Building bridges between all communities
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JANUARY 2013 DECEMBER 2012 LET���S STAND TOGETHER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Dear editor, Every year on December 6 Canadians wear white ribbons and observe a minute of silence to show their support for ending violence against women. The occasion, informally known as White Ribbon Day, marks the anniversary of the 1989 ��cole Polytechnique Massacre, in which fourteen women were singled out for their gender and murdered. While Canada has made important progress since that tragic day, we have a long way to go. In rates that are far higher than men, too many women continue to experience physical, psychological and sexual abuse. These are no easy solutions to these complex issues, but Parliament will soon have a chance to take practical action on one part of the problem���cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a powerful, relentless and insidious tool used by children and adults alike. There is no escape, no respite. Cyberbullying follows you worldwide and over your lifetime, even after death, ruining careers and reputations as adults. As one cyber-bullied young student told me: "you have no place to run, no way to hide. Everyone knows. You feel trapped and cornered forever. Your life is ruined!" Bullying by spreading false messages, criminal harassment and defamatory libel is already covered under the Criminal Code if it is done using print, telephone, television or radio���but not on the internet. I have a bill to correct that and extend protection to electronic media, a long overdue step. It will remove the anonymity that currently shields those who use the internet to do so by requiring disclosure from ISPs. This plan has been endorsed by the Canadian Teachers' Federation and the Canadian Association of Police Boards. Our children need this protection. Yet MP Joy Smith and most of the Conservative Party voted against this bill at second reading; one more vote could have defeated it. Their opposition is difficult to understand. Parliamentarians should be working together to strengthen action on bullying, not trying to stop it. Please tell Mrs. Smith to vote for Bill C-273 when it comes back to the House and take a small, but important, step against the cyberbullying of our children. By doing so she will also be honouring the spirit of White Ribbon Day and helping protect women. Yours sincerely, Dr. Hedy Fry, MP Liberal Party of Canada ELDER KINEW'S DEATH MOURNED Anishinaabe Elder and University of Winnipeg educator Tobasonakwut Kinew has died. Relatives confirmed the 76-year-old died on Sunday and a public memorial service will abe held on Thursday at Glen MIKE DEAL/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES Lawn Funeral Home Tobasonakwut at 7 p.m. ���He was an aweprepares a ceremonial some dad, a very kind pipe during the man,��� said his son, adoption of James Wab Kinew. ���He taught Weisgerber, the me most of what I Archbishop of know about AnishiWinnipeg, in April at naabe culture and lanThunderbird House. guage, but his biggest contribution was that he taught me how to be a good person in life.��� Tobasonakwut received an honourary doctorate from the U of W in 2011, and worked with the university as an Elder and instructor in the Indigenous Government department and Master's in Development Practice with a focus on the Indigenous Development program. Kinew was born on a trap line in the Lake of the Woods, and has worked to instill pride in his people and respect for Indigenous culture. Wab Kinew said his father was a residential school survivor and had every reason to be angry at the unjust treatment he experienced as a youth. However, he said his father overcame that and worked to bring about real reconciliation by embracing people from other Indigenous nations, non-aboriginal people, and people from other religions. ���He overcame that and was a true shining example of grace, courage and acceptance,��� Wab Kinew said. ���He was a powerful example for how to be a good human being.��� The U of W has set up a fund in Tobasonakwut Kinew���s name to promote continued work to further Indigenous culture and revitalization. Earlier this week, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo released a statement saying First Nations across Canada are mourning Kinew's passing. Kinew was a pipe carrier, Sundancer, and educator who believed in education for young people, according to the statement. ���His insight into the connections between traditional knowledge and contemporary teachings allowed him to reach across cultures and generations to build bridges of understanding,��� Atleo's statement said. Kinew is a founding member of the Native American Academy of Science and was part of the Assembly of First Nations delegation who visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in 2009, according to his U of W biography. 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