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When they came to our unceded territory, William and Kate were shown traditional Dene practices and told they play a key role in engaging in decolonization. The media treated it as arts and crafts.
decolonization
The Art, Science and Spirit of Decolonization Workshop by Zainab Amadahy (Mayworks Festival)
May 12 2012 - 1:00pm
May 12 2012 - 4:00pm
Location
Steelworkers Hall
25 Cecil Street
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 23.1192" N, 79° 23' 45.96" W
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Free
Pre-registration required: email registration@mayworks.ca
This workshop explores how emerging science and the relational frameworks found in the cultures of global Indigenous and other ancient wisdom traditions promote well being and decolonization. This discussion will differentiate wisdom teachings from New Age "spirituality" that embraces the "Law of Attraction", cultural appropriation and other activities that mislead and even harm people. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences/teachings across cultures and arts practices. Together we will come away with new and renewed strategies for community building, decolonization and art-making.
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Activist Communiqué: Decolonize through anti oppression (community workshop) – Calgary
| March 20, 2012Performance: SINS INVALID perform 'An unshamed claim to beauty in the face of invisibility' at the AGO
Mar 17 2012 - 7:00pm
Mar 17 2012 - 10:00pm
Location
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St. West Beverly Street entrance
Toronto, ON M5T 1G4Canada
43° 39' 13.7556" N, 79° 23' 37.3308" W
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Come and celebrate Disability Awareness Month with California-based SINS INVALID, performing excerpts from ‘An unshamed claim to beauty in the face of invisibility' at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the Weston Family Learning Centre.
The show will open with a performance from Toronto-based artist Masti Khor and a screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary, Our Compass.
Sins Invalid, including cast members Alex Carafelli, Leah Lakshmi, Piepzna-Samarasinha and Leroy Moore, will follow this.
The event is FREE, is wheelchair accessible, and has ASL interpretation and Attendant care.
Contact name:
Isabel Mackenzie Lay (Izzy Mackenzie)
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Decolonize together: Indigenous activists send strong message at Occupy Toronto talk
"I'm hopeful to see you all here visioning a different future. A future based on equality, diversity and respect for the land. And I'm excited and I'm hopeful for the impact that you're having on the world.... And so I say to you today...if you wish to align yourselves with the dispossessed and the marginalized, reject the language and ideology of colonialism, conquest and exploitation." - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, January 23, 2012
Not long after protesters set up camp on Wall Street, indigenous activists began to question the use of colonial language to claim spaces that have been under occupation for over 500 years.
