groundworkforchange.ca
  • WELCOME
    • ABOUT >
      • What are the goals of this site?
      • Who is this site meant for?
      • Who created and updates this site?
      • Are there other sites I should check out? (Answer: Yes!)
    • Great websites to learn more
    • Wet'suwet'en Strong
    • #LoveforTina - Information & Solidarity Resources
    • #justiceforColten
  • GETTING STARTED
    • TERMS & CONCEPTS >
      • What is settler colonialism?
      • What about racism and forms of racism?
      • What is an "ally"?
      • What does "settler" mean?
      • What is White privilege? White fragility?
      • Does reverse racism exist? What about being "colour blind"?
      • What is decolonization?
      • What is meant by Indigenous sovereignty?
      • Have a question about other terms?
    • SOME BASICS >
      • Terminology
      • Urban Indigenous Peoples-Winnipeg focus
      • First Nations Communities in Manitoba
      • The Inuit
      • Two-Spirit
      • The Métis
      • Treaties
      • The Indian Act
      • The Royal Proclamation; The Constitution; The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
      • Major Inquiries and Reports
  • ISSUES & TOPICS
    • Residential Schools
    • The Sixties Scoop
    • Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and Two-Spirit
    • Taxation, Funding & Myths
    • Child Welfare Systems
    • Aboriginal Title; Land and Water Rights
    • Treaty Land Entitlement; Urban Reserves
    • Cultural Appropriation
    • On settler claims to Indigenous identity
    • Rooster Town
    • Shoal Lake Water
    • On the International Stage
    • Canada 150 - Indigenous Perspectives
  • KEEP ON LEARNING
    • Great websites to learn more
    • Having crucial conversations
    • Recommended Reads

August, 2018
This page will no longer be updated.
Updates / News

​groundworkforchange.org is a living, breathing website. 

The information shared on the site will change as new articles, videos, audio recordings are available.  It will also change based on feedback received.

The latest (larger) updates and news about the site are listed below.



June, 2016
Site founders will participate in the Pathways to Reconciliation Conference being hosted by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

February, 2016
Site co-founder Monique Woroniak was interviewed by Rosanna Deerchild for CBC Radio's program Unreserved.

October, 2015
Event listing moved to a calendar format - see our new Community Events Calendar page. 

September 13, 2015
Site co-founders Monique Woroniak and Liz Carlson, along with Cree-Trinidadian educator Tasha Spillett were interviewed on the CKUW radio program "Radio Free Winnipeg".  The conversation was about the motivation for the site, living in a colonial society and growing just relationships. 
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September 7, 2015
Site co-founder Monique Woroniak was interviewed by CBC (web) about the motivation for the site.  Community leader Michael Champagne also shares thoughts.

August, 2015
2 of the sites founders/contributors - Monique Woroniak and Liz Carlson - were happy to be interviewed by Scott Neigh for his Talking Radical Radio show.  Woroniak and Carlson talk about how the site got started and the thinking that goes into it.
Timeline / Milestones

September 30, 2017
After 2 years and 3 months groundworkforchange.org is on Facebook.

The site is now visited by 100-200 people each day.  Thank you for the support!.

June 28, 2016
1 year anniversary of the site's launch!  As of July 1, 2016 44, 067 different individuals have visited the site.  Thank you for the support!

September, 2015
The milestone of 10,000 unique visitors to the site was reached (34,000 + page visits). Amazing support and engagement.  We are thankful.
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July 1, 2015
Over 1100 unique visitors and over 4300 page visits since our launch 3 days ago.  Thank you Winnipeg and beyond for your incredible support! 

June 28, 2015
groundworkforchange.org "launches"
 
May-June, 2015
The site is shared with the original February group for feedback. 

February-June, 2015 
website developed

February, 2015
An outline for the website is shared with a group of Indigenous peoples living in Winnipeg.
This site is based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba on Treaty 1 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis Nation. ​
  • WELCOME
    • ABOUT >
      • What are the goals of this site?
      • Who is this site meant for?
      • Who created and updates this site?
      • Are there other sites I should check out? (Answer: Yes!)
    • Great websites to learn more
    • Wet'suwet'en Strong
    • #LoveforTina - Information & Solidarity Resources
    • #justiceforColten
  • GETTING STARTED
    • TERMS & CONCEPTS >
      • What is settler colonialism?
      • What about racism and forms of racism?
      • What is an "ally"?
      • What does "settler" mean?
      • What is White privilege? White fragility?
      • Does reverse racism exist? What about being "colour blind"?
      • What is decolonization?
      • What is meant by Indigenous sovereignty?
      • Have a question about other terms?
    • SOME BASICS >
      • Terminology
      • Urban Indigenous Peoples-Winnipeg focus
      • First Nations Communities in Manitoba
      • The Inuit
      • Two-Spirit
      • The Métis
      • Treaties
      • The Indian Act
      • The Royal Proclamation; The Constitution; The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
      • Major Inquiries and Reports
  • ISSUES & TOPICS
    • Residential Schools
    • The Sixties Scoop
    • Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and Two-Spirit
    • Taxation, Funding & Myths
    • Child Welfare Systems
    • Aboriginal Title; Land and Water Rights
    • Treaty Land Entitlement; Urban Reserves
    • Cultural Appropriation
    • On settler claims to Indigenous identity
    • Rooster Town
    • Shoal Lake Water
    • On the International Stage
    • Canada 150 - Indigenous Perspectives
  • KEEP ON LEARNING
    • Great websites to learn more
    • Having crucial conversations
    • Recommended Reads