Métis leader Louis Riel was born on this day in 1844 in the Red River Colony in what is now Manitoba. Riel sought to safeguard the rights and culture of the Métis and led two resistances as Canada expanded westward. He was hanged for treason by the Canadian government at age 41.

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Share this (free for 5 days) entertaining to laugh-out-loud creativity primer full of free resource links for teachers, parents and frustrated-artists-at-heart. creativity amazon.com/dp/B082QSTXTC

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"If you have a creative outlet you will be a happier person." I enjoyed #CreativityIsEverything by Sean Thompson . I took both professional and personal lessons from it and I love the powerful quotes that are sprinkled throughout. Nice work, Sean! Creativity is, indeed, everything!

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This book was written as a lesson for children based on PM Carney’s speech but now it seems it might also stand up as straight political satire... You decide. amazon.com/dp/B0GJSQ7R12

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A Fable for the Future (and a Satire for the Present)  Teaching “The Power of the Small”: How Do We Make Sense of a Fractured World? technologyembedded.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/tea…

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Help share pride in the new world we can share. 99 cent review deal: bit.ly/4qWpOg9 As a home-grown Canadian l turned educator, I was so moved by Prime Minister Carney's Speech at the World Economic Forum that I wanted to share it with young people.

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The Cultural Diplomacy Initiative is accelerating. Following a successful dispatch to the Australian PM, our bilingual policy allegory is en route to the Danish PM's office. Dossiers are also in the air to leadership at Munk, CIC, IISD & Canadian finance. Soft power. 🇨🇦🌍

The "Accidental Masterpiece" We tried to make a serious geopolitical educational video about middle-power trade dynamics. Instead, the studio gave us an accidental 1980s Beastie Boys anthem about a beaver. 🦫🎤 Check out "BITE!"—the unofficial anthem. youtu.be/uzpG8bI0ZlI

First Nation leaders are calling for full transparency and a public inquiry after RCMP files were brought forth on surveillance of Indigenous leaders from the late sixties to the early eighties. aptnnews.ca/?p=286863