Beausejour Forum 2025 with THE Indie Media Eastcoast [included the land acknowledgement spiel with moderator Carol Cooke who came from Ontario transplanted to Sackville New Brunswick] here:
Beausejour Forum - Dominic Leblanc, Alex Gagne, Donna Allen, Eddie Cornell
Polite request for Laura Landon [ shown on the left looking down in the photo above from THE Indie Media Eastcoast] who works at Mount Allison University's library next to her partner local reporter Bruce Wark [warktimes.com] and Erica Butler [who arrived from Halifax in 2020 with the Halifax Examiner gig to work at CHMA FM Mount Allison University radio] to please consider following and learning from Caroline Elliott in B.C. on the UNDRIP / U.N. land rights and natives issues taking place out West. I would also ask all the Town Councillors and Mayor Andrew Black to do the same at this time:
I have asked our politicians locally to stop using the land acknowledgements in our Town Hall meetings and to understand why referring to themselves as "settlers" could be problematic.
Alison Butcher, town councillor, requested that I come in and make a presentation in the Town Hall but there isn't any need of that.. education takes time and attention to details and dedication.. I just would like to see more critical-thinkers and involved and engaged people in this sleepy little university town of followers. That is all. Greg Martin and Bruce Phinney - two other town councillors for Tantramar - were also advised about the concerns regarding the "unceded territory" commentary and declarations being made in our Town Hall. Do the politicians understand their role in local government or do they only do what they are told to do instead of thinking for themselves?
Some things that are small details appear to be unimportant but are actually very key and "giving the land back" to natives should not be the goal of any one in this old town that was established in 1762... its just that simple.
Who was the King of England in 1762?
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the first monarch of the House of Hanover who was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language,[2] and never visited Hanover.[3] [ source: wiki]
Thank you, Time to say “Good Bye”… It has been an honour over the last 6 years to have been entrusted by the University, and our University Community, as the Director of Facilities Management of this beautiful, historic and much respected institution located on unceded Mi’kmaq territory. My greatest joy, has been coming to work everyday to serve such a vibrant and committed group of facilities staff, supervisors and managers who accepted my imperfections, and appreciated, or at least tolerated, my Cape Breton sense of humour.😊 To my university colleagues, internal and external , our consultants and business partners, “thank you” for your support and advice during my tenure. To my amazing wife Mary and our family, I am so very blessed to have had your collective patience and love over the years. l am very excited, as together, we create our next chapter… ”It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams” (G.Marquez). Let’s dream on my friends…"
So after all this time it seems that amazingly Neil MacEachern is still hangin' around campus and riding the lucrative Mount Allison University gravy train.. imagine that?
You never did return my phone call in 2016 Neil.. why is that?
Additional note I have no Facebook account but am always available on Twitter for engagement.. and I am concerned too many people rely on Facebook for their information.
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