The display is part of a multi-year #FlaxToLinen research project exploring how to develop a regional, climate-resilient #textile industry in southern #BritishColumbia: https://www.yearonthefield.net/post/flax-to-linen-in-vancouver-canada-kwantlen-polytechnic-university-and-earthand-gleaners #fibershed #KwantlenPolytechnic #KPU
Flax to Linen in Vancouver, Canada - Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners

The "A Year On The Field" project welcomes a new grower - the partnership of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners from Canada. In the following article, Dr. Kathy Dunster introduces the project! We look forward to working together! We are a partnership of an academic research scientist (Dr. Kathy Dunster @ KPU) and a local NGO of artists, makers, and educators who believe that bringing people together to share creative projects that connect us with the land helps our communi

Year On The Field

"#Delays in both cases highlights what a #criminologist says is a problem with the #police #oversight process.
“One of the problems that comes up again and again and again” is that police refuse to fully cooperate with the #IIO said Jeff Shantz, faculty member in criminology at #KwantlenPolytechnic #University . “The usual reason given is that it’s a #CharterRight , they have a right to not #incriminate themselves.”

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/families-of-men-who-died-after-police-encounters-still-searching-for-answers-years-after-their-deaths/wcm/1b68ac9c-0c12-4d35-a3f0-92512ad5780b/amp/

#Vancouver #BritishColumbia #CriminalCops #ACAB

Families of men who died after police encounters in B.C. still searching for answers, years after their deaths

The deaths of Dale Culver and Myles Gray following encounters with police happened two years apart under different circumstances, but the families of the two men have one thing in common: an agonizing, years-long wait for justice from the legal system.

Vancouver Sun