Articles by Nigel Gordijk

Young Miriam Chouhan plants seeds on the land that was donated by Pfenning’s Organic Farm in New Hamburg. She is supervised by Indigenous Food Sovereignty Collective Waterloo Region’s Bekah Brown. (Photo credit: Nigel Gordijk)

Indigenous Food Sovereignty Collective Grows In New Hamburg

Petersburg’s Stephanie Goertz is growing the Bring Back Nature movement. “We need to actually bring our community together, work collectively, and bring more voices to the table,” she said. (Photo credit: Nigel Gordijk)

Bring Back Nature Organizer Wants To Plant Ideas That Will Grow Into A Movement

Zion United’s new minister, Rev. Maggie Dieter said, “My Cree values and Christian values resonate. They align when we talk about our values of kindness and truth, and a loving neighbour, compassion.” (Photo: Nigel Gordijk)

Reconciliation Is A Personal Journey For New Hamburg Minister

“If you want to help somebody, this is how to do it. A place just like this.”

At left is the author’s father, Sylvion Gordijk, in his RAF uniform during national service, which was optional in the former British colony of Guyana. Also shown are Sylvion’s mother and seven brothers.

The shame of slavery left unasked questions about my family’s history

An Ontario Heritage Trust plaque in New Dundee’s Recreation Park celebrates the life of local archaeologist William J. Wintemberg. It doesn’t mention the largest Indigenous longhouse in North America, which he discovered nearby in 1902.

Digging Deep To Unearth Wilmot’s Forgotten Indigenous History

Providing assistance in rural communities presents different challenges to the cities, explained Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region’s CEO Jen Hutton. (Photo supplied)

Townships Using 20% Of Domestic Violence Shelter Spaces

Local Indigenous Elder, Nina De Shane, brought her grandchildren to the Baden, grassroots memorial for children who died in the residential school system. After an intimate ceremony of mourning, the three sang a traditional lullaby

“They Went To School, But Never Came Home”

Kelly Welch (Muskwa Migizi Kwe) accepted community donations on behalf of Crow Shield Lodge. “I’m Anishinaabe Ojibway, with British and Irish ancestry as well. That mixed ancestry, to me, is reconciliation. Just existing is part of that reconciliation.”

Crow Shield Lodge Receives Community Donations On National Day Of Truth And Reconciliation

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