Residential Schools and the ongoing separation of Indigenous families
This speech was originally delivered at an anti-racist event hosted by the Fraser Valley Peace Council in July 2021. It has been republished here with…
This speech was originally delivered at an anti-racist event hosted by the Fraser Valley Peace Council in July 2021. It has been republished here with…
We pass a beautiful oasis of houses with children splashing around in a small pool at the foothill of a luscious vineyard. Our driver tells…
In settler-colonial society, we constantly declare and acknowledge that we reside and gather on the “unceded territory” of Indigenous peoples. But do we ever stop…
Almost exactly one year ago, on May 5, 2023, known as Red Dress Day, I attended a deeply impactful speech by Susan Tatoosh, Elder, Matriarch,…
On Friday, May 10, Sleydo’, Jennifer, and Shaylynn came to speak at the UBC encampment in solidarity with Palestine, and to make the links between…
As South Africa takes israel, the U.K. and the united states to the International Court of Justice for genocide, canada takes Indigenous people to court…
The settler working class must throw our support behind the Land Alliance. The working class will not be divided.
The #StopTheSweeps coalition has been organizing for nearly 2 years now – bringing together individuals and representatives from the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War, Defund 604 Network, Pivot Legal Society, VANDU, and the Vancouver Tenants Union to directly confront street sweeps.
February is one of the coldest months in Kamloops, BC. But that didn’t stop Secwépemc leaders and their supporters from coming out in the cold…
Indigenous youth and leaders from Grassy Narrows First Nation (in northwestern Ontario) travelled 1,700 km to speak at a rally outside the legislature at Queen’s…
“Whenever we assert our collective rights to the Canadian state, our sovereignty seems to get lost in the public debate. Sovereignty means we were here for thousands of years before colonization, and any legitimate claim to reconciliation must account for that question of our relationship to the Land. ”
Binesi Ogichidaa is an outspoken advocate for Prison abolition and the rights of Indigenous Women. She is an organizer with Fund our Communities Defund the…