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TRC Hearings are being held today and tomorrow in the #StonyRapids school gym. All are welcome. 7:01 AM Feb 16th via web
TRC_en Will there ever be an end of people who victimise vulnerable children? ow.ly/93U8I #abuse #residentialschool #bcpoli 7:02 AM Feb 14th via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 1 other
The TRC is in #PelicanNarrows today. If you would like to Share your Truth or be a witness head over to the Opawikoscikan School. 7:04 AM Feb 14th via web
Federal government encourages public servants to use social media shar.es/osuKO 2:02 PM Nov 22nd, 2011 via Tweet Button
ALL_CAPS Watching #elxn41 is like watching 'Old Yeller': you know what happens in the end but you wish it wasn't true. [Canada is the dog BTW] 7:42 PM May 2nd, 2011 via web Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 19 others
eric_greer @iancapstick If there is one thing I hope for the most, it's cooperation; it is the only way a "democracy" can exist. 5:44 PM May 2nd, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to iancapstick Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 2 others
ActiveHist New post: Laura Makadoro asks whether we can heal Canada's colonial #history. http://ow.ly/1sHz46 4:42 AM Apr 27th, 2011 via Twitterrific Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 1 other
Forget lawyers&deadlines.Let's do this right.Need process.Don't have gazillion $, but let's do this right. Ignatieff on ResSchool comp prog. 5:40 AM Mar 31st, 2011 via web
mmccnn Who's running in Ottawa Centre? Dewar, Bradley, Konstantinakos, Hunter http://bit.ly/e66VWe #canqueer #ottcity #yow 9:36 AM Mar 25th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 3 others
So the Minister for CDN Heritage just referred to Canada as a Confederation while telling the Bloc that their issues aren't current. Really? 9:37 AM Mar 25th, 2011 via web
@mebuell @Momforchoice Charlie turns 65, birthday cake and party at the cafe! 8:23 AM Mar 25th, 2011 via UberSocial
@TRC_en If you visit the CBC link, be sure to click on the photo to hear the Inuit Sub-commission directors talk about Northern Hearings. 9:40 AM Mar 14th, 2011 via web in reply to TRC_en
TRC_en "If we don't move beyond ourselves, we will have failed future generations. Canada has to come to grips with its shame" #fnmi #sharingtruth 1:21 PM Mar 2nd, 2011 via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 1 other
TRC_en "We have to get it done and get it done right. Every element of the settlement agreement is important." -Fontaine #sharingtruth #fnmi 1:23 PM Mar 2nd, 2011 via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson
TRC_en "I pledge my full support to this Commission and it commissioners" -Phil Fontaine #sharingtruth #indigenous #fnmi 1:24 PM Mar 2nd, 2011 via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson
Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of TRC acknowledges Phil Fontaine's contributions to Survivors justice. #sharingtruth #indigenous #fnmi 1:27 PM Mar 2nd, 2011 via web
TRC_en "We must protect the survivors- their health, their confidentiality" -Freddy Mutanguha #sharingtruth #indigenous #fnmi 10:57 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson
TRC_en "Collecting testimonials is NOT for research; archives are a symbol of dignity and respect for survivors" -Mutanguha #sharingtruth #fnmi 10:59 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via HootSuite Retweeted by colleenpattrson and 3 others
@TRC_en A little bit of both I imagine. Maybe we should all get TRC coloured ties. 10:42 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web in reply to TRC_en
We must take into account the painful experience and universality of practice. -Doudou Diène #fnmi #sharingtruth @TRC_en 10:42 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via web

Name Colleen Patterson
Location ÜT: 45.41883,-75.696686
Bio Senior Communications Officer for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Blogger, belly dancer, traveler, SFU Alumni, geeky-chic, writer.