The End Is Nige
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Stuff by Nigel Gordijk in Waterloo, ON. Proudly and loudly Afro-Caribbean/Chinese-Caribbean. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/TheEndIsNige
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How Can I Be A Black Man If I Don't Look Like One? - ByBlacks.com | #1 online magazine for Black Canadians
Reconnecting with my long-lost ancestors unearthed insecurities that had been buried, but honouring my ancestors means acknowledging my full heritage.
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Recently, I had an "itch" that I needed to scratch by writing this piece for ByBlacks.com. I'm indebted to publisher Camille Dundas for her thoughtful editing, and to Teneile Warren for their counsel. byblacks.com/opinion/item...
I'll be attending an ONDP staff forum in TO later this week, & there will be an optional anonymous holiday gift exchange on Thurs, with a $20 value limit. I went to The Canada Lecture on Citizenship by Tanya Talaga at KPL tonight, & I bought one of her books, which she signed. Great timing!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'll be attending an ONDP staff forum in TO later this week, & there will be an optional anonymous holiday gift exchange on Thurs, with a $20 value limit. I went to The Canada Lecture on Citizenship by Tanya Talaga at KPL tonight, & I bought one of her books, which she signed. Great timing!
Sometimes it feels like I'm fighting the wrong battles.
Leaders of Canada’s newest convoy worry police are trying to sabotage a nationwide protest avenging a flock of dead ostriches
Ostrich Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
Ostrich Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches
Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with food inspectors and the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
pressprogress.ca
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sometimes it feels like I'm fighting the wrong battles.
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"A lane of traffic can move 2,000 people an hour while an LRT using that same space can move 22,000 people an hour," Spooner said. "When we talk about growth, when we talk about LRT, we're talking about increasing capacities in the corridor." #ion #LRT www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/f...
Fast-tracking LRT to Cambridge will risk $12M that may not be reimbursed
Transportation commissioner Doug Spooner laid out a 2026 capital budget request for studies and land purchases that need to happen before full funding is sought from province and feds
www.cambridgetoday.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"A lane of traffic can move 2,000 people an hour while an LRT using that same space can move 22,000 people an hour," Spooner said. "When we talk about growth, when we talk about LRT, we're talking about increasing capacities in the corridor." #ion #LRT www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/f...
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Want a job on Ford's gravy train?
Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators.
No need to know what an ECE is.
My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee.
#ONpoli #OntEd
Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators.
No need to know what an ECE is.
My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee.
#ONpoli #OntEd
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The May Court Club KW pays it forward and makes shopping cool! I met with Karen Falkenstern at the club's store in Belmont Village to learn more about annual Christmas Dreams fundraising campaign. Support them at www.maycourtclubofkw.org/christmas-dreams-34/. #SupportLocal
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The May Court Club KW pays it forward and makes shopping cool! I met with Karen Falkenstern at the club's store in Belmont Village to learn more about annual Christmas Dreams fundraising campaign. Support them at www.maycourtclubofkw.org/christmas-dreams-34/. #SupportLocal
This is the script of my delegation to the Kitchener Public Library board meeting yesterday evening. I was one of six delegates who spoke out against the staffing and programming changes at KPL.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is the script of my delegation to the Kitchener Public Library board meeting yesterday evening. I was one of six delegates who spoke out against the staffing and programming changes at KPL.
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Thanks to everyone who came to our free screening of the documentary "Thinking Beyond the Market" by Dr Brian Doucet. The panel discussion that followed left me feeling positive & optimistic about housing possibilities for the future. #onpoli
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our free screening of the documentary "Thinking Beyond the Market" by Dr Brian Doucet. The panel discussion that followed left me feeling positive & optimistic about housing possibilities for the future. #onpoli
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
Chair of the police civilian board wants a pat on the back because in 2023, the WRPS started measuring its disproportionate use of force against racialized people. In the meantime, he also wants to increase funding to hire more of the police whose disproportionate use of force is being measured 🤷🏻♂️
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Chair of the police civilian board wants a pat on the back because in 2023, the WRPS started measuring its disproportionate use of force against racialized people. In the meantime, he also wants to increase funding to hire more of the police whose disproportionate use of force is being measured 🤷🏻♂️
One of us is not a willing participant in this photo.
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
One of us is not a willing participant in this photo.
To the drivers who have complained about the injustice of speed cameras, may I ask what you'll do with the time you'll reclaim on your journeys when you're able to drive faster? Take a 2 week vacation in Aruba? Write the Great Canadian Novel? Orchestrate world peace? The opportunities are endless!
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
To the drivers who have complained about the injustice of speed cameras, may I ask what you'll do with the time you'll reclaim on your journeys when you're able to drive faster? Take a 2 week vacation in Aruba? Write the Great Canadian Novel? Orchestrate world peace? The opportunities are endless!
Headline from CBC KW: "Wilmot seeks volunteers to shape educational component for Prime Ministers Path project"
One reader commented, "Place plaques with information leading from one PM to the next so people can learn what was happening at that point in time."
One reader commented, "Place plaques with information leading from one PM to the next so people can learn what was happening at that point in time."
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Headline from CBC KW: "Wilmot seeks volunteers to shape educational component for Prime Ministers Path project"
One reader commented, "Place plaques with information leading from one PM to the next so people can learn what was happening at that point in time."
One reader commented, "Place plaques with information leading from one PM to the next so people can learn what was happening at that point in time."
Who's coming with me? 🔥🔥🔥
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Who's coming with me? 🔥🔥🔥
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The Campaign for Life Coalition is hosting a protest in front of Kitchener City Hall this Sunday. Join us for a counter-protest starting at 1:30 p.m. in front of Kitchener City Hall!
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Campaign for Life Coalition is hosting a protest in front of Kitchener City Hall this Sunday. Join us for a counter-protest starting at 1:30 p.m. in front of Kitchener City Hall!
A rich, cultural experience in KW this weekend: running into friends at a pow wow on Sat, plus Prof. Laura Mae Lindo's book signing, & a workshop for new play "The View From Here" today. The play is about Grandview Training School For Girls in Galt, where my friend Lynda was incarcerated as a child.
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A rich, cultural experience in KW this weekend: running into friends at a pow wow on Sat, plus Prof. Laura Mae Lindo's book signing, & a workshop for new play "The View From Here" today. The play is about Grandview Training School For Girls in Galt, where my friend Lynda was incarcerated as a child.
I'm 100% in favour of statues that honour the oppressed, not the oppressors.
September 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm 100% in favour of statues that honour the oppressed, not the oppressors.
I'm so proud of Cher for her courage at today's Region of Waterloo Standing Committee meeting, when she spoke about her experience as a Wilmot councillor and supported Colleen James' Elect Respect motion. youtu.be/yV0DaBiQSc4?...
Elect Respect
YouTube video by Nigel Gordijk
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm so proud of Cher for her courage at today's Region of Waterloo Standing Committee meeting, when she spoke about her experience as a Wilmot councillor and supported Colleen James' Elect Respect motion. youtu.be/yV0DaBiQSc4?...
Hey, Weetabix - Let me guess: You don't see colour?
July 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hey, Weetabix - Let me guess: You don't see colour?
Today, July 24, is Métis Nation Day. In 2021, I had the honour of interviewing Terry Fox's younger brother, Darrell, about their family's Métis heritage. www.commonsensedesign.net/newsArticle....
July 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today, July 24, is Métis Nation Day. In 2021, I had the honour of interviewing Terry Fox's younger brother, Darrell, about their family's Métis heritage. www.commonsensedesign.net/newsArticle....
Concert for Terry Fox
Sun, July 20 @ 11am - 12:30pm.
452 Redfox Road, Waterloo
Admission by freewill donation
Juneyt and Allister Bradley are performing in a Waterloo backyard to raise money for cancer research.
Can't join us? You can still donate online at run.terryfox.ca/page/cherand....
Sun, July 20 @ 11am - 12:30pm.
452 Redfox Road, Waterloo
Admission by freewill donation
Juneyt and Allister Bradley are performing in a Waterloo backyard to raise money for cancer research.
Can't join us? You can still donate online at run.terryfox.ca/page/cherand....
July 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Concert for Terry Fox
Sun, July 20 @ 11am - 12:30pm.
452 Redfox Road, Waterloo
Admission by freewill donation
Juneyt and Allister Bradley are performing in a Waterloo backyard to raise money for cancer research.
Can't join us? You can still donate online at run.terryfox.ca/page/cherand....
Sun, July 20 @ 11am - 12:30pm.
452 Redfox Road, Waterloo
Admission by freewill donation
Juneyt and Allister Bradley are performing in a Waterloo backyard to raise money for cancer research.
Can't join us? You can still donate online at run.terryfox.ca/page/cherand....
Happy 28th anniversary to muh wuman ❤️
July 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Happy 28th anniversary to muh wuman ❤️
Father's Day gift from Cher ❤️
This exquisitely designed book is based on a powerful poem by Christopher Tse, which we heard in a documentary called "Exclusion: Beyond the Silence". The poem, and the book, describe Chinese-Canadians' experience with systemic racism throughout this country's history.
This exquisitely designed book is based on a powerful poem by Christopher Tse, which we heard in a documentary called "Exclusion: Beyond the Silence". The poem, and the book, describe Chinese-Canadians' experience with systemic racism throughout this country's history.
July 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Father's Day gift from Cher ❤️
This exquisitely designed book is based on a powerful poem by Christopher Tse, which we heard in a documentary called "Exclusion: Beyond the Silence". The poem, and the book, describe Chinese-Canadians' experience with systemic racism throughout this country's history.
This exquisitely designed book is based on a powerful poem by Christopher Tse, which we heard in a documentary called "Exclusion: Beyond the Silence". The poem, and the book, describe Chinese-Canadians' experience with systemic racism throughout this country's history.
When it comes to self-sufficiency for seven specific food groups - fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, nuts & starchy staples - the only country in the world to reach 100% in all of them is Guyana. Canada is fully self-sufficient in just four.
www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4/figures/1
www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4/figures/1
June 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When it comes to self-sufficiency for seven specific food groups - fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, nuts & starchy staples - the only country in the world to reach 100% in all of them is Guyana. Canada is fully self-sufficient in just four.
www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4/figures/1
www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4/figures/1
Dad on his 60th birthday; London, 1987.
Photo shot, processed and developed by me.
Photo shot, processed and developed by me.
June 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Dad on his 60th birthday; London, 1987.
Photo shot, processed and developed by me.
Photo shot, processed and developed by me.
For Waterloo folks - Concert For Terry fundraiser will be on Sun July 20, 45 years to the day after the Marathon of Hope arrived in WR. This will be an encore of our 2023 concert, feat Juneyt & Allister Bradley. Bring lawn chairs & refreshments. Admission by donation to the Waterloo Terry Fox Run.
June 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For Waterloo folks - Concert For Terry fundraiser will be on Sun July 20, 45 years to the day after the Marathon of Hope arrived in WR. This will be an encore of our 2023 concert, feat Juneyt & Allister Bradley. Bring lawn chairs & refreshments. Admission by donation to the Waterloo Terry Fox Run.