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Standing in truth with Indigenous people
Time and truth will forever record your many lies that you are telling about Indigenous people, including that you have exhausted all avenues with the hereditary chiefs while having not met one of the peaceful, nonviolent, lawful and just agreements for discussions. Your actions, of the rich and powerful, are wielded through the laws you are allowed to break. You have ordered violence with mass arrests of non-violent Indigenous people as they dance and sing, sit peacefully, and stand so dignified in the cold across this country. You do not do this in my name — you do not represent me in your illegal, bigoted, hate crimes. You are the white rich men and women settlers who will get even richer as you benefit from this violence. We are all responsible for this racism and violence and the poverty and pollution it creates with our silence. This includes when we choose to repeat the racist lies with your speeches and your media embedded in our minds. I have heard these lies all of my 60 years and hear them every day now repeated with hate and distorted glory in gas stations, restaurants, shops and my workplace. They are held in place in the belief that we are entitled to pleasure and convenience regardless of the violence it does to Indigenous people and the pollution it causes everywhere. I stand in this moment of time in the solidarity of the truth, courage and beauty of Indigenous resistance, protest to the human rights injustices of genocide, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and pollution to the land, water and air across this country. Liza Hancock, Woodville Treaty 20 (Williams Treaty Territory)
In “Women, We Need You to Run” (Benns’ Belief, March Advocate), Roderick Benns encourages more women to enter politics. This essay, and The Lindsay Advocate edition, left me puzzled. In the recent 2019 federal election, three of the five registered candidates running in the HaliburtonKawartha Lakes-Brock riding were women. Jamie Schmale won the MP race with nearly 50 per cent of the popular vote because more voters preferred his Conservative policies over those of the three female contestants combined. Laurie Scott won her MPP seat in the 2018 Ontario provincial election. This clearly shows that a woman can win in the HKLB riding. Scott prevailed over four male candidates in that race. True, there are only two female councillors out of eight on Kawartha Lakes City council, but an all-female economic development department was the subject of the Advocate’s feature article. Benns claimed that women in politics suffer more social media abuse than men. I have run in seven elections over the past 10 years and I know first-hand that every politician takes abuse — male or female. The enormous amount of criticism levelled at Justin Trudeau, and his predecessor Stephen Harper, is proof that social media abuse is gender-blind. No one should ever consider a political run if he or she is not thickskinned. Gene Balfour, Fenelon Falls (former People’s Party of Canada candidate)
Mandatory water and sewage charges are wrong
A letter in the March issue of the Advocate stated that in comparison to other municipalities Lindsay’s water and sewage rates are among the most expensive in the province. This made me question why we have the present policy of mandatory water and/or sewage charges for homes not hooked up to city systems, but which have their own well and septic systems. In June 2019, I made a presentation to council asking that the policy requiring mandatory water and sewage charges be dropped for those not using these utilities until such a time as they would need to be connected because of well or septic failure. At that time, councillors Dunn, Ashmore and Yeo agreed that this policy should be rescinded.
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However, Mayor Andy Letham and the other five councillors voted to keep the policy in place. In trying to justify their position, the argument is that just as we pay property taxes that finance things we may not use, so it is when we pay mandatory water and sewage charges for systems which we may not use. This is a false argument. Property tax amounts are based on property value, while water and sewage are utilities with billing amounts based on fixed charges and amounts used. There are more than 130 home owners and counting that are being billed $400 and more for water and/or sewage systems they are not hooked up to use. Some are senior citizens on a fixed income and while this amount may not seem to be much for one year, it could be used to pay for heat and light and food. We are presently forming a coalition to fight this issue. If you live in Kawartha Lakes and agree with us that this policy is wrong and needs to be changed, please contact your councillor and support us by telling them that this policy should be rescinded. Paul Grassie, Lindsay
Don’t ever cut public health
Ontario is shutting down the way so many other places around the world have done since the arrival of COVID-19. We are once again reminded how much we count on our health care system to be there when we need it. We’re grateful for the efforts of all the health care workers on the front lines. It’s also refreshing to see all levels of government across Canada working together to face down this threat. However, here in Ontario we’ve only narrowly averted whatever additional problems would have occurred if the Conservative government of Premier Doug Ford had implemented its planned cuts to, and downsizing of, Ontario’s municipal health units this year. According to the Ontario Health Coalition, the government intended to cut $200 million (27 per cent) of provincial funding for public health and reduce the number of health units from 35 to 10. These cuts were short-sighted and unacceptable even before the COVID-19 outbreak and we should be thankful the government didn’t manage to push them through before we were plunged into this global pandemic.
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A NOTE FROM THE ADVOCATE Readers were interested in what role the nine women played who were pictured on our March cover. And while that information was available on page two in small print, we’re repeating it here for clarity. Most are Economic Development Officers, or EDOs. From left to right they are: Jennifer Johnston (Administrative Assistant), Emily Turner (EDO - Heritage Planning), Donna Goodwin (EDO - Culture), Diane Steven (EDO - Entrepreneurship), Rebecca Mustard (Manager of Economic Development), Carlie Arbour (EDO - Community) Kelly Maloney (EDO - Agriculture) Lindsey Schoenmakers (EDO - Business), Laurie McCarthy (EDO - Tourism).
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MACKENZIE INN Sir William Mackenzie Inn is charting a new direction this year as Chef Rebekah (Becky) Lennerton continues to build on the inn’s rich history. For the past six seasons Lennerton has served as executive chef but now will take on the 2020 season as owner and operator. General manager Allison Burney, who has been at the Inn Allison Burney, left, and Becky Lennerton, right. for 15 years, will remain in her role, Photo: Laura Elizabeth Hargrave as well as overseeing weddings and events. Located on 12 acres of private grounds, the inn is surrounded by lawns, gardens and century-old trees, offering guests both elegance and great natural space. Lennerton subscribes to a farm-to-table philosophy and has new ventures on the horizon for the upcoming season, including an innovative food truck with wild game options. There are still a limited number of dates available in the 2020 season for weddings. Call or email with inquiries or visit their website. Updates about current events and offerings will also be posted on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
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Janet and John Gennaro make a visit to Antwerp, Belgium, every single year to hand-pick the diamonds they want to sell here in Kawartha Lakes. It’s a personal touch that serves to carry on the respected Johnson name. Although the original family has since retired, the Gennaros continue to provide the same exceptional quality and service as a local, independent jeweller — complete with an on-site goldsmith who has been repairing and manufacturing jewellery for more than 20 years. Not only does Johnson Jewellers provide the finest brands of jewellery, they also boast the ability to repurpose older jewels — often inherited pieces. Visit them at johnsonjewellers.com or see them in person at 157 Kent St. W., Lindsay.
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At Country Cupboard health food store, customers can now place orders online or over the phone for pickup and delivery to the Fenelon Falls, Coboconk and Bobcaygeon area. Owner Julia Taylor says they’ve introduced this free service to make it easier for those “who have limitations with mobility, transportation and time.” Country Cupboard offers more than 3,000 specialty and organic food products, supplements, health products and chemical-free and zero-waste cosmetics and household items. Customers can find the store’s products and prices on the website, as well as details for delivery and pickup under the Policies tab at the bottom of the website countrycupboardhealthfood.com.
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BENNS’ BELIEF Board must support IB program RODERICK BENNS, PUBLISHER Nearly a year ago I suggested in this column that people who reside in small towns, much more than in large cities, have a shared destiny — that we are each other’s best chance for success. Those words take on more meaning to me now as our community comes together in solidarity against a threat like COVID-19. But COVID-19, too, shall pass. And in the long term, one of the best ways we support each other is to provide an excellent education system. As contributing editor Trevor Hutchison writes in our feature story this month, I.E. Weldon’s International Baccalaureate (IB) program is as good as it gets. Only 5.5 per cent of high schools in all of Canada have a diplomagranting IB program — and yet we have one right here in Kawartha Lakes. That should matter to all of us, whether we have children in the system or not — or whether we even have children at all. The IB program is known for its outstanding academics and internationally standardized tests. It’s an education not only centred on academics, though; it’s also about developing caring, conscious students with a global outlook. (Full disclosure: My daughter was accepted into preparatory IB classes for 2020.) So why is Trillium Lakelands District School Board announcing that the program’s future is not guaranteed past the 2020-21 school year? It’s all about trimming costs of course, and the board is funded by the province. This government is giving school boards less money per student overall, something that will eventually have harmful consequences. There’s no doubt the IB program is more expensive to fund, especially given its smaller class sizes. This provincial Conservative government likes to boast it’s there for rural Ontario. Here’s their opportunity to prove it. It’s time to step up and provide adequate funding for a program that has, at its core, equity. As it exists right now, whether you’re a downtown Toronto student with access to many IB schools, or a farm kid in rural Kawartha Lakes, a motivated student has access to the same quality IB classes. The IB program gives ambitious students not only a great education; it develops character. It helps create the kind of young people who will one day grow up to make a meaningful contribution to society. Some of these students will go on to brilliant careers in sectors as diverse as environmental studies, law, teaching, business, physics, agriculture, medicine and public health. They will make decisions that will affect our communities and our loved ones. Let’s not take this opportunity away from students through shortsighted education policy. It’s moments like this that leadership — both local and provincial — matters.
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Board won’t guarantee future of coveted International Baccalaureate }} Weldon’s IB program is changing lives and communities for the better
TREVOR HUTCHINSON, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
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Cost-cutting by the province is pushing Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) to consider dropping one of the very programs that gives the Lindsay area an edge — the coveted International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Because the board receives no provincial funding to administer the IB program (which runs at I.E. Weldon Secondary School), it was the focus of a recent review by the board.That review has some students and parents concerned for the very future of the popular program, even though it will be re-examined again in 2020-21.
AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM
The IB is a standardized program run by a non-profit association in Switzerland. It’s offered in 5,263 schools in 158 countries. Weldon’s IB program — one of only 186 diploma-granting IB schools in Canada, or 5.5 per cent of
schools — has run since 2003. Students can enrol in the full course load or choose to take individual IB credits. Erin Matthew, IB coordinator at Weldon, has been involved with the program for 17 years and has been coordinator for four and half years. The program is known for its rigorous academics and internationally standardized tests, but is more than just a challenging academic option for students, according to Matthew. “The IB is a pedagogy, a method and practice of teaching. It’s not just rigorous academics. The focus is on developing the whole student. It’s everything that an educator wants to teach,” she says. Students interested in the IB pursue a stream of preparatory courses in Grades 9 and 10 known as power pack, and then move on to a partial or full IB stream in Grades 11 and 12. The program has been growing in
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popularity over the years. “Next year we will have the largest Grade 11 class we have ever had,” Matthew says. So why would the school board review such a prestigious and popular program and not commit to it beyond the 2020-21 school year? As it often is, the answer is money and resources.
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At a January 28 regular meeting of the TLDSB, Katherine MacIver, superintendent of learning at the board, presented a report on the IB program. MacIver described the review as a way to “increase efficiencies, remain within budget allocations and provide equitable education.” In an interview with the Advocate, MacIver described the review as something the board is doing with all of its program offerings as a result of funding changes from the province. “The biggest factor is a revised funding formula that we received last spring. Student-teacher ratios — depending on where that issue ends up — affects our ability and determines our available resources,” MacIver says. “We conducted a review with the goal of moving towards a user-pay system,” she adds.
The IB does come with some costs that must be remitted to the IB organization. Figures presented at the January board meeting showed a total cost to the board of about $279,000 for the 2018-19 school year, or just over $2,188 for each of the 109 students in the IB program. Of that figure over 85 per cent is a staffing cost to offset smaller class sizes. The non-staff IB costs to the board were only $377 per student. The plan for 2020-21 is to increase student tuition fees to $2,200 for the two-year program (an increase of up to 46 per cent for some students) and to bring the student-teacher ratio more in line with other university-level courses. MacIver explains that educational funding as a whole is too uncertain to guarantee the program beyond 2020-21. “We are not in a position to make long-term promises because too many things can change, most notably changes to provincial funding.”
ENABLING SUCCESS
Sidney Worden is a Grade 11 student at Weldon taking a partial IB program. She describes being saddened by the news that the IB program’s future is in doubt past the 2020-21 school year. “There are tons of benefits to the IB program. IB offers a different angle to learning and prompts students to learn and think at a higher level, preparing
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them for post-secondary. Another thing I’ve personally noticed is that IB prompts students from all backgrounds, social groups and interests to work together,” she says. Like many students, she was concerned about the school board’s plans. “I was really disappointed… The IB students are some of the hardest-working, most wellrounded students I know. Many of the other kids in the program feel the same as I do. We genuinely learn so much in the IB classes and it is such a great experience and we’re sad that some kids might not get to have the same wild experience that we’ve had,” she says.
Another thing I’ve personally noticed is that IB prompts students from all backgrounds, social groups and interests to work together. Former IB student Haleigh Wallace graduated in 2017 and is now in her third year at McMaster University. She describes the standardized exams and rigorous academics of the IB program as being incredibly helpful for her as she made the adjustment to post-secondary. “By the time I started at university, I was already familiar with a lot of the material in first year. Being very well-prepared academically made for an easier transition. Knowing I had the academics down, I could concentrate on the other aspects of the transition like living away from home for the first time,” she says.
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The board has also cited “equitable education” as part of the rationale for the review. “TLDSB wants to ensure, where possible, all students have equal access to programs,” Sinead Fegan, communications officer for the TLDSB told the Advocate. MacIver adds, “equity doesn’t mean equal. But we want to make sure, from a socio-economic perspective, that all students have opportunities.” There is a perception among some members of our community that the IB program is one that primarily caters to students from higher socio-economic backgrounds. While it is true that kids from such backgrounds statistically take more advantage of such opportunities, Matthew finds the program to be truly equitable. “The IB program offers local students an opportunity to thrive. It offers equal access to Lindsay and area kids to something that is afforded casually to kids from higher socio-economic means,” she says.
The program enables local kids to do the exact same program (for $2,200 over two years at the new rates) as the one offered at Upper Canada College, for example, at around $50,000 a year. And because some universities will actually give transfer credits for IB work, the program can end up saving a student perhaps $20,000 because some universities allow them to enter second year right from high school. The fees for the IB program have historically not been a barrier. Weldon funds, from its own school budget, partial or full scholarships to any student who may need it. Matthew reports that in any given year, eight to 15 students take advantage of this. It is unclear how the increased fees for 2020-21 will affect this subsidy although Matthew is confident that the school will find a way to keep offering help to any student who needs it. Viewed from this perspective, the IB program can be seen as a mechanism for social mobility. It allows kids the opportunity — through their own hard work — to pull themselves out of poverty so they might succeed at the highest levels in post-secondary education and the careers that follow.
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A PROGRAM THAT AFFECTS US ALL
The IB program doesn’t just offer benefits to students; it benefits us all, often in ways that never get discussed at the board and community level. The Globe and Mail looked at areas in Toronto that have an IB school: “Widely perceived as a private school perk, academically elite IB programs are increasingly on offer through the public system, and houses in neighbourhoods with IB schools already in place are reaping the benefits.” In other words the IB program increases property values in Lindsay and the surrounding area. There is also anecdotal evidence that some business-owners, professionals and doctors have chosen Lindsay because of the existence of the IB program. And of course there is the benefit that is derived from the IB students who return to the area after their postsecondary endeavours. Research shows that IB students have significantly higher rates of university achievement and graduation rates.
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However, not every benefit of the IB program can or should be monetized. As Sidney Worden states, “my education is not a business and therefore, in my opinion, should not be treated as a business by the board.” CONT’D ON PAGE 21
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Have you listened yet? Debut of Advocate podcast generates positive feedback The publisher of The Lindsay Advocate, Roderick Benns, admits he was a bit tentative the night before his news site’s newest venture The Advocate Podcast: Stories from Kawartha Lakes launched on Feb. 15. However, the response has exceeded the expectations of Benns and Advocate co-founder Joli Scheidler-Benns, as well as the podcast’s producer and host, Denis Grignon. The first episode — which garnered five-star reviews on iTunes — included stories about the looming reconstruction of Lindsay’s main street and a playful feature with Lyndsay Bowen of the Kawartha Public Library. “Kawartha Lakes is a hidden treasure,” one reviewer wrote. “(Your podcast) is going to expose why it’s so amazing to be here.” “Loved the piece on Mike, the Community Care driver,” said another listener. Scheidler-Benns called it “journalism with a sense of community and fun — just what I was hoping for.” Grignon says he was confident the sound production, especially the original music by Gerald Van Halteren, would stand out. “We worked hard to ensure this was going be much more than just voices talking into a phone recorder. It’s pretty polished.” The Dunsford-area resident adds that one of the biggest challenges is narrowing down the choices of interesting stories for the twice-monthly podcast because there is such a variety of great stories in Kawartha Lakes. The Advocate Podcast: Stories from Kawartha Lakes, is sponsored by Wards Lawyers of Lindsay. It’s available for download and to subscribe on iTunes and Spotify. You can also listen to it at lindsayadvocate.ca. Find it on the right-hand side of our home page.
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The farm meets the climate crisis When I was in high school global issues were not in my sightlines. That has changed for high school students today. They are worried about the climate crisis that will unfold with increasingly dire implications on their watch and, as climate strikes in Lindsay and Fenelon Falls have shown, they are not afraid to let us know that business and lifestyles as usual cannot continue. Of course, discerning how our lives need to change in response to the climate crisis is both difficult and complex. On the one hand, it is difficult because we know what some of the changes are (buy less plastic, consume less gasoline, eat less meat) but we do not want to make the sacrifices necessary to implement them. On the other hand, changing our lives is complex because we don’t always know how to change. How, for instance, are those who work in the tar sands supposed to make a living if Canada actually sticks to its emissions targets and stops oil extraction? What will replace the energy that oil provides in our lives?
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That complexity increases when our own livelihood is on the line. Or on the ground, so to speak. Kawartha Lakes is home to about 1,265 farms, according to the 2016 census. But we also know that industrial agriculture accounts for 12 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. For us, then, the question is both difficult and complex: is it possible to maintain productivity on our farms and at the same time become part of the carbon solution, rather than continuing to be part of the problem? At first glance it may seem as though agriculture in Kawartha Lakes simply mirrors national trends. Farms have been increasing in size here since 2011. Farmers are buying bigger machinery. Such machinery requires larger fields, and so treelines and shelterbelts — trees and shrubs planted in a line to help block wind, among other functions — are cut down. And larger farms and the inputs (fertilizer, seed, gas) they require cost more money, so productivity also has to increase, requiring more land to be cleared. In this way, our farms are part of the problem: larger farms with more pesticide and fertilizer inputs, bigger machines with a larger carbon footprint — these things contribute to the problems we are facing. The good news is that the unique character of agriculture in Kawartha Lakes has the seeds for meeting the complex problems of both agricultural emissions and climate change. For instance, although farms here are getting larger and converting more to high-input cash crops, some of those cash crop farmers are moving toward increased use of cover crops (used to improve soil quality) and away from high inputs. In addition, most area farms are still family-owned with an average size of 245 acres. It is on many of these smaller family-owned farms where the hedgerows still exist, wetlands can still be found, and where concerns about passing healthy land on to children and grandchildren guide decision-making. In contrast to national trends, the largest share of farmers in Kawartha Lakes are younger people and women. This is the demographic that is becoming
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increasingly concerned about agro-ecology. Sarah Bakker, the general manager for the National Farmers Union in Ontario, who also runs Field Sparrow Farms in the Bobcaygeon area with her husband, describes agro-ecology as being concerned with the ecological impact of our farming. The planting of hedgerows, trees, and cover crops, along with the protection of wetlands by farmers, all become part of climate mitigation. The challenge, of course, is Photo: Melodie Ng. that in a competitive world, taking land out of production for tree planting, hedgerows or for wetland preservation can cost farmers money. This is where programs like Alternative Land Use Stewardship (ALUS) come into play. ALUS provides annual per-acre payments for stewarding marginal and sensitive land in a way which provides ecosystem services, such as cleaner air, cleaner water and increased biodiversity. In a sense this program redefines productivity to include these things. There is one last, striking, feature about farms in Kawartha Lakes that bodes well for our ability to be part of the climate solution rather than the climate problem. One in eight farms here sells directly to the consumer. This means that ties are strengthened between on-farm practices and consumer ecological concerns. In addition, many of these farms engage in mixed farming practices, which have been shown to have less climate impact and more productivity than monocrop industrial farming. Such mixed farms are also more resilient in the face of climate stresses. In a year of drought, a farm that depends entirely on corn might lose money on that one crop. A mixed farm may lose money on a field crop, but perennial crops such as fruit and nuts will continue to be productive. A wet spring might sabotage grazing on a low pasture, but the mushroom crop will thrive. A farmer who has her corn planted between hedgerows of nut and fruit trees will flourish in both these years, as the trees mitigate both drought and flood. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is a saying that recalls a different era of farm life: one where collecting eggs was often the task of the farm wife who then had “egg money” for a bit of financial independence. Why wouldn’t she want to put all her eggs in one basket? Bitter experience gave the answer: any number of things can cause the basket to fall. From egg money to nothing in one fell swoop. Oddly enough, the agricultural context which gave us this phrase may provide exactly the wisdom we need to meet some of the concerns of both our young people and our farmers as we move into thisnew era of climate crisis. Those farmers who don’t have all their eggs in one basket will be best poised to meet the challenges facing us.
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The future of weaving looms large in Bobcaygeon Lisa Graves likes to say she is prepared for the zombie apocalypse. It’s not something you expect to hear from a person who is passionate about weaving, but Lisa is not the stereotypical weaver — and she’s not wrong. You will want clothes when the zombies come. The Bobcaygeon mother of two developed her interest in weaving thanks to her commute to work on the GO train. She would knit while riding, and after months of sitting near the same woman every morning, the stranger — who was also a textile artist — struck up a conversation about their shared passion. An invitation to a weaving workshop followed, and Graves found her calling. Eight years later, she is on the executive of the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners (OHWS), the coordinating body for local guilds like the Kawartha Hand Weavers and Spinners. She points out that, by and large, the craft has not been picked up by subsequent generations, which is kind of a waste, since Ontario has a wealth of textile-art knowledge. In the 1950s, Ontario universities required teachers and home economists to take courses in weaving taught by exceptionally knowledgeable instructors trained at colleges and in apprenticeships. These same instructors started the Canadian Guild of Weavers, the Loom Music publication, and taught at Banff School of Fine Arts. While there is no substitute for an experienced mentor, today the OHWS offers an intense correspondence course developed by those same skilled weavers. The course is designed for accomplished weavers wishing to bring their craft to the highest possible level; those who successfully complete the 18-unit program are in demand as teachers at events and institutions all over the world. Graves’ own teacher/mentor regularly taught in Europe where weaving is still offered in schools, and where they insist on highly trained teachers. Graves herself is now taking the course, along with nine Canadians, two Americans and one person from Singapore. They use email, a Facebook group, and
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Lisa Graves knows the lost art of weaving. Photo: Geoff Coleman.
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With its focus on internationalism, critical thinking and collaboration, the IB is a source of future leaders for our community. The IB program is much more than academics, though. It aims to, in the words of the international mission statement “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.” The focus on creating a caring student should not be undervalued. The program requires 150 community service hours (compared to the 40 required of high school students in traditional programs.) Students have to attain these hours in the areas of creativity, action and service. “The community service hours were a great way to try new things. My final project was a fundraiser for A Place Called Home (this area’s homeless shelter). This helped me to get up and speak in front of strangers. It helped me break out of my shell,” Wallace says She is in a Facebook group with 50 former IB students who are all concerned for the future of the program. “The IB program creates critical thinkers who can respectfully listen and debate and be well-rounded and open-minded,” she says.
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Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
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way the book details his betrayals, and In early March, Ottawa-based writer some instances of redemption, towards Mark Bourrie won the prestigious $30,000 his adopted Mohawk family, the Jesuits, RBC Taylor Prize for his book Bush Runner: the French, the English and the Dutch. It The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. His would be through Radisson’s knowledge book was chosen from among five finalists of the First Nations’ fur trade that he selected by jurors Margaret Atwood, Coral would propose, along with his brother inAnn Howells and Peter Theroux out of an law Médard Chouart des Groseillers, the initial list of 155 submissions from across creation of the Hudson’s Bay Company to Canada. He joins previous winners such as the British aristocracy. Bourrie captures Thomas King,Tim Cook, Rosemary Sullivan the importance of Radisson as a historical and Tanya Talaga. This was the final year the Bush Runner: figure to early Canada along with the prize will be offered. The Adventures adventurer’s admissions of cannibalism, Bourrie first proposed the work 14 of Pierre-Esprit multiple murders and treachery. Radisson years ago but publishers were uninterested Radisson would eventually settle down in London until independent Biblioasis from Windsor Mark Bourrie where he died in 1710. saw the work’s potential. The book is now available chronicles the life of the French explorer through ADVOCATE: How does it feel to be Pierre-Esprit Radisson, whom Bourrie Biblioasis, and at recognized by your peers for the RBC describes as “an eager hustler with no Kent Bookstore Taylor Prize? in Lindsay known scruples.” The reader is presented I seriously did not believe I would win. at The Book with the account of an individual who lived There were some truly great books in the Lady in both as a settler and with First Nations competition. I am still getting used to the Fenelon Falls peoples in 17th-century Canada. fact I won the prize, which, sadly, is the last or your local In 1652, members from the one. You get very little feedback when you retailer. Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) captured the write a Canadian non-fiction book, and then-teenager Radisson while he was many people find it much easier and out hunting with a group of boys more entertaining to be unkind. outside of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. BOURRIE: What inspired you to He was soon adopted into the First write this particular book? Nation, and learned Iroquois language, I liked the idea of writing a characterculture and customs. Fortunately for driven history, one that was as much the reader Radisson’s story does not a novel as it was an analysis of what end there. happened at a key time in Canadian Radisson would eventually travel history. The 1600s seems so long ago, to London, Paris, Amsterdam, South but it had many of the challenges of America, the Caribbean and back to the interior of Canada. Along the Frederic Remington - Radisson and Groseilliers today. It was an extremely unsettled
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and fractured world, not just in North America, where First Nations were so horribly affected by epidemics and the flood of guns into the hands of some Indigenous groups. Europe, in Radisson’s time, was recovering from devastating wars of religion, and was beginning to see the economic and political revolutions that eventually spawned capitalism, democracy and, later, Marxism and fascism.
ADVOCATE: What was most striking about Radisson’s exploits? BOURRIE: That he wrote them down. There were dozens of other adventurers whose stories are lost forever. And the fact that he got around so much, back and forth between Europe and North America, and even into the Caribbean. He managed to survive it all, which was quite the achievement. ADVOCATE: What did you learn when writing the book? BOURRIE: A lot. Like most people, I had been taught that “explorers” from stable nations in Europe came to North America, mapped the interior, started a fur trade that changed the lives of Indigenous people, often for the worst, but in the end were responsible for creating the foundation of modern Canada. In fact, the “explorers” were, in the beginning, very much the guests and sometimes pawns of very sharp Indigenous traders and leaders who effectively ran the fur trade. The “explorers” only knew what they were shown. Europe was a barely-functioning set of basketcase countries until late into Radisson’s long life. The only myth that turns out to be true is that the epidemiology, economic upheavals and attacks on culture — by missionaries much more than by fur traders — were disastrous for Indigenous societies. As for the fur trade laying the economic foundation of modern Canada, there’s some truth to that, since we have been a resourceextracting country ever since. That has not always been a good thing for Canada. In the 1600s, most of the jobs and the vast bulk of the money made from the fur trade were in foreign countries, not Canada. ADVOCATE: Did the book make you like Radisson more or less? BOURRIE: I ended up liking him and admiring him, knowing he was a scoundrel. He was smart, open to new things, adventurous, and could tell a good story.
ADVOCATE: How do you hope this book will contribute to Canadians’ understanding of our nation’s history? BOURRIE: I hope people will realize Canada did not start in 1867 on some empty or under-used land. People have been here for an awfully long time. The things that make American and British history interesting and important are also part of Canada’s story. We can also stop looking for heroes and villains.With rare exceptions, few people live their lives in either category. Radisson is a complicated, intriguing man. I wanted to tell his story that way. People who try to do good often make terrible mistakes; bad people sometimes do amazing things. They are playing the cards they are dealt. And I think that makes the story interesting because it resonates with how our own lives play out. ADVOCATE: What are your roots in Lindsay and the surrounding area and do you visit often? BOURRIE: My dad was born in Lindsay, in my greatgrandparents’ house on Kent Street. My Lehane and Downey ancestors go back to the Peter Robinson settlers. I’ve only painted one picture in my life, and it was the old mill (in Lindsay). I realized then that I have absolutely no talent as a visual artist. I get back to what I still consider Victoria County because I have a passion for fossil collecting. The area from Peterborough up through Bobcaygeon, Kirkfield and over to Gamebridge and Brechin in Simcoe County is one of the most important areas in the world for trilobite fossils. These animals lived 450 million years ago and can be spectacular. There are so many different kinds. They are like Pokemon. Once you start going after them, you want to catch them all. But I would also love to come to Lindsay to talk about the book. Robert Rivers, PhD, was born and raised in Lindsay and currently works as the director of parliamentary affairs in the office of independent Senator Marty Klyne.
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FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS
The Indian French bakers
}} Mickaël’s husband-and-wife team
JAMIE MORRIS
embrace their role and their new country
In a modest way, Mickaël Durand has changed our lives. From Mickaël’s Café Librairie has come a steady supply of crusty baguettes, loaves of every description, buttery croissants, velvety crème brûlées and more. The operation grew to include 10 markets last summer and added a successful outpost in Omemee. Here in the Kawarthas we can experience all Mickaël and his brother offer in their two boulangeries in France. Picture Mickaël’s two skilled bakers — bakers who work night and day and are responsible for everything now coming out of the ovens — bakers whose dream is to one day open their own bakery. I’m guessing that you’re not picturing a young Hindu from the Punjab (land of chapati and curries) who arrived in Lindsay two years ago planning to complete Fleming’s advanced water systems operations and management program and return to India; or her husband, who joined her later to be with her, work in a factory, train as a truck driver, and return to his family’s cattle feed business. Their names are Priya Gupta and Amrish Kumar Goyal. And if Mickaël’s has made a modest difference in our lives, it has completely transformed theirs.
marriage and theirs was a traditional Hindu wedding, full of colour and ritual, and spaced out over several days. It has obviously turned out well. They seem entirely comfortable with each other. It was a few months after she arrived in Lindsay that Priya, looking for part-time work, dropped off her resumé at restaurants and businesses along Kent Street, including Mickaël’s. She was interviewed. Mickaël said he’d like time to think about hiring her. She phoned the next morning to ask, “What do you think?” (Add persistence to her list of character traits).
THEIR STORIES
Priya and Amrish drop in on a late afternoon. Priya, who’d started baking at 6 a.m. had finished at 3 p.m. Amrish, who bakes through the night, would be starting at 11 p.m. They’re a study in temperamental and physical contrasts. Priya — quiet, composed, watchful — is slight. Amrish, more outgoing and animated, is robust. Both have smiles that light up their faces. Priya mentions that the next day would be their third anniversary, so that’s where our conversation starts. They’d first met three years and nine days earlier — so, eight days before they were wed. It was an arranged Priya Gupta and Amrish Kumar Goyal
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She was hired to clean but Mickaël soon introduced her to baking. He started with pretzels and bagels (which involve an uncomplicated dough that is weighed, shaped, boiled and baked) and then moved on to cookies and finally breads, which require the most skill. English was the weakest of Priya’s three languages, and the processes and foods were unfamiliar, but according to Mickaël she was a quick learner. “I would just say something one time and she got it,” he says. After Amrish arrived, Mickaël would see him picking up Priya at the end of her shift. He liked Amrish’s pleasant manner, but language was a barrier: Amrish spoke almost no English. A few months later, though, with his business expanding and a need for someone to work nights, Mickaël asked Amrish to try baking. Both Amrish and Mickaël have vivid memories of the first night of training. Mickaël, whose first language is of course French, and Amrish, whose first language is Punjabi, used Google Translate occasionally. Mostly, though, Amrish learned by watching. Amrish appreciated Mickaël’s teaching style. “He is very patient. If I make a mistake, it is okay,” he says. But mistakes didn’t happen often. “The speed at which he picked it up was insane,” Mickaël says. Amrish had what Mickaël calls “the touch.” “Bread dough is alive. A good baker has a feeling about when the dough is ready to be shaped and ready to be baked,” says Mickaël. For Amrish it was all a revelation and an unalloyed pleasure. He’d been working in a factory where time passed slowly. Here, time flew. He loved the environment and everything about the baking. He was eager to know more and sometimes Priya would bring home the recipe book for him or show him small tricks. THE NEXT CHAPTER Their lives have fallen into comfortable routines at work. They have their own shifts, but particularly on Fridays, when everything must be prepared for Lindsay, the Omemee café, and Peterborough market, before leaving Priya prepares dough that will slowly proof (rest) in the fridge, awaiting Amrish’s arrival. Both feel they’re constantly learning. Amrish, working alone in the bakery through the night, has been focused on optimizing oven use on those Fridays he needs to turn out roughly 300 loaves. Priya, working during the day as customers come and go has steadily improved her English and has started taking some of the phone orders. Mickaël plans to give her more experience with customers to complement the technical skills both she and Amrish have. Off work they prepare vegetarian Indian dishes and flatbreads, watch Bollywood movies and communicate using WhatsApp with relatives in India. But they are also taking pleasure in their new home and the relatively slow pace of Lindsay life. Both are on three-year work permits. The original plans to return to India have been discarded, though. Soon they’ll be applying for permanent resident status, and the next step will be Canadian citizenship. Further in the future is that bakery, a dream Mickaël has encouraged. Amrish tells me he has already come up with the name: “It will be A & P,” he says, “A for Amrish and P for Priya.”
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}} Remembering Marlene James In most respects, the weekend of April 25-26, 1970, hardly differed from other spring weekends in Lindsay. Shoppers headed downtown to patronize local businesses, children took advantage of the town’s many parks, and families looked forward to watching Tommy Hunter and Ed Sullivan on television come Sunday night. As with most small towns, however, there always seemed to be something interesting afoot. History buffs flocked to Durham Street on Saturday, April 25, where a retired steam train had arrived in town courtesy of the Upper Canada Railway Society. Teenagers living east of the Scugog River were abuzz over the recent sod-turning for I.E. Weldon Secondary School, the town’s second high school, and the Beatles fans among them were still reeling from Paul McCartney’s recent decision to call it quits. For one Lindsay family, that weekend is etched in their memory for very different reasons. Sunday, April 26, saw a 13 year-old girl named Marlene James go cycling with a friend east of Lindsay. Venturing out around 2 p.m. the girls enjoyed a good three hours’ ride before returning to town. As they descended a hill on Hwy 36, Marlene was struck by a car and thrown from her bicycle. Severely injured, she was taken to Ross Memorial Hospital and then on to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, where she succumbed the following day to brain damage. Hours after her death, a surgical team led by Dr. Clare Baker and Dr. James Yao had transplanted Marlene’s heart into the body of Rev. Edward Madigan, an athletic-looking Roman Catholic priest who had suffered from heart trouble for seven years. It was Dr. Baker’s second successful heart transplant surgery, and among the first of its kind in Canada. Dr. Baker would go on to be appointed to the Order of Canada for his work in the field of cardiovascular medicine.
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The story made headlines around the country. Readers of the Toronto Star, the Toronto Telegram, and the Canadian Churchman (a newspaper published by the Anglican Church of Canada) learned about the generosity of this 13 year-old Lindsay girl whose gift was changing lives. “Heart of Lindsay girl donated that someone else might live,” was how the Lindsay Daily Post put it. Madigan wasn’t the only person whose life was transformed by Marlene James; her eyes would give sight to 31-year-old John Harwood of Sudbury and 49-year-old Doris Mullally of Burlington. Interviewed by the Telegram, Harwood said of Marlene, “She’ll always be an example to myself, my wife, and our three children.”
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As it happened, Marlene James had taken a great interest in the cause of organ donation — and this was but one example of her personal dedication to the well-being of her community. A devoted member of the Girl Guides, Marlene had earned her “friend to the handicapped” badge and learned to read Braille. She accompanied Emily Randall, a local senior with impaired vision, on walks to church, on errands and to various social outings. Before her death, Marlene had taken up the challenge of learning and interpreting sign language so that she could communicate with the deaf and hard of hearing. A faithful parishioner at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Lindsay, Marlene was active in Sunday school and took great interest in the younger children under her care in the church’s nursery. Musically talented, Marlene sang in the school choir and was an avid member of Central Senior School’s library club. “She was beloved by pupils and teachers alike, and always had a smile for everyone,” eulogized the Post. Rev. David Lemon, minister at St. Paul’s, declared that Marlene’s gift was “an Fifty years outstanding example of Christian love in our community and country.” after that tragic Fifty years after that tragic weekend, Marlene’s weekend, Marlene’s siblings want her siblings want her to be remembered for how she gave to be remembered back to her community — ultimately, by giving her heart and eyes to those for how she gave who so desperately needed them. “It was the way our parents raised back to her us,” comments Philip James, Marlene’s community — oldest brother. “Service to community ultimately, by was the word of life.” The late Harold and Florence giving her heart James were active in the Scouting and eyes to those movement, and Philip remembers that who so desperately his father always taught his children “to leave the campsite in better shape than needed them. you found it” — an illustration that captures Marlene’s character. “I remember the joy of spending time with my big sister and the sorrow that the whole family felt with her death,” says Valerie James-Call, the youngest of Harold and Florence’s five children. “Reflecting back over the years, I can see the legacy of hope and possibility that not only changed my life but helped bring renewed life to others through organ donation.” As spring comes upon us, a stroll through the park bearing Marlene’s name at the corner of Parkside Drive and Hwy 36 will reveal many a sign of new life — new life inspiring us to cultivate new ways of being human. At a time when “me, myself, and I” are the watchwords of contemporary culture, the story of Marlene James reminds us that “humble, caring, selfless, sharing” are the adjectives describing a life well lived.
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TREVOR’S TAKE
TREVOR HUTCHINSON, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Sick of 2020 yet?
Is anyone sick of 2020 yet? I mean, what a year. And we are only a quarter of the way through it. The downing of Flight 752 in Iran, rail blockades, the collapse of the oil market, and a teacher strike have been just some of the year’s events so far, not to mention the constant threat of climate change hovering over it all. And oh yeah, the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has changed how we live in ways many of us have never experienced before. Add to that the constant partisan bickering in our political system which only gets heightened when a party (of any stripe) is choosing a leader. I don’t know about you but all of this is kind of stressing me out, at least when I let it. And I don’t think I’m alone. Already the World Health Organization is producing materials about COVID-19’s effect on mental health. A recent article in the online journal, Psychiatric Times, explains that the conspiracy theories, xenophobia and mistrust of media and government arising from COVID-19 only make the mental health consequences of the pandemic even more serious. Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders are expected to multiply. The economic fallout will greatly exacerbate mental health challenges as well. And don’t get me started about social media, toilet paper hoarders and sanitizer profiteers! So when we get through this — and we will get through this — I think we should celebrate on a scale that we never have before. Let’s make every effort, through volunteers, to get every person who can to fill all of our main streets in celebration. Let’s run concurrent events at nursing homes for those who can’t get out. Let’s have a 2020 re-do: a 2020 v2.0, if you will. Let’s have live music and art and dancing. Fireworks and clowns and facepainting. Let’s close our main streets and go crazy with biodegradable streamers. And oh yeah, a beer tent too. A really big beer tent, come to think about it. But let’s not make it a fundraiser. Let’s invest some public money for our communal mental health. I think we should all get together in all of our towns and villages and come together and celebrate. And party like it’s 1999. To the cost-cutting naysayers who might pooh-pooh such an event, I would remind them of the very real economic costs of mental health. I can already feel the pushback on using public money on a beer tent. But extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. And for some of us, beer, I would humbly suggest. And sure, break out the coffee, tea and lemonade for those who don’t partake. We might have to wait a bit as we work through COVID-19 as a community, country and international community. But eventually, the social distancing will end. And it will be time to practice some social gathering. I would suggest that when the time comes, we do it on a scale that we have never seen before.
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