Welcome to our new Blog Page
Since 1997, we have made major efforts to document the work and outreach of Elder William Commanda and Circle of All Nations in research, reports, blogs, PowerPoint presentations, photos and videos. Between 2000 and 2014, much of the information was posted in our two Circle of All Nations websites; when technology limited our use of the second site, we shared our writings regularly via Constant Contact E-Newsletter outreach to interested colleagues, and we also posted the items in the Circle of All Nations and William Commanda sections of our sister website, www.asinabka.com. In addition, we have been very active on Facebook since its inception and have also shared much information through five pages! The global pandemic led us to host the first free Facebook live video international online conference in May 2020, the 20th anniversary of the Circle of All Nations Millennium International Peace Gathering, and this was followed by many more conversational and informational bridge building live video events over the past year. These are available under the video bar in our Circle of All Nations Facebook page as well as on our Circle of All Nations YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMJRExRTpr4zhNWH_YBed
Finally, the new landing page takes you to our Cybercartographical Digital Atlas which holds reference to our academic research.
This new website alerts you to the highlights of our work to date and provides links to a vast body of archival materials and to our photo and video library. But the primary focus of this site is our Blog Page. Work on this commenced in 2020, as did the Corona Virus Pandemic and Global Isolation; in our early May 2020 blog, we reflect on Grandfather’s Commanda’s prophetic vision – and it is frightening to note how the past 20 months have evolved. Then on the 10th anniversary of his death, the massive tropical storm Isaias alerted us anew to the environmental crisis and climate change, again another critical concern that Grandfather worked so hard to alert us to in this lamentable Age of the Anthropocene, and the Isaias August 2020 blog reflects on this subject. Our October 2021 blog leads us into our new work and reflections. We promise to keep this updated regularly!
JOIN US! For this special 2024-08-10 presentation on the William Commanda’s Vision: A Legacy of Peace and Environmental Stewardship, hosted by the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa. Event Date & Time: Saturday, August 10, 2024 (2:00-4:30 pm). Location: Tanglewood Park Community Centre 30 Woodfield Drive, Nepean. For information, contact: Anil Agrawal, 613-859-8654. CHECK OUT THE LINK AND BE SURE TO REGISTER! https://gandhiji.ca/2024-08-10/
From my Facebook Post, acknowledging November 16 and the anniversary of Riel's execution in 1885. During that year, Riel led Métis people in the Northwest Resistance, which was a stand against the Government of Canada because it was encroaching on Métis rights and way-of-life.
This November 2023 Report, prepared to share on the occasion of Elder William Commanda's 110th birth date, 11 November, presents a mini outline of some of our key activities, accomplishments, with links that lead to more detailed discussion.
In 1953, upon your coronation, I received a royal certificate and medal, intimating an invisible yet tangible direct connection to you; I was forty years old at the time, and I was serving my community as chief appointed by acclamation.
In a world dominated by an exploding diversified population approaching 8 billion, the voices of Indigenous Peoples assume a disquieting, challenging and critical place - and insight for the future.
The 2022 William Commanda/Circle of All Nations PHOTO CALENDAR ATLAS! YES, thanks to the interest and academic analysis, primarily by Dr. Alexander Wolodtschenko, Dresden, our commemorative CAN TEACH Calendar is now presented as Memory-Semiotic-Photoatlas.