About #Ottawapiskat
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“Can we get #Ottawapiskat going? As in, Parliament sure is wasteful in #Ottawapiskat 😉 just some good natured satire” ~ Aaron Paquette
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“Can we get #Ottawapiskat going? As in, Parliament sure is wasteful in #Ottawapiskat 😉 just some good natured satire” ~ Aaron Paquette
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Edmonton artist behind ‘Ottawapiskat’ hashtag on Twitter
CBC News
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 3:07 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 15, 2013 2:56 PM MT
“One of the great things as human beings is that we should be able to laugh at ourselves” ~ Aaron Paquette
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/01/15/edmonton-ottawapiskat-paquette-twitter.html
short url: http://cbc.sh/Yy9IhwJ
Satire on the Virtual Rideau: Welcome to #Ottawapiskat
by kady o’malley
Mon, Jan 14 2013 09:49:06
Satirical hashtag campaign hits twitterverse over the weekend
http://storify.com/kady/satire-on-the-virtual-rideau-welcome-to-ottawapisk
#Ottawapiskat: The aboriginal pun that had people laughing
by Maclean’s Magazine
Mon, Jan 14 2013 10:42:57
Over the weekend and into this morning, Twitter brought some much-needed levity to Canada’s conversation about its relationship with aboriginal people. #Ottawapiskat pokes fun at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government’s various adventures in transparency and accountability.
http://storify.com/MacleansMag/ottawapiskat-the-aboriginal-pun-that-had-people-l
#Ottawapiskat Twitter Hashtag: What If Capital Were A Reserve? Satirical Twitter trend takes off #cdnpoli
by The Huffington Post Canada
Posted: 01/14/2013 11:20 am EST
How would we talk about Ottawa if it were a First Nations reserve?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/14/ottawapiskat-twitter-hashtag_n_2472046.html
short url: http://huff.to/RSDbfG
Storify’d: Welcome to #Ottawapiskat
by Kady O’Malley
Posted: January 14, 2013 12:47 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/01/storifyd-welcome-to-ottawapiskat.html
short url: http://cbc.sh/M4pTgpK
#Ottawapiskat: Hashtag Shifts The Conversation About First Nations And Canada’s Government
via George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
Posted: January 14, 2013
Here’s an interesting question: what would happen if people started talking about the federal government in the same way people talk about and stereotype First Nations reserves?
When Canada tweeted about the failures of #Ottawapiskat
by Nick Taylor-Vaisey
Monday, January 14, 2013 12:11pm
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/when-canada-tweeted-about-the-failures-of-ottawapiskat/
short url: http://bit.ly/TVOVxS
The #Ottawapiskat hashtag turns the tables on Stephen Harper
by Stephen Hui
Jan 14, 2013 at 5:29 pm
“If Ottawa was a First Nations reserve and Stephen Harper was its chief, the mainstream media would be talking about them like Attawapiskat and Chief Theresa Spence.”
http://www.straight.com/blogra/342796/ottawapiskat-hashtag-turns-tables-stephen-harper
short url: http://bit.ly/Um3TMv
#Ottawapiskat hashtag cleverly mocks Harper government
by Lindsay Jolivet | Daily Buzz
January 14, 2013
“Now a wave of Tweets is roasting the federal government for poor aboriginal relations and the result has been enough clever zingers to declare a point well made.”
‘Ottawapiskat’ hashtag explodes on Twitter following Idle No More
Featuring video from CTVNews.ca
Published Tuesday, Jan. 15 2013, 9:38 AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Jan. 15 2013, 9:41 AM EST
Hilary Doyle takes a look at Aboriginal Artist Aaron Paquette’s attempt to get the hashtag #Ottawapiskat to catch on online.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-ottawapiskat-hashtag-explodes-on-twitter-following-idle-no-more/article7354232/
short url: http://soc.li/YkEmsOX
How language has become Idle No More’s battleground. Say, are you an upsettler from Ottawapiskat?
Published by Tim Querengesser
16 January 2013
Perhaps the most playful and widely-used Idle No More meme that’s emerged is #Ottawapiskat. A portmanteau of ‘Ottawa’ and ‘Attawapiskat’, thanks to its humour #Ottawapiskat has been Tweeted by media pundit Andrew Coyne and others who are often critical of First Nations leaders. In that it has successfully subverted the divide.
<a href=”http://www.timquerengesserblog.com/2013/01/how-language-has-become-idle-no-mores.html” title=”Perhaps the most playful and widely-used Idle No More meme thats emerged is #Ottawapiskat. A portmanteau of Ottawa and Attawapiskat, thanks to its humour #Ottawapiskat has been Tweeted by media pundit Andrew Coyne and others who are often critical of First Nations leaders. In that it has successfully subverted the divide.”>http://www.timquerengesserblog.com/2013/01/how-language-has-become-idle-no-mores.html
Pulling Out the Big Puns: “Ottawapiskat” , Hypocrisy, and Native Humor
Posted by TwylaBaker-Demaray on Jan 17, 2013 in Featured, News
“What has been markedly absent has been detractors of the Idle No More movement; once exceedingly vocal, the ‘trolls’ of the #IdleNoMore hashtag don’t appear to have much to say about the #Ottawapiskat hashtag, or, they completely misunderstand its purpose. It’s understandable. Truth, whether delivered straight up no chaser, or via some great satire, can be tough to argue. While not all of the tweets are gems, many of them hit their marks with biting accuracy.”
#Ottawapiskat Highlights Political Call To Invite Stronger Action
Hashtags.org Editorial January 17, 2013
“The hashtag #Ottawapiskat was spawned on Twitter to highlight an understanding of aboriginal stereotypes in comparison with the Harper government.”
#Ottawapiskat Mirrors Attawapiskat
by John Klein
Posted on January 21, 2013
Life is hard when political leaders are corrupt. Election cheats, pork politics, and pocket padding is not limited to some corrupt leaders on First Nations (Reserves). Corruption exists where ever citizen oversight has failed to keep the power, leaders of nations wield, in check.
https://saskboy.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/ottawapiskat-mirrors-attawapiskat/
Idle No More Memes Taking Over the Twittersphere.
by Tim Querengesser Writer, journalist
Posted: 01/21/2013 12:34 pm
Say, are you an upsettler from Ottawapiskat?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tim-querengesser/idle-no-more-memes_b_2502745.html
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#Ottawapiskat... The birth of a hashtag 