When Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s professor Laura Murray was teaching her ENGL 287: Unsettling Kingston/Katarokwi course, which focused on local and national Indigenous issues, she invited Laurel Claus-Johnson 카지노 게임 컬렉션 an Elder from the Bear Clan of the Mohawks 카지노 게임 컬렉션 to come to the first class and speak with students.
Then, for the following weeks, Ms. Claus-Johnson kept coming. She was a determined advocate who served as a cultural bridge and loved to share her knowledge of Indigenous issues with the students.
카지노 게임 컬렉션She was such a gift in that class,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Professor Murray. 카지노 게임 컬렉션She came because she wanted to learn, and she wanted to teach. She was such a blessing to students. She would listen to students who didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t know anything, and she would respect them and help them see they needed to learn more. She loved coming to class.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Many are remembering Ms. Claus-Johnson, who passed away Sept. 30, 2022, as a committed community leader who deeply cared about the environment, women카지노 게임 컬렉션s rights, and Indigenous rights.
She first came to Kingston in the mid-1980s to study law at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s but never completed her studies.
카지노 게임 컬렉션She didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t need a law degree to make an impact,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Professor Murray.
She continued to stay involved at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s long after her student days. She was a member of the Indigenous Council of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, consulting and providing guidance to many students, professors, and administrators.
Taylor Tye, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션21, Ed카지노 게임 컬렉션23, worked with Ms. Claus-Johnson on a research project while in undergrad and describes Ms. Claus-Johnson as a strong Mohawk woman.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m an English major so I am inspired by language,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Tye, who is Ojibway and currently a student with the Indigenous Teacher Education Program at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. 카지노 게임 컬렉션She spoke in stories, and she really drew you in in beautiful ways. I look back at some of the conversations and think 카지노 게임 컬렉션I learned so much from Laurel and I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t even realize it.카지노 게임 컬렉션카지노 게임 컬렉션
Over the years, Laurel supported and advised the city on many matters, often reminding staff and council that the words we speak carry our intents and should be chosen with care.
Her impact extended far beyond the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s campus. Among her many accomplishments were the community roles she held. She was a founding member of the Katarokwi Native Friendship Centre, a former executive director of Dawn House, and a member of the Katarokwi Grandmothers카지노 게임 컬렉션 Council, the Prison for Women Collective, and the Limestone District School Board Indigenous Education Advisory Committee.
She was passionate about helping people in prisons ever since she came to Kingston in the mid-1980s, working diligently alongside Canadian Mohawk lawyer and activist Trish Monture, Law카지노 게임 컬렉션88, LLD카지노 게임 컬렉션09.
카지노 게임 컬렉션There were many that died and took their own lives there. I still think there are deep reparations that need to be made there,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Ms. Claus-Johnson said during an interview with The Kingstonist in 2022. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Not only that, but I believe in the spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional well-being of prisoners. There are 10 prisons in the area. Certainly that should be on our minds. Prisoners are people, too.
In 2022, she ran in the Ontario provincial election for Kingston and the Islands as a member of the Consensus Ontario party. During media interviews she said one of her main reasons for running was to help better protect the environment, and help many people society has overlooked 카지노 게임 컬렉션 people in prisons and the homeless.
Grandmother Laurel, as she was frequently called, was often seen in her braided hair riding a mobile scooter around campus and the city.
카지노 게임 컬렉션When I go down the street with my electric scooter, I don카지노 게임 컬렉션t speak to hardly anybody, other than [if I see someone] sitting on the street begging, I카지노 게임 컬렉션m stopping. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll stop and say, 카지노 게임 컬렉션How카지노 게임 컬렉션s it going?카지노 게임 컬렉션 I give my voice and value and presence,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Ms. Claus-Johnson said during a 2022 interview. 카지노 게임 컬렉션[Homeless people] carry a lot of personal trauma 카지노 게임 컬렉션 I just continue to love them. They카지노 게임 컬렉션re my favourite people on the street. They know I care, too, for sure. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a real thing.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson, MA카지노 게임 컬렉션01, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션07, publicly recognized Ms. Claus-Johnson카지노 게임 컬렉션s contributions at a city council meeting in October.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Over the years, Laurel supported and advised the city on many matters, often reminding staff and council that the words we speak carry our intents and should be chosen with care,카지노 게임 컬렉션 the mayor said. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Laurel was tireless in her community work and will live on in the contributions she made and through the family and friends she leaves behind.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Associate Vice-Principal (Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation) Kanonhsyonne Janice Hill, Ed카지노 게임 컬렉션99, feels Ms. Claus-Johnson카지노 게임 컬렉션s drive to help others stems from her culture and the Seventh Generation Principle.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We are honouring the seven generations before us and preparing for the next seven generations,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Hill. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s our responsibility to leave things as good as we found them, if not better, to ensure a good future for our children and their children. So, I think Laurel카지노 게임 컬렉션s drive came from her commitment to living that kind of life.카지노 게임 컬렉션
IN HER OWN WORDS
When Laurel Claus-Johnson ran in the Ontario provincial election, she spoke passionately about the environment and her desire to protect it. From a 2022 interview with The Kingstonist:
카지노 게임 컬렉션Climate and the environment are my No. 1 issues because [they impact] 100 per cent of the people. Every baby born, every person that lives, dies, is impacted by the environment, by the oxygen, the sun, the wind, the rain 카지노 게임 컬렉션 I adopted the Grandmother Oak tree on River Street, for example, which is on a piece of land that카지노 게임 컬렉션s part of the Cataraqui River known as the Ribbon of Life, which is protected land. There are some of us who are willing to chain ourselves to the tree or the fence to protect that tree and that land. There카지노 게임 컬렉션s a huge amount of people who are concerned with the [expansion of the tree] canopy, the quality of air, the planting of trees, the cutting down of trees, the misuse of land. So, the environment, to me, is focus No. 1.카지노 게임 컬렉션
