First Nations families weigh children's education vs. safety

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9iTBSPSE3U

الملخص

TLDRThe video explores the difficult choices faced by Indigenous families in Northern Ontario regarding their children's education, particularly the risks associated with sending them to Thunder Bay for high school. It features two families with different approaches: one family decides against sending their daughter due to safety concerns, while another family prioritizes education despite the risks. The narrative highlights the isolation, poverty, and racism experienced by Indigenous communities, as well as the tragic deaths of youth in Thunder Bay. Local leaders and community members discuss the urgent need for safer educational environments and the responsibilities of government to ensure the well-being of Indigenous children.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • ✈️ Premier Airlines flight announcement for passengers.
  • 🏞️ Families face tough choices about education and safety.
  • 😟 Concerns about sending children to Thunder Bay due to risks.
  • 👨‍👧 Jeremy chooses to keep his daughter home for safety.
  • 🏫 Education opportunities in Thunder Bay come with dangers.
  • 💔 Nine Indigenous youth have died in Thunder Bay since 2000.
  • 👮‍♂️ Local leaders acknowledge racism and safety issues.
  • 🤝 Community support is crucial for Indigenous youth.
  • 📚 Education should not come at the cost of safety.
  • 🏛️ Government must take responsibility for Indigenous children's safety.

الجدول الزمني

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The boarding call for Premier Airlines flight 201 to Thunder Bay highlights the challenges faced by Indigenous communities in Northern Ontario, particularly regarding education and safety. Families are faced with difficult decisions about sending their children to high school in Thunder Bay, where there have been tragic incidents involving Indigenous youth. The narrative introduces Jeremy, a father who chooses not to send his daughter to Thunder Bay due to safety concerns, emphasizing the fear and risks associated with the city.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The discussion shifts to the experiences of Indigenous youth who have had to leave their communities for education. One young girl expresses her fear of going back to Thunder Bay, reflecting on past incidents of racism and the trauma associated with being away from home. The emotional toll of these experiences is evident, as she worries about her safety and the possibility of becoming another victim. The conversation reveals the deep-seated issues of racism and the impact of historical trauma on Indigenous families.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:16:25

    The narrative concludes with a broader examination of the systemic issues facing Indigenous youth in Thunder Bay. Community leaders and officials acknowledge the extreme racism present in the city and the need for better support and safety measures for Indigenous students. The federal government is called upon to take responsibility and work towards creating a safer educational environment for Indigenous children, emphasizing the importance of self-determination and control over their own educational systems.

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • What are the main concerns of Indigenous families regarding education in Thunder Bay?

    The main concerns include safety risks, incidents of racism, and the fear of losing their children to violence or accidents.

  • Why do some families choose not to send their children to Thunder Bay?

    Families like Jeremy's choose not to send their children due to safety concerns and the negative experiences reported by others.

  • What tragic events have occurred involving Indigenous youth in Thunder Bay?

    Since 2000, nine Indigenous youth have died in Thunder Bay after leaving their remote communities for education.

  • What role does Rob Pekka Kamek play in supporting Indigenous youth?

    He works with kids in the community to provide support and monitor their safety while they are away from home.

  • What is the response of local leaders to the issues faced by Indigenous youth?

    Local leaders acknowledge the extreme racism in Thunder Bay and emphasize the need for better support and safety for Indigenous children.

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التمرير التلقائي:
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    this will be general boarding call for
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    all passengers on premier Airlines
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    flight two to one for North spirit and
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    dearly all passengers for northbounder
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    length no forward perimeter
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    airlines flight two to one thank you for
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    your patience and have a pleasant flight
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    this is the second of two planes that we
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    are taking to get in your lane
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    from Thunder Bay to tiny planes I should
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    point out and that's against your link
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    is about
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    100 kilometers or so north of Thunder
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    man
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    and that's the reality of [ __ ]
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    who live in these communities
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    after grade 9 have to go somewhere else
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    to finish high school
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    [Music]
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    Deer Lake is a small First Nations
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    reserve there's about a thousand people
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    here or so and like other Northern
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    Ontario remote communities it struggles
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    with isolation and with poverty and
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    families here also deal with something
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    else they have to decide whether they
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    want to send their kids to Thunder Bay
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    to high school knowing there's a real
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    chance they may not come back 9
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    indigenous kids have died in Thunder Bay
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    since 2000 and now more and more
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    families and communities like this one
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    are deciding they just won't take that
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    risk we've come here to meet two
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    families who have made two really
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    different choices about their children's
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    education first we'll talk to Jeremy
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    saguaros who has decided that he won't
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    send his daughter Jenelle to Thunder Bay
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    it's very special I enjoy hunting with
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    her in a teacher what I know
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    it is a special
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    hang out with your dad
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    [Music]
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    being out in the bush you got worried
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    about anything
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    this past summer I sent her to my camp
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    alone for two days
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    [Music]
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    so you're going back to school tomorrow
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    yeah how do you feel about it it was
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    good to go back guys right leave me home
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    and your family yeah that's hard yeah we
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    were thinking about sending her to
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    Thunder Bay at first because there was
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    more opportunities like hockey for
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    instance so why did you decide not to do
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    that I guess for safety concerns for my
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    daughter you know I don't want what's
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    going on there right now with all the
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    headlines you see about Native people
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    it's scary for it yeah it's very scary
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    have you had any incidents of anyone
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    saying anything mean to you or but
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    you've you've seen that in Thunder Bay
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    yourself yeah I've seen it I had an
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    incident where they threw Higgs at me
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    and called and said a bunch of racial
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    slurs I thought it would change over the
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    years but I was like 17 years ago but
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    it's still happening that's still
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    happening
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    hi I'm rosemary you're Wayne
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    nice to meet you away Annie I came in
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    yes all right boots on or off
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    it was a hard decision you know this
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    year when that young boy was missing and
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    they end up finding him and in a wider I
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    even called out though that if they can
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    move her to so lock out doing Pelican so
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    I didn't have no choice so I sent him
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    sent her to mmm tender be so you tried
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    to get her out of there yeah I tried to
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    get her out up there but there's just a
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    spot left
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    yeah yeah I thought I won't let her go
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    but education is more important
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    did you two have to go away to go to
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    high school yeah I was scared I didn't
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    wanna go but they forced me to go those
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    people that came to get me and they
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    forced me to end up playing cuz it was a
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    residential school oh yeah yeah
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    were you were you badly treated at your
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    school yeah yeah do you want to tell me
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    how is it stuff that stuff that's still
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    close to you yeah yeah
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    [Music]
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    so you've had a week at home yeah and
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    that was good yeah how do you feel about
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    going back I'm not excited you're not
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    excited
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    no what changed
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    and when you heard your parents talking
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    about being scared and stuff did you do
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    you ever feel that way yeah why do you
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    feel that way because like sometimes I I
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    think that like it's going to be me Nick
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    that ends up in the river
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    really why do you think you might be
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    next
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    because I'll need
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    so you just don't feel safe
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    there's some people that don't like us
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    yeah does anything ever happened to you
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    or someone said something to you or did
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    something to you that you didn't like
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    yeah tell me about that I don't like
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    talking about it I'll call you a name
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    yeah and how did you feel when that
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    happened mm-hmm sad yeah I'm sorry I
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    don't happen to you it's hard I'm not
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    you right and these things haven't
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    happened to me so but I am from Winnipeg
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    so I have seen a lot of mean things said
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    - yeah there's nations people
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    before they go take their hats off stand
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    up
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    gentleman manga/anime of mother gamma
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    tape they popped enemy and we know how
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    to be forgive me I do not know I know
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    it's very hard for you guys to leave
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    again rod in the wooden box either and
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    you guys are gonna have to stay away
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    from drinking and drugs to in order to
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    do that so you guys be safe out there
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    I remember last time I told you that you
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    guys are representing dear late note
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    there
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    see your picture
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    [Music]
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    70 pastors again
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    police haven't confirmed the identity of
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    the body found last night in the
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    McIntyre River but all seven of the
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    unseeable men died after leaving their
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    remote communities to study in Thunder
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    Bay 7 o'clock laid off the positive done
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    don't do this what see some people on a
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    boat that I discovered what appeared to
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    be a body
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    many of the kids from these remote
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    communities in Northern Ontario have
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    never been into a city certainly never
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    lived in a big city so tonight we're
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    gonna meet with Rob Pekka kamek he works
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    with the kids and the communities to try
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    and keep them out of trouble
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    to check in with our foot patrol
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    well they'll be there in about five
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    minutes and by shoppers great don't call
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    our acting like guardians or somewhat
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    parents away from home sure and provide
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    rides and support to them when they're
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    holding about four activities but we can
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    never replace parents in terms of
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    monitoring their children things just
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    natural parents will know monitor and
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    support their kids best so we're gonna
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    take a quick walk with you and just do a
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    search around that area in the back
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    there up to the bridge check all the
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    dark areas all the time especially with
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    the light right because if somebody's
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    drinking in their fell asleep you won't
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    see them unless you flash on them yeah
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    is this where anybody has been found a
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    body has been found
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    well this is a mcintyre if this is it
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    this is MacIntyre ever yes I don't know
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    early yeah is there a spot for people to
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    hide there yes
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    [Music]
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    do you think that 9 is the end of it I
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    don't want to even think that way you
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    know our goal is to keep our students
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    safe and to pursue their education and
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    to get there very tall band but you hope
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    that 9 is the end of it well I'm not I
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    hope we don't yes I really hope that
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    there's no snow mortis we don't we don't
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    lose any more use
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    yes definitely yeah
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    we thought you were done with me didn't
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    ya
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    I'm here again have a good good night
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    [Music]
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    Serena how was your break
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    [Music]
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    because everything at Safeway Walmart
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    [Music]
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    our story raises some heart questions
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    for starters just how dangerous is
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    Thunder Bay for indigenous kids from
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    small communities
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    I asked Alvin fiddler he's the grand
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    chief of the nish nah be asking nation I
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    think the degree of racism that we're
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    seeing in Thunder Bay is extreme and I
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    think the first step would be for the
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    city the police to acknowledge that are
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    there areas where you could have done
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    better we know that we're not doing
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    enough I I admit that but else what else
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    we can do and what else can the city of
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    Thunder Bay do what else getting the
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    government of canada on trail and others
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    that are that are that have an
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    investment and these these children and
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    families so losing one child is is
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    tragic but losing seven eight nine
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    that's that's horrific the bottom line
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    why should families be forced to put
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    their kids at risk to get the education
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    most Canadians take for granted I put
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    that to Jane Philpott she's the minister
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    of indigenous services after showing her
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    part of our story
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    sometimes I think that like it's gonna
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    be me because that ends up in the river
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    why do you think you might be next
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    because Anita
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    the Thunder Bay mayor the Alvin fiddler
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    everyone took some responsibility for
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    the fact that this isn't ideal what does
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    the federal government also take that
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    responsibility now there's no question
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    that this is not what we want for our
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    kids what we are working toward in our
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    journey of reconciliation is what every
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    Canadian wants control over their own
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    lives and so self-determination
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    self-control self-government and in the
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    case of school systems for First Nations
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    to run the systems for their families is
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    absolutely ideal children all deserve
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    the right to feel safe and protected
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    where they'll have good teachers with
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    the right resources in a safe
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    environment
الوسوم
  • Indigenous Education
  • Thunder Bay
  • Safety Concerns
  • Racism
  • Community Support
  • Family Decisions
  • Youth Tragedies
  • Government Responsibility
  • First Nations
  • Reconciliation