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Decolonizing Book Club
June 17, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/140998941430889/
Everybody is welcome to attend the upcoming meeting, even if you missed the launch.
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, June 17 at 7:30 pm ADT
Wednesday, June 30 at 7:30 pm ADT
Wednesday, July 14 at 7:30 pm ADT
Wednesday, July 28 at 7:30 pm ADT
On June 2, we launched a biweekly Decolonizing Book Club, guided by Mi’kmaw educator Chris George. As Chris explains, “Fundamentally, decolonizing means building relationships and raising awareness. We need settler support, because the laws and structures that harm Indigenous peoples are put in place by a settler government. This is an opportunity to build those relationships and raise awareness.”
Chris George is a Ph.D student in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick. His graduate research focuses on Indigenous cultural and political resurgence.
The book club sessions are free and hosted online. Register here for the Zoom link and to receive book club updates.
**Upcoming meeting was rescheduled** Thursday, June 17, at 7:30 pm
Readings:
Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization: Preface, Part 1: The Machinery of Colonialism, Part II: The Resurgence (to the end of “Decolonization: The Frontline Struggle”)
Book club reading List:
1. Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization, available for free as a PDF: https://fpse.ca/…/news_files/Decolonization%20Handbook.pdf
2. Unsettling Canada, by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson
Additional readings and resources:
https://www.sierraclub.ca/en/atlantic/decolonizing-book-club