{"id":2352,"date":"2022-10-21T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=2352"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:47:14","slug":"sept-29-land-acknowledgements-and-decolonial-climate-justice-with-rita-wong-emily-carr-university-of-art-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/noonsfornow\/sept-29-land-acknowledgements-and-decolonial-climate-justice-with-rita-wong-emily-carr-university-of-art-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Noons for Now: Land Acknowledgements and Decolonial Climate Justice with Rita Wong (Sept. 29 2022))"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rita Wong lives, writes and works \u00a0in unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver) and teaches at Emily Carr University of Art & Design. \u00a0Her books of poetry such as\u00a0Beholden: A Poem as Long as a River (with Fred\u00a0Wah & the Columbia River)<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0perpetual\u00a0<\/i>(with artist Cindy Mochizuki) are dedicated to questions of water, ecosystem, and climate justice within commitments to decolonial, Indigenous-led relational ethics. \u00a0She is frequently out standing with local Indigenous peoples to protect lands and waters and was arrested in August 2018 and served jail time for peacefully blocking access to the TransMountain facility at the Westridge Marine terminal.\u00a0 Her statement<\/a> from her court hearing reads in part, \u201cOur ceremony that morning was an act of spiritual commitment, of prayer, of artistic expression, of freedom of expression, an act of desperation in the face of climate crisis, an act of allegiance with the earth\u2019s natural laws, and a heartfelt attempt to prevent mass extinction of the human race. . . \u00a0we can all learn from natural law and Coast Salish law that we have a reciprocal relationship with the land; and that we all have a responsibility to care for the land\u2019s health, which is ultimately our health too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here to read her full court hearing statement<\/a><\/h4>\n

Click here for Rita’s April 2022 Rabble essay on Land Acknowledgements<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Resource List<\/h2>\n

APTN news article on violent RCMP special unit, \u201cCommunity-Industry Response Group\u201d (C-IRG) \u2013 used against Indigenous land and water defenders in Indigenous territories in B.C.: https:\/\/www.aptnnews.ca\/ourstories\/cirg\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Decolonial Solidarity for Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en opposition to Coastal Gaslink pipeline: https:\/\/linktr.ee\/decolonialsolidarity<\/a><\/p>\n

Tsleil-Waututh Sacred Trust Site\/info on stand against Trans Mountain Pipeline: https:\/\/twnsacredtrust.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Books:<\/h4>\n

Fred Wah and Rita Wong, beholden: a poem as long as the river<\/em><\/a>, 2018<\/p>\n

Rita Wong, undercurrent<\/em><\/a>, 2015<\/p>\n

Lee Maracle (Sto: lo), granddaughter of Chief Dan George.\u00a0 My Conversations with Canadians<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Leanne Simpson (Michi Saagiig FN) and Robyn Maynard.\u00a0 Rehearsals for Living<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dionne Brand.\u00a0 Nomenclature<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Max Libroiron (M\u00e9tis).\u00a0 Pollution is Colonialism<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Anishinaabe Laws for Algonquin Territory: John Borrows (Chippewas of Nawash First Nation). Law\u2019s Indigenous Ethics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n