AGP Executive Report
Last update: 41 minutes agoIndigenous Veterans: Métis Crossing has expanded its veterans’ monument to include more than 7,500 names, adding over 4,000 Métis people who served in Canada’s armed forces. The Nov. 8 unveiling brought veterans, Elders and community leaders together. Living Heritage: Bigstone Cree Nation’s free workshops invite people across Canada to learn about Cree traditions, medicines and wellness from community members and Elders. Stories in Song: Folk artist Allison Lupton’s new song and video revisit Hespeler’s Mill Girls, including the 5,000 young women recruited from Newfoundland to work at a local mill during the Second World War. Black Nova Scotian History: Halifax artist Aquakultre brought family history and stories of Africville and the No. 2 Construction Battalion to the Polaris Music Prize stage.
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