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Liliana Madriz is a Venezuelan-born lesbian activist and community figure based in Montreal who has spent decades fostering safe spaces, visibility, and resilience for the local Latin Canadian LGBTQ+ community. 🏳️‍🌈 #WomensHistoryMonth 🇨🇦 #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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The observance raises awareness about pressing ecological threats, including biodiversity loss, climate change, deforestation, and resource depletion.

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I lived in Nigeria in my early teens in Ibadan. It has a special place in my heart. 🇳🇬

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Alex Cuba (Alexis Puentes): A Latin Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter originally from Cuba who is based in British Columbia. #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. #womenshistorymonth 🇨🇦

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The phrase "true nonviolence is more than the absence of violence" was famously stated by Martin Luther King Jr.. He explained that nonviolence is not just a passive state it is the active, determined application of peaceable power and justice to fix wrongs in the community.

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Say NO to Violence!! I believe in non-violence. Gandhi & Martin Luther King Jr. are my non-violence heroes. This day is celebrated on Gandhi's birthday. He was the pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. Let’s summon the courage to follow Gandhi's example!

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I am proud of my German Heritage! This month celebrates the history, culture, and contributions of over 3 million Canadians of German descent. #GermanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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Canadian Islamic History Month takes place every October to celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Muslim communities across Canada. #IslamicHistoryMonth 🇨🇦

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This month is an annual celebration dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of women and girls throughout Canada's past and present. #womenshistorymonth 🇨🇦

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This month is to celebrate the history, culture, and ongoing contributions of the Latin American community to Canada #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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International Day of Older Persons: I have become an older person, but I'm in my second childhood. ~ David Our elders are leaders and caregivers, playing a vital role in families, communities and economies. - UN Secretary-General António Guterres www.un.org/en/observanc...

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“In the midst of darkness, light persists.” – Mahatma Gandhi (DAWN October 1, 2026 6:41 a.m.)

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Ian Waddell publicly came out as bisexual in 2004. He shared his orientation during his campaign for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) in Vancouver. Waddell was a strong advocate for human rights, environmental issues, and Indigenous rights. #bisexualvisibilitymonth🇨🇦

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Indigenous sovereignty in Canada centers on the inherent right of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples to govern themselves, their traditional territories, and their resources. Elements of the flag were chosen by Residential School Survivors. #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation

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On this Day I remind us Canadians that the work of reconciliation is not done. We must urge our government to be totally open to reconciliation with the indigenous peoples! This day also calls us to truth! The truth of the HORRORS of the Residential School system! Learn more! Flag Curtis Wilson

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Healing Drums of the Ancestors

For all the children who didn't come home from Residential schools and the Survivors! NATIONAL DAY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION 🇨🇦 "Commemoration is an important part of reconciliation, it cannot come at the expense of unfinished work." #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation 🇨🇦 youtu.be/CVG0hxUY5M8?...

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YouTube video by Cosmic Hits - Topic

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A timely message from the Chiefs of Ontario. Listen! Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict shares, "While commemoration is an important part of reconciliation, it cannot come at the expense of unfinished work." chiefs-of-ontario.org/chiefs-of-on... #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation 🇨🇦

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Bay of Quinte - Sean Dopp

Bay of Quinte, a part of Lake Ontario! youtu.be/YA_uj31y6Ww?...

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YouTube video by Sean Dopp

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The Bay of Quinte, is part of Lake Ontario, & stretches from Greater Napanee at its eastern end all the way westward to Quinte West (Trenton). 🇨🇦 #bayofquinte (photos are not mine)

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Orange Shirt Day is tomorrow! How will you be participating? Remembering the Children is a multilingual commemorative Gathering honouring Survivors, their families, and the children who did not come home. Learn more: trw-svr.nctr.ca/parliament-h...

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NOTHING is more important than empathy!

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Dr. Carley Ouellette is a Canadian nurse, clinical scientist, and prominent chronic pain advocate who has successfully blended her lived experience of chronic pain as a patient with her academic and clinical work. #PainAwarenessMonth 🇨🇦

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The Quality Of Mercy (The Merchant Of Venice)

MERCY! singing begins at about 1 minute in. Wait for it! #mercy youtu.be/I560BiJN9pA?...

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YouTube video by Pants - Topic

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The meaning of MERCY is compassion, leniency, or restrain! My poem I read today by Shakespeare is entitled MERCY! Note that it states that leaders are at their best when they show mercy!

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