The National Citizens Inquiry Commissioners Final Report RELEASED. It's your turn now! - Use provided Stickers to show you watched this historical event. I will.
The National Citizens Inquiry Commissioners Final Report RELEASED. It's your turn now! - Use provided Stickers to show you watched this historical event. I will.
This day (2023/11/28) is now a historical day for Canada and the World. Perhaps, not everyone knows about it yet. But once you watch the presentations from today, you will know. And a personal story..
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Historical event has happened - what’s next ?
I watched it live today. I could barely keep my emotions. I made the stickers shown below and I will now proudly wear them on my social media and in my wallet for sharing with others. I will also prepare targeted communications - for my neighbours, colleagues, doctors, parent communities, family members, encouraging them to also watch the presentations of the esteemed Commissioners of the National Citizen Inquiry that happened today.
Biographies of Commissioners are available at the NCI website.
You may not need to listen the entire two hours of all presentations. Just start from the very first episode (10 minutes only) by Shawn Buckley (NCI Lead Council) linked below. If it touched you, which I think it will for every Canadian, then maybe listen the next one (15 mins) from Ken Drysdale (first NCI Commissioner). Then, if you feel that it resonated with you, you may listen to everyone else: Bernard Massie (second NCI Commissioner), Heather DiGregorio (third NCI Commissioner), Janice Kaikkonen (fourth NCI commissioner), and Hon. Ches Crosbie (NCI Administrator)*.
The last distinguished speaker provides ideas on how to present the NCI effort to a person who has never heard of NCI in “elevator pitch” fashion - i.e., in less than a minute while you are sharing an elevator with a another person.
Personally, in order to approach this highly divisive topic with my close friends and family member, for example, I would start simply by showing the very last episode - with the question from the Canadian Olympic world figure skating champion, Jamie Sale. They all are big fans of figure skating** and Jamie Sale is one of their heroes. They too suffered from isolation, school and activity closures, lockdowns, and the growing polarization of the nation.
The links for watching the videos are provided below. For easier accessibility, I‘ve also uploaded them to both of my YouTube channels: @IVIM and @dr.dmitry.gorodnichy. The transcripts are provided at www.ivim.ca/nci.
Start watching NCI Final Report presentations now:
You can watch other NCI presentations on @IVIM YouTube channel. Some of them are also available in the channels listed below.
On NCI’s X account – https://twitter.com/Inquiry_Canada
On NCI’s Rumble account – https://rumble.com/user/NationalCitizensInquiryCA
On NCI’s Facebook account– https://www.facebook.com/NationalCitizensInquiry
On NCI’s Odysee account – https://odysee.com/@EnquêteNationaledesCitoyens:2
Social media stickers to wear proudly:
Note that I’m not the best graphics designer and English is not my mother tongue either. If you can make better images, please share them with me (at dg @ ivim.ca)
Dig further your curiosity:
You can also listen to ‘The Edit’ podcast episode with famous former CBC journalist, Trish Wood @WoodReporting and @MichelleLCatlin, as they delve into the investigation of Canada’s response to COVID-19: https://podbean.com/ew/pb-vv9wk-150a240
Read and share the report: https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/commissioners-report/
Finally, and most importantly - Visit www.nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/takeaction to become part of the change!
To learn more about the Inquiry, the NCI invites you to:
• Watch or listen to the Witness Testimony
• Review the evidence submitted by witnesses in the Exhibits List
• Follow the NCI on our social media and podcast accounts and get involved by signing up for the NCI newsletter to stay updated on all we do
To stay updated, you can also follow me on Twitter and @IVIM YouTube channel.
Appendix: Personal touch
Below is the picture that I just took, which is hanging on the wall in my house. It shows the “I SKATE IN MY DREAMS” POSTER, that I made for my daughters five years ago. It FEATURES THE PHOTOS OF MY FOUR DAUGHTERS SKATING, ALONG WITH the PHOTOS OF THEIR FIGURE SKATING HEROS. Jamie Sale - Canadian Olympic and World figure skating champion in pairs - is one of them. In fact, we even have skates with her signature (SP) - shown in the photo!
Today Jamie Sale participated in the historical NCI presentation today. Of course, I immediately recognized her. I thought that NCI organizers would mention that this is her - our National figure skating star, but they did not… She is just one of many Canadians who have been seeking for truth, justice and reconciliation over the past three years…
How YouTube Reacted
I uploaded videos to @IVIM YouTube channel. One of them - with Hon. Ches Crosbie (NCI Administrator) that provided ideas on how to present the NCI effort to a person who has never heard of NCI in an “elevator pitch” fashion - has been struck by YouTube now.
Luckily this is my first strike, so I will not be able to post for one week. If I get the third strike, I may lose this channel entirely. But it would still be worth it doing - knowing that I’m contributing to the historically important dissemination of truth.
Other episodes:
Episodes in French will be posted next week.