Na Me Res Pow Wow
Great to see Chad and Ted representing the Aboriginal Peoples' Commission for the Liberal Party of Canada at the Na Me Res Pow Wow today - Meegwetch to Ted and Chad for putting up with the rain!
Also ran into Dr. Carolyn Bennett, MP for St Paul's who sponsored the APC table - Meegwetch Carolyn!
National Aboriginal Day
Wonderful sunrise ceremony at Toronto City Hall this morning to mark National Aboriginal Day - the great ceremony made getting up so early all worthwhile. Below is Councillor Mike Layton and Chief Human Rights Commissioner Barbara Hall raising the flags of the Mississaugas of New Credit, the Metis Nation of Ontario and Nunavut.
29th Annual AIDS Candlelight Vigil
Thank you to everyone for coming to the 29th Annual AIDS Candlelight Vigil last night at the AIDS Memorial - it was a great event and I was honoured to share the stage and light the main candle with Marcela Romero, the Pride Toronto 2013 International Grand Marshall, Argentinean activist and human rights defender for the transgender population in Latin America and the Caribbean.
World Pride Toronto 2014 Community Summit
Thank you to Pride Toronto and Councillor Wong-Tam for inviting me to speak about the Rainbow Railroad (
www.rainbowrailroad.ca) at World Pride Toronto 2014 Community Summit at Toronto City Hall. the response has been tremendous.
