CANADA, Windsor : Public Events during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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8 imagesAbout one hundred people gather at 2:15 p.m. on 31 May 2021 at the entrance to Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Windsor, Ontario to hold a mourning ceremony for 215 children's bodies found in an unmarked grave at a residential school in British Columbia, Canada.
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6 imagesMore than four hundred people attend the Resistance Until Liberation Rally and March in Windsor, Ontario on 15 May 2021 to mark support for Palestinians and remembrance of nakba, the displacement of Palestinians in 1948. This is a major rally for Windsor.
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8 imagesThe sparsely attended Great Demonstration Against Harmful COVID-19 Measures starts by the Detroit River and meanders through the downtown on 29 November 2020 in Windsor, Ontario. The protest draws anti-maskers, anti, vaxxers, pro Trumpers , fundamentalist religion followers and Qanon conspiracy supporters less than a day before Windsor Essex moves into red-control COVID-19 status. To be fair, they had a good time.
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11 imagesThe Black Lives Matter Balloon Memorial March attracts thousands of people in June 2020 to the riverfront in Windsor, Ontario. Three highlights: most people wear masks, the 8:46 of silence is powerful, and a splinter group meanders through the downtown which makes it more interesting.
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14 imagesCANADA, Windsor, May 2020. Walk for Justice/Black Lives Matter protest. Peaceful event, diverse from age to choice of music. Emotional highlight may have been "taking a knee" near the end of the event.