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Welcome to Pond
This is the home to forums of all types
Pond serves as the epicenter of discussions and all of the geographic hub pages. Routes are set as National → Province → City → Community, looking like /ca/ab/calgary/sunnyside, but each level is set up to allow unique sources of information and discussions relevant to the area.
You've arrived at the table. The places are set, and the conversation is about to begin. Before we proceed to the main courses—the substantive discussions of Indigenous histories, contemporary issues, and pathways toward reconciliation—a few final words of welcome and orientation.
By entering this forum and engaging with its discussions, you're making an implicit commitment: to approach these topics with respect, openness, and a genuine willingness to learn. This isn't a space for debate in the adversarial sense—where the goal is to win arguments—but a space for dialogue, where the goal is mutual understanding.