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The Decolonization Myth

An evening with Patty Krawec

2023-06-21 18:00:00 2023-06-21 19:00:00 America/New_York The Decolonization Myth To understand the present and change the future, we must explore the past. Join us for an evening of discovery and exploration. Glen Abbey Branch - Program Room 1

Wednesday, June 21
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-21 18:00:00 2023-06-21 19:00:00 America/New_York The Decolonization Myth To understand the present and change the future, we must explore the past. Join us for an evening of discovery and exploration. Glen Abbey Branch - Program Room 1

Glen Abbey Branch

Program Room 1

To understand the present and change the future, we must explore the past. Join us for an evening of discovery and exploration.

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with OPL as we welcome Patty Krawec and explore the topic of The Decolonization Myth: Understanding the role of settler colonialism in how organizations function and the impacts on Indigenous people as a necessary first step to making the kind of change that matters. 

Patty Krawec is an Anishinaabe/Ukrainian writer and speaker belonging to Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory, living in Niagara Falls. She serves on the board of the Fort Erie Native Friendship Center and sings with the Strong Water Singers, a hand drum group. She is the cohost of the Medicine for the Resistance podcast, and co-founder of the Nii’kinaaganaa Foundation with journalist Nora Loreto and Blackfoot activist Terril Tailfeathers, challenging settlers to pay their rent for living on Indigenous lands. Patty worked for a sexual assault crisis center for four years, and in child protection for sixteen years. She has a degree in social work. Her writing has been published in Sojourners, Rampant Magazine, Midnight Sun, Yellowhead Institute, Indiginews, and elsewhere. Her book, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future was published by Broadleaf Books last fall.

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Glen Abbey Branch

oplreference@oakville.ca
Phone: (905) 815-2039

Hours
Mon, Feb 10 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Feb 11 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Feb 12 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Feb 13 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Feb 14 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Feb 15 9:30AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Feb 16 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Located within the Glen Abbey Community Centre in northwest Oakville, Glen Abbey Branch is Oakville Public Library’s busiest location and serves over 350,000 customers per year. As a community and cultural hub in north Oakville, the branch offers several rooms available for booking and hosts a variety of programming for all-ages that inspires creativity. Parking is free.

Upcoming events

Tue, Feb 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 11, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 11, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Feb 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Wed, Feb 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Wed, Feb 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Creation Zone
This event is full

Wed, Feb 12, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Feb 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 13, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 13, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 13, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 13, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Feb 13, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Program Room 1

Fri, Feb 14, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Fri, Feb 14, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Fri, Feb 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Fri, Feb 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Feb 15, 10:00am - 10:30am

Sat, Feb 15, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Sat, Feb 15, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Feb 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Sat, Feb 15, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Creation Zone
This event is full

Sun, Feb 16, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Program Room 1

Mon, Feb 17, 10:00am - 2:00pm

Mon, Feb 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room 1

Mon, Feb 17, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Mon, Feb 17, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 18, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 18, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 18, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 18, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tue, Feb 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room 1

Wed, Feb 19, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Wed, Feb 19, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Creation Zone
This event is full

Wed, Feb 19, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Feb 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 20, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Cancelled
Thu, Feb 20, 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Cancelled
Thu, Feb 20, 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Thu, Feb 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Feb 20, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Program Room 1

Fri, Feb 21, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Fri, Feb 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Feb 22, 10:00am - 10:30am

Sat, Feb 22, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Feb 22, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Program room 1+2

Sun, Feb 23, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 25, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 25, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 25, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Feb 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Feb 26, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Wed, Feb 26, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Feb 27, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 27, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 27, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Feb 27, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Feb 27, 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Fri, Feb 28, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Fri, Feb 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Mar 01, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Sun, Mar 02, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 04, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 04, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program room 1+2

Wed, Mar 05, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Thu, Mar 06, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Thu, Mar 06, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Creation Zone

Thu, Mar 06, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Mar 06, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Thu, Mar 06, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Mar 08, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Sat, Mar 08, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Sat, Mar 08, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sun, Mar 09, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Program Room 1

Mon, Mar 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 11, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 11, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room 1

Tue, Mar 11, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Program Room 1

Wed, Mar 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Program Room 1

Wed, Mar 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Creation Zone