings.
Just be a decent and straightforward Canadian who understands the need to protect our beautiful and fair land.
Don't be a weasel or spread the rage bullshit of Danielle Smith and gang.
Nobody from outside can beat us.
Stand up to the quislings.
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Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her female baby known as J61
Orca mother still pushing dead baby 11 days after death; newest calf appears healthy
Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her female baby known as J61
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January 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her female baby known as J61
BC's Ombudsperson Is Investigating the Exclusion of Kids from School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...
BC’s Ombudsperson Is Investigating the Exclusion of Kids from School | The Tyee
The problem is getting worse, say parent and disability advocates.
thetyee.ca
January 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
BC's Ombudsperson Is Investigating the Exclusion of Kids from School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...
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Libraries matter more than ever now! They embody a beautiful & brilliant idea that we must never stop defending. The idea that knowledge is free & belongs to EVERYONE. We all need to support our libraries & librarians - especially when people seek to ban books & free thinking. #libraries #books
December 4, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Libraries matter more than ever now! They embody a beautiful & brilliant idea that we must never stop defending. The idea that knowledge is free & belongs to EVERYONE. We all need to support our libraries & librarians - especially when people seek to ban books & free thinking. #libraries #books
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A timely reminder::
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~ Andrea Junker
:-)}
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~ Andrea Junker
:-)}
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 AM
A timely reminder::
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~ Andrea Junker
:-)}
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~ Andrea Junker
:-)}
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After five generations, a family returned a headdress, moccasins and other clothing to a descendant of a Lakota leader. “We looked at each other and we said, ‘Is this real? 144 years?’” said Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail. “We were just kind of in awe.”
After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in its Closet
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:10 AM
After five generations, a family returned a headdress, moccasins and other clothing to a descendant of a Lakota leader. “We looked at each other and we said, ‘Is this real? 144 years?’” said Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail. “We were just kind of in awe.”
Ahh … it’s a real breath of fresh air to be up here in the bright blue sky instead of down there in the execrable place. #freshstart
November 27, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Ahh … it’s a real breath of fresh air to be up here in the bright blue sky instead of down there in the execrable place. #freshstart