Paula Kirman

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Words. Pictures. Music. Community. Editor of Boyle McCauley News. Prairie representative with the Canadian Freelance Union.
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I am coordinating the 13th Annual Daughters Day celebration on September 21 at City Hall. Daughters Day celebrates inspiring Alberta women. We're seeking nominations for the 2024 Daughters of the Year. Nominate by July 31, 2024. Visit daughters-day.com for more details. -- #DaughtersDayYEG

All Out for Gaza Rally and March June 7, 2024 Whyte Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - #yeg #WhyteAve #WhyteAvenue #edmonton #Gaza #Palestine #Ceasefire #yegphotographer #photojournalism

Student and Health Worker-Led Rally at the University of Alberta Quad on June 30, 2024. #yeg #palestine #gaza #ceasefire #ceasefirenow #rally #protest #photojournalism #yegphotographer

Support. Don't Punish. June 26, 2024 People gathered in Churchill Square to support harm reduction and other drug policies that take into account health and human rights as opposed to oppressive policies. -- #yeg #yegdt #SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #photojournalism #yegphotographer

YEG Edmonton - Nationwide Women's Strike June 24, 2024 Rally for reproductive rights on the second anniversary of Roe v Wade being struck down in America. -- #yeg #yegdt #WomensStrike #ReproductiveRights #yegwomen #photojournalism #yegphotographer

My latest at Prairie Books NOW. Collection connects labour issues, unions with environmental justice U of Regina academics examine Co-op Refinery Complex bargaining dispute prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/vie... #yeg #yegwriter #labour #union #journalism #literature #books

Collection connects labour issues, unions with environmental justiceprairiebooksnow.ca A “just transition” refers to moving away from a dependency on fossil fuels toward forms of energy with lower carbon footprints, while still ensuring that people’s livelihoods do not suffer in the pro...

Pride Rally and March June 8, 2024 Organized by Pride Corner. -- #yeg #yegdt #pride #protest #LGBTQ2S #2SLGBTQ #edmonton #photojournalism #yegphotographer

Naksa Day Edmonton Protest June 8, 2024 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada "Naksa" means "setback" in Arabic and refers to the displacement of Palestinians during the Six-Day War in 1967, which is commemorated on June 5. -- #yeg #Naksa #Palestine #edmonton #Gaza #Ceasefire #photojournalism #yegphotographer

Peace Walk with Elders June 7, 2024 A walk through Edmonton's Chinatown with members of Indigenous and Chinese communities, as well as members of other communities. -- #yeg #yegdt #ChinatownYEG #McCauley #Indigenous #Chinese #Community #Peace #Elders #photojournalism #yegphotographer

The 2024 Edmonton Homeless Memorial on June 6 commemorated 421 people who died in 2023 as a direct or indirect result of being unhoused. This number is a significant increase from past years. The event was organized by the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. -- #yeg

The second annual Blue Jean Jacket Day took place in downtown Edmonton on June 6, 2024 to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys. -- #yeg #yegdt #Indigenous #MMIEP #MMIMB #photojournalism #yegphotographer #edmonton #alberta #canada

Part Two of the Jasper Place Community History Project's series on Food Security has been published in the Summer 2024 edition of SPANN. This article deals with food and water delivery. Here is a screenshot of the article. You can download the issue as a PDF from www.stonyplainroad.com/spann/ #yeg

Edmonton March for Palestine May 26, 2024 Marching from the Legislature to MacEwan University. -- #yeg #yegdt #Palestine #Gaza #Ceasefire #protest #CeasefireNow #photojournalism #yegphotographer

Enough Is Enough, a grassroots-organized, province-wide, anti-UCP protest on May 25, 2024. -- #yeg #ableg #protest #EnoughIsEnough #edmonton #photojournalism #yegphotographer #alberta

A protest organized by injured workers at the Alberta Legislature on May 22, 2024 calling out the Workers' Compensation Board for not acting in the best interests of workers and not supporting injured workers. -- #yeg #yegdt #ableg #workers #labour #protest #photojournalism #yegphotographer

Energetic Dabke dancing from this group of young people this afternoon at Palestine Solidarity Day: youtu.be/xdGLQaFt6Lc #yeg

Dabke Dance - Palestine Solidarity Day and Marchyoutu.be #Edmonton #Palestine #Dabke May 18, 2024Churchill SquareEdmonton, Alberta, Canada

Palestine Solidarity Day & March May 18, 2024 Churchill Square #yeg

Dr. Michael Litwack speaking at yesterday's Rally in Support of the People's University for Palestine organized by Faculty for Palestine Alberta: youtu.be/AA12xUm0lbI #yeg

Dr. Michael Litwack - Rally in Support of the Peoples' University for Palestineyoutu.be #edmonton #protest #palestine May 14, 2024 University of Alberta

Dr. Muna Saleh speaking at yesterday's Rally in Support of the People's University for Palestine organized by Faculty for Palestine Alberta: youtu.be/A1jXtD4n0Jg #yeg

Dr. Muna Saleh - Rally in Support of the Peoples' University for Palestineyoutu.be #edmonton #protest #palestine May 14, 2024 University of Alberta

Dr. David Kahane speaking at yesterday's Rally in Support of the People's University for Palestine organized by Faculty for Palestine Alberta: youtu.be/sQ38Aw8s9Pw #yeg

Dr. David Kahane - Rally in Support of the Peoples' University for Palestineyoutu.be #edmonton #protest #palestine May 14, 2024University of Alberta

Hundreds of dancers, drummers, and singers filled Clarke Stadium on May 11th as the Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wow celebrated its 40th year. -- #yeg #yegdt #Indigenous #Treaty6 #powwow #dancing #drumming #singing #bcrpowwow #edmonton #regalia #photojournalism #yegphotographer

May 11, 2024 Following the police sweep of the protest encampment at the University of Alberta early that morning, hundreds of marchers headed to campus to the area where the encampment was. -- #yeg #protest #ualberta #palestine #gaza #ceasefire #photojournalism #yegphotographer #edmonton

Photos taken on May 10, 2024. The encampment to demand the University of Alberta divest from Israel, located in the U of A's quad. That evening a group of Jewish people led a Shabbat service. The next morning EPS swept the camp. -- #yeg

Afternoon Grand Entry at the 40th Annual Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wow on May 11th at Clarke Stadium: youtu.be/cY7g0OVCMZ4 #yeg #yegdt #bcrpowwow

Afternoon Grand Entry - 40th Annual Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wowyoutu.be #Edmonton #Powwow #Indigenous Afternoon Grand Entry at the 40th Annual Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wow on May 11, 2024.

A seasonal sitting area on Whyte Avenue: the Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion. The colour? Of course: vermilion! #yeg #whyteave #whyteavenue #oldstrathcona #edmonton #streetscape #sidewalk

A mural created to commemorate the journalists killed while covering Gaza since October 7. The art was led by AJA Louden, Tzadeka, and Ahmad. Community members wrote the names of journalists. There were 97 journalists killed as of the time of the mural's creation. #yeg #gaza #israel #palestine

Red Dress Day May 5, 2024 Honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and other exploited Indigenous people. -- #yeg #yegdt #RedDressDay #edmonton #alberta #canada #Indigenous #women #yegwomen #photojournalism #yegphotographer #yegactivist #MMIWG #MMIWG2S

March for Palestine May 4, 2024 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- #yeg #yegdt #Palestine #Gaza #MiddleEast #protest #edmonton #alberta #canada #photojournalism #yegphotographer

May 1 was May Day 2024 International Workers' Day Marching down Whyte Avenue. -- #yeg #MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay #WhyteAvenue #WhyteAve #Labour #Workers #OldStrathcona #photojournalism #yegphotographer #yegactivist

The National Day of Mourning on April 28 commemorates workers killed on the job or who died from workplace-acquired illnesses. In Alberta, 165 workers were remembered. -- #yeg #labour #NationalDayOfMourning #workers #photojournalism #yegphotographer #ableg #abhealth