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SUMMARY:Poetics of Water II: LA DERNIÈRE GOUTTE
DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Classics\, Cinema Studies Institute\, Department of Art History\, and Centre for Medieval Studies for Poetics of Water II: La Dernière Goutte. \nDate: December 6th\, 2025 (9:30 AM – 6:15 PM)\nLocation: Lillian Massey 312\,125 Queen’s Park\nRSVP: Drop-in! No RSVP required \nAbout the Event \n9:30-9:45: Welcome \n\nJames Cahill and Victoria Wohl\n\n  \n9:45-11:00: ‘Writ in Water’: Like a Lagoon \n\nCarol Mavor\n\n  \n11:15-12:30: Seeing Water: Histories of Place\, Landscape\, and Self \n\nRobert Burley\nBonnie Devine\nSherry Lee (Moderator)\n\n  \n2:00-3:15: Talking Water: Conversations in Process \n\nJane Wolff\n\n  \n3:30-4:45: Water Gathering with Ziibii (Credit River): Decolonizing Municipal and Provincial Understandings of Lands\, Parks and Rivers \n\nBonnie McElhinny\nGiidaakunadaad (The Spirit Who Lives in High Places)\, Nancy Rowe\n\n  \n5:00-6:15: Water\, Given Time \n\nSarah Nooter
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/poetics-of-water-ii-la-derniere-goutte/
LOCATION:LILLIAN MASSEY 312\, 125 QUEEN’S PARK DECEMBER 6\, 2025
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SUMMARY:Standing Together for the Land - Taking on Bill 5
DESCRIPTION:Join this film screening and public discussion hosted by Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND) and Okiniwak. Hear from Indigenous youth organizers from Attawapiskat together with allies from as we raise awareness and solidarity to protect the land\, honour Treaty promises\, and stop Bill 5.\n\n\nEvent Details\nDate: Nov 18 from 7pm to 9pm EST\nLocation: CSI – 192 Spadina Avenue (Suite 101 Toronto\, ON M5T 3A4)\nRSVP: here (Tickets by donation – Space is Limited!)\n\n\n\nAbout the Event from LAND\nYou’re invited to join Ramon Kataquapit\, founder of the Indigenous Youth movement Okiniwak\, and Kerrie Blaise\, founder of LAND for an evening of sharing\, discussion and solidarity as together\, we work to stop Bill 5 and protect the Attawapiskat River.Learn about ongoing efforts against Bill 5\, including grassroots organizing and litigation\, and enjoy our new short film featuring faces and stories form the lands and waters in Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario where the Ring of Fire is proposed.\nFollow @naturesdefence\, @mahegkan\, @okiniwak on Instagram!
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/standing-together-for-the-land-taking-on-bill-5/
LOCATION:Centre for Social Innovation – Suite 101 Toronto\, 192 Spadina Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, ON M5T 3A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Weaving Connections: Extractive Colonialism in Africa & Call for Submissions: "Nature Speaks in Every Language" Poetry Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Weaving Connections: Extractive Colonialism in Africa\nThis discussion hosted by UTM Student Association for Geography & Environment centres Extractive Colonialism in Africa\, and how legacies of colonialism\, imperialism\, and the greed for natural resources causes instability and environmental injustice (amongst many other issues) within different countries in Africa. \nDate: Friday\, November 7th\, from 3pm to 6pm \nLocation: 1867 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, ON L5L 1C6 in room DV3130 \nRSVP: here \nCall for Submissions: “Nature Speaks in Every Language” Poetry Exhibition\nThis exhibition is a great way for students who enjoy writing and poetry to showcase their talents. This exhibition aims to celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity through poetry.\nWe are currently asking for students who are interested to submit their work to our Google Form linked below. If your work is accepted\, it will be displayed for our exhibition on November 19 and 20 in MN (North Reception). \nAdditionally\, students who submit their work will automatically be considered to have their work featured in Folia and selected poems may be featured in The Medium! \nDate: Submissions due November 14th\, 2025 \nFill out the form: here!
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/weaving-connections-extractive-colonialism-in-africa-call-for-submissions-nature-speaks-in-every-language-poetry-exhibition/
LOCATION:William G. Davis Building\, 1867 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Reimagining  Education: Black Indigenous Waterways
DESCRIPTION:This special research talk organized by the Black Research Network will spotlight inaugural recipients of the BRN’s Black Indigenous Waterways Fellowship\, Jade Nixon (New York University Provost’s Faculty Fellow) and kara lynch (Associate Professor Emerita\, Hampshire College). Nixon and lynch will share insights into their fellowship work\, exploring decolonial approaches and how their respective practices engage with Black Indigenous histories and relationships. \nThe conversation will be followed by a Q&A session.This event will take place virtually. Please register to attend. Note: This workshop will be recorded and available on our BRN Resources page. \nRegister Here \nAbout the speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\nJade Nixon (she/her) is Afro- and Indo-Caribbean. She is currently a New York University Provost’s Faculty Fellow. Before she joined NYU\, she was the inaugural Black and Indigenous Waterways Research Fellow and completed her PhD at the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She was born and raised outside of the Caribbean region\, in a city on the outskirts of Tkaronto\, and on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Lake Ontario\, one of what the Anishnaabe call the Five Freshwater Seas\, held her close when she lived far away from the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Now living in Lenapehoking\, she has the joy of calling the islands home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nkara lynch is a New York-based artist and associate professor emerita of video and critical studies at Hampshire College. A time-based artist\, lynch’s work considers autonomy for Black and Indigenous communities\, specifically through re-memory\, vision and movement. Through various collaborations and solo works\, lynch has fostered conversations about these shared histories\, mainly in the United States. She joined the BRN as its inaugural Artist in Residence (AiR) in 2024.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/reimagining-education-black-indigenous-waterways/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:A Lake Story:  Call for Paddlers & Volunteers
DESCRIPTION:On September 27th and 28th the Bentway will be holding a large scale art-installation event as a part of their inaugural Water/Fall festival! They are seeking 500+ volunteers\, for on the water and on land. \nEvent Details\nDate: Sep 27 & 28\, 2025 (Procession at 11am & 4pm)\nLocation: Toronto Waterfront at Biidaasige Park\nVolunteers: Apply here (Free to attend!) \nAbout A Lake Story \nA Lake Story\, a new commission by artist Melissa McGill\, takes theform of a large-scale canoe procession that will write Lake Ontario’s story through colour\, across the sky and water. Featuring 400+ local canoers and paddlers joining us for this memorable performance\, participants will paddle in a coordinated\, slow-moving procession. An epic celebration of Lake Ontario along the Toronto Waterfront\, Melissa McGill’s project maps Toronto’s harbour and waterfront biosphere with the lake’s own vocabulary expressed through its natural colour palette. By giving visual voice to the interconnected relationships above and below the waters\, the project invites us to shift our perspective to participate in and learn from nature’s wisdom and creativity. \nWhat to Expect  \n\nA slow-moving procession of approximately 120 canoes with large\, wind-activated colour field paintings will move through Biidaasige Park and the Eastern Waterfront towards Sugar Beach.\nThe entire experience will last approximately 2 hours from beginning to end.\nTwo performances will take place at 11am and 4pm on September 27/28\nThe experience will be visible from many points along theEastern Waterfront and Biidaasige Park in Oekwemin Minising. A full map of optimal viewing areas will be available in September.\nFor the safety of the canoe participants\, the experience may need to amend its route or adjust starting times in response to high winds or inclement weather. Please follow @thebentway on social media for weather-related updates on the day of each performance.\nWe recommend dressing accordingly for the weather.\n\nDetails for Volunteers: A Lake Story_Paddling Volunteer Call_Poster_ PDF_Aug 7
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/a-lake-story-call-for-paddlers-volunteers/
LOCATION:Biidaasige Park\, 51 Commissioners St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5A 1A6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:SAGE Weaving Connections: Ecocide in Palestine
DESCRIPTION:The event will be the first in a series of workshops dedicated to discussing sustainability and climate problems through an interdisciplinary and socially just lens – addressing environmental injustice around the world. This specific event will be focusing on the ecocide currently taking place in Palestine by Israel (aided by foreign powers)\, and how environmental destruction has been used as a tool for genocide and Indigenous erasure by settler colonialists throughout history. We also hope to connect this to the ecocide that has happened (and still continues to happen) on Turtle Island and across the world.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/sage-weaving-connections-ecocide-in-palestine/
LOCATION:UTMSU Boardroom (second floor)\, 1815 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Draw the Line Toronto: For people\, for peace\, for the planet.
DESCRIPTION:Draw the Line is a cross-country Day of Action taking place on September 20th in communities across Canada to resist Prime Minister Mark Carney’s anti-migrant\, anti-Indigenous\, and fossil fuel-driven policies. The Day of Action coincides with a global week of action calling for climate and economic justice worldwide. \nEvent Details\nDate: September 20th\, 2025 (2:00 PM)\nLocation: Yonge & Dundas\, 1 Dundas Street East\, Toronto\, Canada\nRSVP: Here \nA Message from Draw the Line \nWe refuse to stand by while the government and Canada’s richest corporations hoard wealth\, gut our public services\, fuel climate collapse\, attack migrants\, exploit Indigenous lands\, and prop up a genocide in Palestine. \nThey think that if they can overwhelm and divide us\, we won’t fight back. But climate justice\, migrant justice\, economic justice\, Indigenous rights\, and anti-war movements are uniting to prove them wrong. \nOn Saturday\, September 20th\, we’re drawing the line— for People. For Peace. For the Planet. \nFrom rallies to strikes\, marches to gatherings\, this September 20th\, communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice\, violence\, and climate destruction— or a just and safe future for all of us. Read our full demands here. \nThis world is ours to build. This is our line to draw. \nWhy are we mobilizing? \nOnly months into his mandate\, Prime Minister Carney is fast-tracking a billionaires-first agenda— promoting pipelines as “nation-building projects\,” attacking migrants and refugees while scapegoating them\, trampling Indigenous rights\, gutting public services\, oversight and democratic process\, and pouring billions of public dollars into militarism and surveillance. Carney is appeasing Donald Trump\, slashing our public services\, and pandering to corporate interests. If Bill C-2 and C-5 are any indication of what’s to come under a Carney government\, we have our work cut out for us. Draw the Line is an opportunity for us to build a historic alliance to fight back\, and form coalitions that can continue to build beyond September 20th. \nWant to organize Action?\nFill in this form. We will then send you more information via email\, and connect you with one of our regional organizers. \n\n\nImage source: TO350.org
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/draw-the-line-toronto-for-people-for-peace-for-the-planet/
LOCATION:Younge & Dundas\, 1 Dundas Street East\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 2R8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Could Ontario Be 100% Renewably Powered?
DESCRIPTION:JOIN U OF T STUDENTS IN EXPLORING ONTARIO’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE!\nJoin U of T students and OCAA in exploiting Ontario’s clean energy future. Delve into discussions about Ontario’s energy landscape\, nuclear colonialism\, bidirectional EV charges\, offshore wind\, moratorium\, and solar urban design. \nDate: November 22nd\, 4-5 pm \nLocation: Sidney Smith Commons (100 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 3G3)\, Room 1072 \nRSVP (free): here \nCould Ontario Be 100% Renewably Powered?\nHave you ever wondered if solar parking lots could replace dirty gas plants? How heat pumps can reduce energy demand? Or how wind energy in the Great Lakes could meet Ontario’s electricity needs? Be part of the conversation on powering Ontario. \nJoin U of T students in envisioning Ontario’s clean energy future. Discover how we can achieve 100% renewable energy by 2035 alongside the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Our event will explore innovations in solar\, wind\, and energy storage that can power a sustainable Ontario. \nLight refreshments will be provided courtesy of the Department of Anthropology\, the Department of Women and Gender Studies\, and UTERN. \nCo-sponsored by: Climate Justice U of T\, U of T School of the Environment\, Ontario Clean Air Alliance\, and UTERN
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/could-ontario-be-100-renewably-powered/
LOCATION:100 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 3G3\, 130 St. George St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Plastic Peoples Movie Screening & Panel Event
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for the Plastic Peoples Movie Screening & Panel Event\nWe invite you to the Screening of Plastic Peoples Documentary\, to raise awareness and spark action on the growing issue of plastic pollution. You will get to participate in the first screening on the UofT campus and engage with our panel members & members from Wellington Water Watchers–a non-profit advocating for human rights to clean water and sanitation in Canada. The Plastic Peoples Movie Screening and Discussion Panel would bring together a diverse range of voices\, including frontline advocates\, Indigenous community members\, experts across generations\, and policy leaders tackling this issue at various levels of government. \nThis event is a unique opportunity for students and attendees to engage in meaningful conversations\, learn about actionable next steps\, and connect with Indigenous leaders\, environmental activists\, and non-profit organizations. We encourage everyone to join us—whether in person (on a first come basis open to 50 attendees) or virtually—to explore how we can move from awareness to action and make a positive impact in our communities. \nDon’t miss this chance to be part of the conversation on one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time! \nMark your calendars!\nJoin us on November 21st from 2 pm to 5 pm at Robarts Theatre (RL 3-025) for the screening of Plastic People\, an award-winning documentary\, followed by a powerful discussion panel on environmental justice and water accessibility. Hear from experts\, including Layla Staats\, Zoie Diana\, Bev Thorp\, and Cassie Barker\, as we dive into the impact of microplastics and explore meaningful solutions.\nReserve your spot through the QR code or via this link: https://forms.gle/zrRt62Cy8yZsmpj46. If you can’t make it in person\, you can also join us on zoom for a streamed version of the panel \nRobarts Theatre (RL 3-025)\, 130 St. George St.\, Toronto\nAdmission is free\n#EnvironmentalJustice #WaterAccessibility #Microplastics #ClimateAction#UofTEvents \nThanks to Water Watcher and Students in Dr. Bonnie McElhinny’s ANT 364:  Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice course for co-organizing this event. \n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/plastic-peoples-movie-screening-panel-event/
LOCATION:130 St. George St.\, Toronto\, 130 St. George St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ellie Joseph Events: Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice & Toxic Presents\, Decolonial Future
DESCRIPTION:JOIN ELLIE JOSEPH FOR TWO TALKS!\nEvent 1: Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice\n\nDate: November 5th\, 2024\nTime: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM\n\nEvent 2: Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice\n\nDate: November 20th\, 2024\nTime: 9:00 AM – 10:30 PM\n\nRegistration:\nPlease contact Bonnie McElhinny (bonnie.mcelhinny@utoronto.ca)\, to register\, for in-person or on-line attendance. Location and zoom link to be sent to registrants. \nEllie Joseph\nI am of the Mohawk Nation\, Turtle Clan\, born\, raised\, and still live on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory along the bank of The Grand River. I retired from a thirty-seven year tenure as a classroom teacher of  Elementary Schools in our public school system many years ago\, but remain an active volunteer in the education field. \nAfter participating on the sixteen day Two Row Renewal Campaign whose aim was to honour the Guswenta\, or Two Row Wampum\, from Albany to Manhattan\, New York\, on The Hudson River in 2013\, I was one of four participants who established what is now known as “Two Row on the Grand.” This ten day paddle excursion\, from Cambridge to Port Maitland\, brings our Six Nations Community together with ally participants. Cultural teachings are presented along the way\, encouraging healthy relationships and connections to Mother Earth. \nFunctioning as a grassroots-volunteer committee\, we have watched this project’s participation more than double in size in its eight years of existence.  Plans are already underway for Two Row on the Grand 2025\, our tenth anniversary. \nFor more information please visit www.tworowonthegrand.com \nAbout Two Row on the Grand\nTwo Row on the Grand is an annual nine day family-oriented camping and paddling excursion on The Grand River\, starting in Cambridge and ending at Port Maitland\, Lake Erie. The concept is based on the four hundred year old two row wampum. \nCo-Sponsers\nWater Allies and Experiential Learning Fellowship.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/ellie-joseph-events-advocating-environmental-and-climate-justice-toxic-presents-decolonial-future/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:River Mumma Event
DESCRIPTION:We are please to annouce the River Mumma Event with the author of River Mumma\, Zalika Reid-Benta herself! \nDate: Saturday\, October 19th\, 2024 (11 AM – 3PM) \nLocation: Cruikshank Park\, Humber River Recreational Trail (Near Long Staircase & Playground) 2196 Weston Rd \nRSVP: FREE & no RSVP required \nAbout the Event \n\n11 AM – 12 PM: Humber River Clean up\n12 PM: Opening by Opal Sparks\n1 PM: Reading by Zalika Reid-Benta followed by Q and A\n\nEnjoy nature\, refreshments\, interactive table-top colouring\, writing prompts\, refreshments\, and Book sales with Diaspora Dialogues. This event will be happening rain or shine! For the refreshments\, please bring your own cup\, plate\, utensils. \nWe hope to see you there! \n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/river-mumma-event/
LOCATION:Humber River\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:CONFLUENCE 2024
DESCRIPTION:CONFLUENCE 2024\nNEXT WAVE OF ACTION ON COMMUNITY-DRIVEN WATER MONITORING\nAbout Confluence: Confluence is an open workshop spotlighting the new wave of action on community-driven water monitoring. The 2 day event includes a panel on the work of Indigenous-led land and water projects in Toronto; a panel on the work of Nations and communities engaged in regular water monitoring with Water Rangers; a panel on action/outreach/research needed based on this monitoring; and a panel on policy\, planning and governance implications. In addition there will be roundtables and informal discussions over food\, for all participants\, to discuss the panels\, work needed\, and possible collaborative actions\, and a community-based arts project presented by Earthworks Vision. \nThis event is supported by a SSHRC Connection Grant\, Water Allies\, Water Rangers\, and Water Pathways. \nGRATITUDE\nWater Rangers and Water Allies wish to thank the following for their support of\, and contributions to\, this workshop: \n\nRed Sky Candles\, a company owned by Jackie Esquimau Hamlin\, Anishnabekwe from Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation\, Manitoulin Island\nMathew Wells and Cosima Porteus\, Directors of the Water Pathways Project at the University of Toronto Scarborough\nThe instructors and students of the Toronto Climate Summer School (Dr. Robert Soden\, Dr. Rohini Patel\, Drin Brown\, Michaella Chang\, Angelia Chin\, Assouma Hammond\, Sharvi Jain)\nStar Nahwegahbo and Ikinori Lau of Earthworks Vision\nNew College Room Booking Staff\nKiersten Mccutcheon\, Praise Osifo\, Nikolas Maclean\, and Laura Gilbert from Water Rangers\nTariq Harney (University of Toronto Excellence Award Recipient)\nLilly Haughton and Miranda Black (Water Allies)\nGraham Perry (videographer)\n\nWe are grateful to be able to work together with and for the water.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/confluence-2024/
LOCATION:William Doo Auditorium\, 45 Willcocks St\, New College\, University of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Weaving Together Grassroots Water Protectors
DESCRIPTION:Water Allies is pleased to announce a panel featuring the work of two movements working to protect the water: Protect the Tract and Wellington Water Watchers. \nGuest Speaker: Serena Mendizabal (Protect the Tract) will share a history of resistance\, and thoughts on how to amplify\, advocate and organize to end exploitation of Haudenosaunee lands and waters. Protect the Tract is a Haudenosaunee-led project that conducts research\, policy development and develops capacity for civil engagement\, to exercise sovereignty through the promotion of land stewardship over the Haldimand Tract. \nGuest Speaker: Dani Lindamood (Wellington Water Watchers) will share updates on recent campaigns with the Wellington WaterWatchers. Water Watchers was founded in 2007 to oppose Nestlé Water Canada’s local water-bottling operations in Wellington County\, Ontario. Today\, the Water Watchers has become a resource to grassroots leaders on the frontlines of water protection\, empowering people & communities to work in solidarity towards social justice through the unifying lens of water.  Both speakers will share reflections on what it means to work in solidarity\, in a good way. \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie’s course Water and Environmental Justice (Tuesdays from 9-11am\, New College\, University of Toronto). \n  \nSerena’s Bio: Serena Mendizabal is a 25-year-old Cayuga Ngabe Panamanian Wolf clan woman from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory with a passion for self-determined community development\, action\, and futures. Serena is a Masters of Geography and Environment at Western University with a focus on Indigenous environmental health governance\, looking at the potential for community health to improve through the self-determination of resource and energy decision making. Serena is passionate about the self-determination of her people\, the Haudenosaunee\, and believes their traditional governance and systems are the only way to create a just climate future. Serena is in multiple different Indigenous environmental projects in her community of Six Nations\, and beyond\, working towards a future that is full of Indigenous youth leading & learning from our elders; sovereign\, healthy nations; and land & waters back. For more on the work of Protect the Tract see: https://www.protectthetract.com/. \nDani’s Bio: Dani Lindamood has worked across multiple sectors\, including social enterprise\, academia\, and the nonprofit sector\, but water is always at the heart of what she does. Originally from California\, Dani moved to southern Ontario in 2015 to pursue her masters degree in Sustainability Management with an emphasis on water at the University of Waterloo. After spending a couple years in academia\, she began working with the Wellington Water Watchers as a consultant in 2019\, supporting research & science communications initiatives\, then transitioned to a permanent role as the Program Manager\, then Programs Director. Every day is different with the Water Watchers\, but education\, mobilization\, resourcing the movement\, and celebration for water all ground her work. When she’s not on the clock\, Dani can be found enjoying a craft beer\, swimming\, soaking in the wonders of nature\, and making music. For more on the work of Wellington Water Watchers\, see: https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/weaving-together-grassroots-water-protectors/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Two-Eyed Seeing on the Humber: Explore the Salmon Runs with Water Allies
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join Water Allies for an event on Sunday\, October 1st from 1-4pm\, hosted in partnershiip with Star Nahwegahbo from Earth Works Visions\, Elder Whabagoon of Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag\, and Water Rangers. The event is public and open to all. It will bring together Anishnaabek and Western science perspectives on the salmon runs\, water protection\, and the importance of caring for the rivers in our ravines. Join Elder Whabagoon\, Water Rangers\, Water Allies and Earth Works Visions to: \n\nSee the salmon run and learn more about the salmon\nGet hands on with Water Rangers: learn how to test the water!\nJoin in an art project led by Star Nahwegahbo (Earth Works Visions)\n\nRegister here to RSVP via Eventbrite!\nCo-sponsored by: Toronto Green Community\, Earth Works Visions\, Water Rangers\, and Water Allies.\nPresented in part by: ParkPeople and City of Toronto. \n  \nAbout our partners and guest speakers: \nElder Whabagoon: Elder Whabagoon is an Ojibway Elder\, a member of the Lac Seul First Nation\, and sits with the Loon Clan. Born in Hudson\, ON\, she is a Keeper of Sacred Pipes\, active community member\, speaker\, land defender and water protector. Whabagoon is the co-founder and Elder of Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag\, a University of Toronto Access program that works with Indigenous youth to re-connect their spirit with the land and the water through land based teachings\, ceremonies and green infrastructure. She has been awarded for her strong commitment to educating the community. Never far from water\, Whabagoon leads Sunrise Water Ceremonies and Gatherings by the Fire\, to hold space for those who want to listen and share about ceremony\, land and the water. \nStar Nahwegahbo (Earth Works Visions): Star Nahwegahbo is Anishinaabe\, Scottish and English from Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation\, Ontario\, Robinson Huron Treaty\, currently living in Toronto. Star is a mother\, interdisciplinary artist\, former Social Service Worker of 12 years\, grassroots community organizer\, entrepreneur and expressive arts facilitator. She combines her passion for art and social change into her practice\, she also acknowledges that her work is guided and co-created with ancestral and land based intelligence. (https://www.createtolearn.ca/creatives/star-nahwegahbo) \nToronto Green Community: Toronto Green Community aims to inspire\, facilitate and support diverse communities in developing an environmentally sustainable city through education\, engagement and joint neighbourhood initiatives. (https://www.torontogreen.ca/) \nWater Rangers: Water Rangers imagines a world where every waterbody’s community has the tools they need to take care of them. Plus\, every lake\, river\, or stream should have enough data to know whether or not they are healthy. Our ability to design beautifully integrated water testing experiences means that our tools are easy-to-use and accessible. That means custom water quality testkits\, an open-data platform to manage data\, and specially designed resources so that anyone can get started. (https://www.waterrangers.ca/about/)
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/two-eyed-seeing-on-the-humber-explore-the-salmon-runs-with-water-allies/
LOCATION:Weston Lions Park\, 2125 Lawrence Avenue West\, Toronto\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Healthy Great Lakes for Future Generations
DESCRIPTION:On December 1st\, 2022\, Water Allies\, in partnership with Environmental Defence\, ran a panel with Michelle Woodhouse and Deborah McGregor\, two Indigenous women who are working to protect the Great Lakes from environmental degradation and to ensure healthy freshwater and riverine systems in Ontario. The panel brought an Indigenous perspective of water protection\, relationship to freshwater\, and the importance for healthy water for future generations. These perspectives add to the humanities\, to the social sciences\, and to research related to environmental health and contamination. \nThe panel was recorded and is available on YouTube. \nOur panelists: \nMichelle Woodhouse is the Manager of Great Lakes Water Protection at Environmental Defence and has passionately worked to support Anishinaabe water protectors on Line 5. \nDeborah McGregor is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice and has held multiple roles in the government related to water and Indigenous justice. \nMiranda Black is the Project Manager and Former Events Coordinator of Water Allies. She holds a BA (Honors) in Urban and Environmental Sustainability and a Master’s in Environmental Applied Science and Management from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her lineage stems from Tyendinaga Mohawk (Bay of Quinte) Territory. As an Indigenous scholar Miranda’s research has focused on Indigenous-led environmental management in Toronto and Lake Ontario\, specifically Toronto Island. Miranda has worked with several NGOs as an organizer and coordinator of special projects including Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health\, and Corporate Knights Magazine. Currently\, she is working as Project Lead of Indigenous Climate Action in the Environment and Climate Division at the City of Toronto. \nYou can watch the full event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oC627FsLtc
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/healthy-great-lakes-for-future-generations/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220917T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220917T143000
DTSTAMP:20231005T185743Z
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SUMMARY:Nearshore Gathering: Collaborative and Community-Engaged Research
DESCRIPTION:“How are researchers and educators collaborating beyond post-secondary institutions? Contributors to this discussion outline their methodologies\, ethics\, and practices for community-engaged research and learning. Sherry Fukuzawa\, Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson\, and Elder Garry Sault of the Indigenous Action Group\, a collaboration between University of Toronto Mississauga and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation\, will discuss the development of their partnership. Miranda Black of Water Allies at New College\, University of Toronto\, will discuss the group’s collaborations for water protection rooted in anti-racism and decolonization.” \nThis event was held as a powerful panel discussion with Sherry Fukuzawa\, Veronica King-Jamieson\, Elder Garry Sault\, and our very own Miranda Black. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/nearshore-gathering-collaborative-and-community-engaged-research/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220917T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220917T143000
DTSTAMP:20230914T135133Z
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DESCRIPTION:How are researchers and educators collaborating beyond post-secondary institutions? Contributors to this discussion outline their methodologies\, ethics\, and practices for community–engaged research and learning. Panelists including Sherry Fukuzawa\, Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson\, and Elder Garry Sault of the Indigenous Action Group\, a collaboration between University of Toronto Mississauga and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation\, discussed the development of their partnership. Miranda Black of Water Allies at New College\, University of Toronto\, discussed the group’s collaborations for water protection rooted in anti-racism and decolonization.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/1226/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220120T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220120T210000
DTSTAMP:20231005T184334Z
CREATED:20231005T184223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T184334Z
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SUMMARY:Blood and Water: Film Screening and Panel with Layla Black
DESCRIPTION:Join Water Allies for a film screening of Blood & Water: A Story of Reclamation. The film\, directed by Layla Staats (Black) is a self-narrated documentary exposing new light on the modern day impact and generational trauma caused by residential schools\, and exploring the relation between water and healing. Layla Staats is Mohawk\, Turtle Clan from Six Nations on the Grand River. After the film\, Layla & panelists shared stories about the Land Black movement\, water and land defense\, and their journey to connect with and reclaim their culture through a relationship with the water. \n “This film shares some of the most important lessons I’ve learned on my road to reclaiming my Mohawk identity and a deeper look at how residential schools impacted me even though they had closed many years before I was born. I know that I am not alone\, this is not just my story. This film goes out to everyone else that is walking the red road.” \n— Layla Black\, Director of Blood and Water
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/blood-and-water-film-screening-and-panel-with-layla-black/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211102T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211102T170000
DTSTAMP:20230801T131506Z
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SUMMARY:There's Something In the Water: screening and discussion with Dorene Bernard
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Dorene Bernard\nDorene Bernard is a grassroots grandmother from the Sipekne’katik band in Mi’kmak’i. She is a water protector\, water walker\, and survivor of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. Her background is in Aboriginal Social Work where she had worked for 20 years in Child Welfare and Community Support for Residential School Survivors. She was the Coady International Institute Chair in Social Justice 2017\, sharing her teachings on Environmental Racism\, Climate Justice\, Residential School legacy and social justice issues\, including child welfare\, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/Girls\, Climate Justice and Water teachings\, inspired and mentored by the late Grandmother Josephine Mandamin\, Mother Earth Water Walker. She is featured with other grassroots grandmothers and water protectors in the Environmental Racism documentary on Netflix\, There’s Something in the Water\, produced by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel. \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie’s course Water and Environmental Justice (Tuesdays from 3-5 pm\, New College\, University of Toronto). \nEvent Description:\nDorene Bernard will discuss her work with the film There’s Something in the Water\, and her wider experiences as a water protector and water walker working to protect and learn from water. There will be an opportunity for the class to screen the film in advance\, and to ask Dorene Bernard their questions. \n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/theres-something-in-the-water-screening-and-discussion-with-dorene-bernard/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211026T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211026T170000
DTSTAMP:20230801T130715Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Grief and Change with Carolynn Crawley
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Carolynn Crawley\nCarolynne Crawley\, founder of Msit No’kmaq which translates to All My Relations in Mi’ kmaw\, is dedicated to social and environmental justice and supporting Indigenous led community work connected to Indigenous foodways. Carolynne is passionate about reconnecting people with the land\, waters\, and all beings as there is no separation between us.  From Indigenous perspectives across the Earth\, they are all our relations to be treated with as much love\, respect\, and reciprocity as we do with our human loved ones. Carolynne leads workshops that support the development and strengthening of healthy and reciprocal relationships based upon Indigenous knowledges that decolonize existing interactions with the land and with each other. Carolynne is also a certified Forest Therapy Guide\, a Blanket Exercise Facilitator\, a Holistic Nutritionist\, Storyteller\, a Co-Producer of the documentary Reckoning with the Wendigo\, and a member of the Tkaronto Indigenous Land Stewardship Circle.  She also works with Canada’s largest food security organization as the Indigenous Network & Knowledge Sharing senior Specialist. Carolynne has also worked in the Mental Health Sector as a Child & Youth Worker for more than twenty years. Carolynne can be found speaking at events that center around social\, food\, and environmental justice. \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie’s course Water and Environmental Justice (Tuesdays from 3-5 pm\, New College\, University of Toronto). \nWorkshop Description: Indigenous peoples around the Earth deeply understand the interwoven relationships between all beings. Indigenous Elders speak of the individual and collective responsibility we all have to be in a healthy and reciprocal relationship with the Earth\, ourselves\, and with each other. This may be more important now than any time in history. As we witness and experience the impacts of a climate crisis\, global pandemic\, and injustices it may be easy to lose hope. Carolynne will focus upon breaking down colonial ways of thinking that intentionally try to separate people from the Earth\, by creating an opportunity for reflection and individual change. She will share Indigenous perspectives from Elders in her life that guide people to move through grief and into hope while building responsible and reciprocal relations with the waters and all of their relations. She will offer an opportunity to connect deeper with the waters through guided sensory experiences. \n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/climate-grief-and-change-with-carolynn-crawley/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210921T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210921T170000
DTSTAMP:20230801T130309Z
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SUMMARY:Discussion with Freshwater Labs on water storytelling
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie’s course Water and Environmental Justice (Tuesdays from 3-5 pm\, New College\, University of Toronto) \nIn this class\, we will have a joint meeting with the undergraduate and graduate students taking a course with the Freshwater Lab at the University of Illinois-Chicago. We will discuss different strategies for engaging people in telling stories about water:  Watermark from Swim Drink Fish\, and a Lake Michigan digital storytelling project\, and a Chicago River digital storytelling site.  Freshwater Lab at UIC  is “an initiative to communicate Great Lakes water issues to the general public\, create tools to visualize the current state and future scenarios of water sources\, engage unaffiliated groups in water planning\, and train a new generation of Great Lakes leaders.”  Its projects have included  organizing Great Lakes summits to create exchanges among universities\, grassroots organizers\, municipal leaders and students around the Great Lakes\, an internship program supporting the development of skills in environmental advocacy and writing which proactively recruits BIPOC students and links them with relevant organizations\, The Freshwater Lab course which focuses on a range of forms of environmental writing\, a digital story-telling project about Lake Michigan\, anti-pipeline projects\, and a project about the Chicago River (the “Backward River” ). For more\, see: http://www.freshwaterlab.org.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/discussion-with-freshwater-labs-on-water-storytelling/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210804T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210804T170000
DTSTAMP:20230801T125518Z
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SUMMARY:Community Justice Over Pipelines: Panel Discussion with Mining Watch Canada
DESCRIPTION:Guest Panelists:\nPrincess Edogiawerie: Teacher\, Writer\, Activist\nYohanna Mehary: Climate Justice TO\, Activist & Advocate for Racial Justice\nKatherine Minich: Inuit Water Defender\, Dept. of Public Policy\, X University\nCaroline John: Activist & Community Organizer\, X University \nJoin Mining Watch Canada and Water Allies for a panel discussion of Imbolo Imbue’s novel\, “How Beautiful We Were“. The novel is grounded in the fictional African town of Kosawa\, and details the community’s various experiences with environmental degradation after an oil spill by a U.S. company. Looking at the effects of corporate greed\, Imbue centres community and resistance when exploring the long-term effects of extractivism on lands\, waters and society. In conversation with the book’s themes\, the panel discussion aims to connect How Beautiful We Were to the struggle against pipelines in so-called Canada\, and to examine our current global reality of environmental violence\, imperialism\, extractivism and colonial legacies. \nAttendees who register for the event will receive a complimentary PDF copy of Imbolo Imbue’s “How Beautiful We Were” to read prior to the event. Please be aware that you do not need to read the entire book to enjoy the event.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/community-justice-over-pipelines-panel-discussion-with-mining-watch-canada/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201117T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201117T180000
DTSTAMP:20201113T204557Z
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SUMMARY:Water\, Treaty\, Research: The Territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers: Nancy Rowe (Elder of Mississauga\, Ojibwe of the Anishinaabek Nation located at New Credit First Nation\, ON)  \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie’s course “Living on the Water” (Tuesday’s 4-6 pm\, New College University of Toronto)  \nEvent Description: Giidaakunadaad (The Spirit who lives in high places)\, Nancy Rowe is a Mississauga\, Ojibwe of the Anishinaabek Nation located at New Credit First Nation\, ON.  She has been stood up by Chief and Council as an Elder/Knowledge Keeper and Representative for New Credit First Nation. For this event\, she will present teachings on water\, treaty\, and traditional knowledge in the territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit.   \nShe has been a practicing Traditional Knowledge Carrier for 20 years and works with numerous Elders to train in the Ceremonies.  Nancy is an educator\, consultant\, and a Traditional Practitioner of Anishinaabek lifeways\, views and customary practices\, and holds an honours BA in Indigenous Studies and Political Science\, and is currently completing a master’s degree in Environmental Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo\, with the support of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (see below for publications).  She also has received a number of other prestigious scholarships and fellowships.  She founded and coordinates Akinoomaagaye Gaamik\, a grassroots initiative to provide educational opportunities for all people interested in Indigenous perspectives on life\, health\, education\, history\, and the environment.  She has authored or co-authored several publications\, including Rowe 2012\, and McCarthy\, Millen\, Boyden\, Alexiuk\, Whitelaw\, Viswanathan\, Larkman\, Rowe.\, and Westley (2014) in Ecology and Society.  She is founder/co-director of Akinomaagaye Gammik and has been coordinating projects since 2014.  Envisioned in 2010\, and built in 2013 under the direction of co-applicant Nancy Rowe\, Akinomaagaye Gammik:  House of Learning is a grassroots initiative that provides inside and outside space to facilitate\, coordinate\, partner\, promote and fundraise for events and activities that provide local and regional ways of learning and engaging in land-based Indigenous ways of doing\, being\, and understanding customary practices and languages. The Lodge therefore regularly offers ceremonies and learning events by hosting Elders to share and teach the original thought and practices of Anishinaabek\, Cree\, and Onkwehonwe Peoples. Akinomaagaye Gammik has many partnerships that receive professional development including FNMIEAO.com\, Ontario Human Rights Commission\, Ontario Teachers Federation\, Ministry of Education\, numerous school boards\, organizations\, programs\, and classes.  (See the lodge web-site for a list of examples: akinomaagaye.weebly.com).  \n  \nPlease contact waterallies@utoronto.ca for Zoom link on the day of the event. 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/water-treaty-research-the-territories-of-the-mississaugas-of-the-credit/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201103T180000
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SUMMARY:The People’s Water Campaign and Wellington Water Watchers
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers: Mike Balkwill\, Campaign Director\, Wellington Water Watchers.   \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie McElhinny’s course “Living on the Water” (Tuesday’s 4-6 pm\, New College University of Toronto).    \nSession Description: \nMike will offer a history of\, and update on this campaign\, including the recent decision of Nestle to withdraw\, though now replaced by another water bottling company\, and the People’s Water Campaign to restore environmental protections for water security and help build the movement for water justice in Ontario (https://wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/pwc). \nWellington Water Watchers is a non-profit organization run by volunteer citizens from Guelph-Wellington who are committed to the protection of local water resources and to educating the public about threats to the watershed.  Campaigns have included challenges to water mining in southern Ontario by Nestle. \nZoom link will be available on the day of the event. Contact: waterallies@utoronto.ca for inquiries.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/the-peoples-water-campaign-and-wellington-water-watchers/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201013T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201013T180000
DTSTAMP:20201006T200824Z
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SUMMARY:There is Something in the Water
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers: Ingrid Waldron and Water Protectors: Doreen Bernard & Ducie Howe    \nThis event is to be aligned with Bonnie McElhinny’s course “Living on the Water” (Tuesday’s 4-6 pm\, New College University of Toronto).    \nSession Description: \nThe event will discuss the environmental injustice narrative in Nova Scotia that fails to make race an explicit factor within the experiences of marginalized communities. We invite students and guests to screen the movie in advance via Netflix (if possible) prior to the panel discussion with Dr. Waldron and Doreen Bernard. This panel will facilitate a critical dialogue on issues of settler-colonialism\, neo-liberalism and environmental racism in Nova Scotia and within Indigenous territories.    \nThe Great Lakes Water Works/Water Allies Project (University of Toronto) directed by Dr. Bonnie McElhinny and the Indigenous Environmental Justice Project (York University) led by Dr. Deborah McGregor welcome Dr. Ingrid Waldron\, an associate professor from the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. Waldron is the author of “There Is Something in the Water”\, a book turned into a powerful documentary\, exposing environmental injustices practiced by the government of Nova Scotia against African Nova Scotians and Mi’kmaq communities. Accompanying Waldron is Doreen Bernard\, a Mi’kmaq grassroots Grandmother\, residential school survivor and water protector from Indian Brook\, Nova Scotia who will share her community’s struggles to protect the water in Mi’qmak territories\, demonstrating grassroots initiatives against the poisoning of their people and environments. Ducie Howe will also be a part of the panel who is a Sipekne’katik band member and grassroots elder.    \nZoom link will be available day of the event. Contact: waterallies@utoronto.ca for inquiries.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/there-is-something-in-the-water/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200929T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200929T171500
DTSTAMP:20200924T173827Z
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SUMMARY:Talking Treaties with Ange Loft
DESCRIPTION:This event is to be aligned with Bonnie McElhinny’s course “Living on the Water” (Tuesday’s 4-6 pm\, New College University of Toronto). \nSession Description: \nThis presentation and workshop reflects on treaty making and upkeep in what is now known as Toronto\, through the lens of three main agreements: the Dish with One Spoon; the Covenant Chain and 1764 Treaty of Niagara; and the ‘Toronto Purchase’ with the Mississauga’s of the Credit. Narratives of Nation-to-Nation gift giving\, kin building\, resource sharing\, and the role of oral memory are supported by excerpts from the 2016 Talking Treaties Audio Gallery and the 2019 film “By These Presents: ‘Purchasing’ Toronto”. Glimpses of the multi-year community engaged process reveal the capacity of arts-based learning to foster personalized and active approaches to treaty knowledge. \nAnge Loft is an interdisciplinary performing artist and initiator from Kahnawake Kanienkehaka Territory\, working in Toronto. She is an ardent collaborator\, consultant\, facilitator\, and mentor working in story weaving\, arts-based research\, wearable sculpture and Haudenosaunee history. Ange works within the community\, art\, and education sectors as a speaker\, co-creator and advisory member. She’s also a vocalist with the Juno and Polaris nominated band YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN.  \nZoom link will be available day of the event. Contact: waterallies@utoronto.ca for inquiries.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/talking-treaties-with-ange-loft/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200922T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200922T180000
DTSTAMP:20200921T153133Z
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SUMMARY:Water Ceremony with Dr. Debby Danard
DESCRIPTION:This event is to be aligned with Bonnie McElhinny’s course “Living on the Water” (Tuesday’s 4-6 pm\, New College University of Toronto). \nVisit from/Water Ceremony with Dr. Debby Danard. \nDr. Debby Wilson Danard is Anishinaabekwe\, born in Atikokan Ontario and sturgeon clan member of Manitou Rapids\, Rainy River First Nations in Northwestern Ontario. She is a traditional knowledge keeper\, artist\, lecturer\, water ambassador\, Life promotion activist and Eagle staff ogitch-e-daakwe. She has a Ph.D. in Aboriginal & Indigenous studies in education from the University of Toronto (2016). Her thesis\, “Medicine Wheel Surviving Suicide-Strengthening Life Bundle” (2016)\, focuses on traditional knowledge life promotion/suicide prevention and water governance.  She held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care and is the founder and owner of Union Star Consulting Life Teachings Lodge (see unionstar.org). She has completed numerous reports on good governance\, life promotion and water teachings for Temagami First Nation\, Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres\, Chiefs of Ontario\, and the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle. From July 2019 – June 2021 she is provostial postdoctoral fellow at the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.  \nZoom link will be available day of event.  \nContact: waterallies@utoronto.ca to receive the link and for inquiries.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/water-ceremony-with-dr-debby-danard/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200619
DTSTAMP:20200619T204503Z
CREATED:20200619T204503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T204503Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: Decolonization: What does it mean to reclaim our bodies with Nazbah Tom (W.2)
DESCRIPTION:In the second session with Nazbah Tom\, using a combination of somatic prompts\, conversation\, and interactive processes\, participants will begin an exploration into their somas (mind/body/spirit). \nNazbah Tom\, Diné\, is a somatic practitioner. They support individuals and groups through a process of embodied transformation using a combination of conversation\, breath work\, new skills\, bodywork\, and gestures. Their work aims to humanize and reconnect us to ourselves\, each other\, and our land. \nRegister for the event and join in a conversation with Tannis Nielson on the pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural Project. \nDate: June 18th\, 2020 \n\nIndigenous Digital Artistic Hub relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\n \nWelcome to the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\, a multiscalar site of Indigenous imaginings\, futurisms\, and land-ings that call us into radical relationality. The Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub is the first of a three-part series of online research-creation hubs curated by Karyn Recollet\, featuring international and national Indigenous knowledge holders entitled: “We prepare a space: Conversations\, happenings\, and arts-based pedagogy.” The vision for this first iteration is to hold and sustain Indigenous artistic practice in accordance with the creation of radical ethical relationally between ourselves\, our more than human kin\, and lands. Particularly important are the ways in which we hold space for Ishpaadina as a space of water\, land relationship\, and celestial relationality. Join us as we transform New College into a hub of ‘happenings’ though conversation\, artistic creation\, and art-visim .  \nIn May 2020\, New College was excited to host an artistic care hub during the annual Native American Indigenous Studies Association conference (NAISA)\, co-curated by Karyn Recollet (Assistant Professor\, Women and Gender Studies Institute) and Jenny Blackbird (Ciimann/Kahuwe’ya/ Qajaq Indigenous Language initiative program coordinator\, Centre for Indigenous Studies).  As well\, the D.G. Ivey Library was excited to host Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto multi-media installation.  \nWith the unfortunate cancellation of NAISA due to COVID-19\,  the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub\, as an offering to our communities\, we\, alongside exceptional Indigenous artists and art-ivists offer creative ‘happenings’ including a multi-media ‘happening’ featuring Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto;  a live digital studio visit with Nyle Johnston; a conversation with Tannis Nielson about pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural project; an activation of relationality and kinship through bead-work with Naomi Smith; reclaiming our bodies through somatics with Nazbah Tom; and an activation of relations of care through design and applique with Tala Tootoosis. 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/indigenous-digital-artistic-hub-decolonization-what-does-it-mean-to-reclaim-our-bodies-with-nazbah-tom-w-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20200619T204320Z
CREATED:20200619T204320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T204320Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: Decolonization: What does it mean to reclaim our bodies with Nazbah Tom (W.1)
DESCRIPTION:Over two sessions\, using a combination of somatic prompts\, conversation\, and interactive processes\, participants will begin an exploration into their somas (mind/body/spirit). \nNazbah Tom\, Diné\, is a somatic practitioner. They support individuals and groups through a process of embodied transformation using a combination of conversation\, breath work\, new skills\, bodywork\, and gestures. Their work aims to humanize and reconnect us to ourselves\, each other\, and our land. \nRegister for the event and join in a conversation with Tannis Nielson on the pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural Project. \nDate: June 11th\, 2020 \n\nIndigenous Digital Artistic Hub relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\n \nWelcome to the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\, a multiscalar site of Indigenous imaginings\, futurisms\, and land-ings that call us into radical relationality. The Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub is the first of a three-part series of online research-creation hubs curated by Karyn Recollet\, featuring international and national Indigenous knowledge holders entitled: “We prepare a space: Conversations\, happenings\, and arts-based pedagogy.” The vision for this first iteration is to hold and sustain Indigenous artistic practice in accordance with the creation of radical ethical relationally between ourselves\, our more than human kin\, and lands. Particularly important are the ways in which we hold space for Ishpaadina as a space of water\, land relationship\, and celestial relationality. Join us as we transform New College into a hub of ‘happenings’ though conversation\, artistic creation\, and art-visim .  \nIn May 2020\, New College was excited to host an artistic care hub during the annual Native American Indigenous Studies Association conference (NAISA)\, co-curated by Karyn Recollet (Assistant Professor\, Women and Gender Studies Institute) and Jenny Blackbird (Ciimann/Kahuwe’ya/ Qajaq Indigenous Language initiative program coordinator\, Centre for Indigenous Studies).  As well\, the D.G. Ivey Library was excited to host Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto multi-media installation.  \nWith the unfortunate cancellation of NAISA due to COVID-19\,  the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub\, as an offering to our communities\, we\, alongside exceptional Indigenous artists and art-ivists offer creative ‘happenings’ including a multi-media ‘happening’ featuring Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto;  a live digital studio visit with Nyle Johnston; a conversation with Tannis Nielson about pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural project; an activation of relationality and kinship through bead-work with Naomi Smith; reclaiming our bodies through somatics with Nazbah Tom; and an activation of relations of care through design and applique with Tala Tootoosis. 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/indigenous-digital-artistic-hub-decolonization-what-does-it-mean-to-reclaim-our-bodies-with-nazbah-tom-w-1/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200604T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200604T170000
DTSTAMP:20200619T203819Z
CREATED:20200619T203819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T203819Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: ‘happening’ (Conversation & Activation) with Jenny Blackbird\, Karyn Recollet\, and special guest Liz Osawamick
DESCRIPTION:We ask\, how do we think alongside a strawberry\, as a more-than-human relation/as a ready to be worn\, or offered-extension of care? What are the concepts and forms\, shapes of care\, and relationality that does not require a performance of a knowable\, consumable packaged Indigenous aesthetic? What are the technologies of emergence that we hold tender and close at this moment in time?  How does being in relation with a berry extend into a conversation of critical care-ing technologies? \nWe ask you to bead alongside us\, with us\, together\, yet not—in this moment of a collective pause. \nWe will be activating the following provocations: \n\nThe first bead reflects and imagines self care\nThen expand outwards to imagine future kinds of care and kinship with family and friends\nThen expand outwards to imagine future kinds of care and kinship with ancestors and future ancestors.\n\nWe ask that you pre-prepare your tool kit in advance of this activation. Here is what you will need: \n\nBeading needle size 11\nThread\nBeads\n\nSize 11 beads\nAny combination (Red/Black/White)\n\n\nA circular piece of felt\n\n  \n \nLiz Osawamick (Giniw Miigwan) is of the Anishinaabe and Odawa Nation and is originally from Wiikwemkong Unceded First Nation located on Manitoulin Island. She is a jingle dress dancer since the early 90’s\, inspired by her late sister Lilly Osawamick-Bourgeois. She currently resides with her family in Hastings\, Ontario. She is of the beaver clan. She is currently a Native Language teacher with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District school board both Elementary and Secondary level.  She is now currently in her twenty sixth year of teaching at North Shore Public School and thirteenth year of teaching Introduction to Anishinaabemowin at Trent University and Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School.  She also taught the Introduction to Indigenous Music and Dance for four years at Trent. \nLiz utilizes Indigenous knowledge and teaching songs and ceremonies as a core component in her teaching methods and community work facilitating various language Immersion programs and cultural teachings within First Nation communities.  She is in her Fifth year as President for Anishnaabemowin-Teg Inc. Originally inspired by Elder Josephine Mandamin\, she has been walking for the water in the Mississauga territories of the Kawartha Lakes region for ten years now along with her aunt Shirley Williams and other Anishinaabe-kwewag. \nRegister for the event and join in a conversation with Tannis Nielson on the pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural Project. \nDate: June 4th\, 2020 \nTime: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm \n\nIndigenous Digital Artistic Hub relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\n \nWelcome to the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub: relations of care for human and more-than-human be-ings\, a multiscalar site of Indigenous imaginings\, futurisms\, and land-ings that call us into radical relationality. The Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub is the first of a three-part series of online research-creation hubs curated by Karyn Recollet\, featuring international and national Indigenous knowledge holders entitled: “We prepare a space: Conversations\, happenings\, and arts-based pedagogy.” The vision for this first iteration is to hold and sustain Indigenous artistic practice in accordance with the creation of radical ethical relationally between ourselves\, our more than human kin\, and lands. Particularly important are the ways in which we hold space for Ishpaadina as a space of water\, land relationship\, and celestial relationality. Join us as we transform New College into a hub of ‘happenings’ though conversation\, artistic creation\, and art-visim .  \nIn May 2020\, New College was excited to host an artistic care hub during the annual Native American Indigenous Studies Association conference (NAISA)\, co-curated by Karyn Recollet (Assistant Professor\, Women and Gender Studies Institute) and Jenny Blackbird (Ciimann/Kahuwe’ya/ Qajaq Indigenous Language initiative program coordinator\, Centre for Indigenous Studies).  As well\, the D.G. Ivey Library was excited to host Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto multi-media installation.  \nWith the unfortunate cancellation of NAISA due to COVID-19\,  the Indigenous Digital Artistic Hub\, as an offering to our communities\, we\, alongside exceptional Indigenous artists and art-ivists offer creative ‘happenings’ including a multi-media ‘happening’ featuring Ange Loft’s Talking Treaties in Tkaronto;  a live digital studio visit with Nyle Johnston; a conversation with Tannis Nielson about pedagogy of place and the Simcoe Mural project; an activation of relationality and kinship through bead-work with Naomi Smith; reclaiming our bodies through somatics with Nazbah Tom; and an activation of relations of care through design and applique with Tala Tootoosis. 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/indigenous-digital-artistic-hub-happening-conversation-activation-with-jenny-blackbird-karyn-recollet-and-special-guest-liz-osawamick/
LOCATION:Ontario
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