Recent Publications

We are pleased to share the results of seven years of partnership, with the CVC and City of Mississauga, in support of the Water Gathering with the Credit River.

This oration and report, by Giidaakunadaad Nancy Rowe (Michizaagiig, Ojibwe of the Anishinaabek Nation, located at New Credit First Nation) with Bonnie McElhinny, was published in October 2024.  This project was supported in part by a School of Cities 2020 Anti-Black Racism & Black Lives and Anti-Indigenous Racism & Indigenous Lives Funding Initiative.

2024. Water Gathering with Ziibii (the Credit River):  Decolonizing provincial and municipal understandings of lands, parks and rivers.  City Research Insights, Volume 4, Issue 2.

https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/research/volume-4-issue-2-water-gathering-with-ziibii-the-credit-river-decolonizing-municipal-and-provincial-understandings-of-land-parks-and-rivers/

This brief offers an overview of what it means for the Michizaagiig to be lake and river people, why understanding this history is so important, an overview of the work of the Water Gathering and Gwayeakwaadziwin/getting beyond reconciliation, as well as policy recommendations for the City of Mississauga, Credit Valley Conservation Authority, and the University.

Image: Making offerings to the River. Source: Giidaakunadaad.