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Sketchnote of Deb Eerke's presentation at UAlberta Library EDI Day August 2019

Sketchnotes – Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Day

Way back in August 2019, my workplace closed all their library branches so all staff could attend a full-day of seminars regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion. They brought in experts from Canada and the U.S. I enjoyed the day and learned a lot. I wasn't planning on sharing my sketchnotes from the day but over the ...

Newspaper clippings and single line, blind self portrait sketches

COVID-19 – Stay Home and Draw YEG

I started working from home March 13, 2020 once COVID-19 preparations began in earnest at my workplace. It's been a adjustment (both weird as well as kinda good) and its been emotional too, if I'm being honest. I'm wrestling with my worry - for my family overseas, friends who own their own businesses, work in private ...

Trout-Mere

I am loving Lynda Barry's new book 'Making Comics'. This is a result of one of her brilliant exercises from that book. She says that you need to just let your hands and your mind wander and something personal will come out. So out came this Trout-Mere but living in a pacific ocean environment (notice the kelp and purple ...

Diary Comic – Markets, Encounters, and Errands

Here's a flashback of my Christmas shopping in

A watercolour map of the friendly village of Lougheed based on my childhood memories.

Making Maps – My Hometown

I went to a session about Indigenous relations (and making sure you are in good relations) and one aspect of introducing yourself that was discussed as vitally important was rooting yourself in place and where you come from. This ties closely to the importance of ancestors and passed on knowledge. I stewed on that for a ...

A watercolour illustation of a mouth, inside is a gold ball and colour is rising that looks like a sunrise.

Flenglish – Morning

In an attempt to learn more Flemish, I asked my in-laws to give me their favourite Flemish sayings and I would illustrate them as I go. It's a sporadic project that I'm going to share with you as I go. This is from my father-in-law, Michel: "de ochtendstond heeft goud in de mond"Flemish saying "the morning has ...

A list of resources that I found helpful on my sober curious journey

Good Advice and Stories for your Sober Curious Journey

At the beginning of my sober curious journey, I found a lot of quiet support from different types of art - writing, listening, watching films and tv, and making different recipes. I find that alcoholism and sober lifestyles are being discussed and explored more and more in mainstream culture. Or, I'm just aware now that ...