I’m very excited to share that my colleague Sam Howden and I will be leading our long planned walking tour of the X University campus on Monday, September 26th, 2022 from 12:30PM – 1:00PM as part of the university’s Social Justice Week programming.
The tour begins at Bond & Gould St. on the XU grounds.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A MAP OF BOND & GOULD STREET, TORONTO.
ASL interpretation will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there!
ABOUT THE RENAMING & RECLAIMING: INDIGENOUS PLACEMAKING WALKING TOUR
“Join us on this walk to reconnect with space, the environment, and learn about the XU campus from the perspective of decolonial history and Indigenous placemaking.
We will be engaging with the buried waterways, traditional plants, original landscapes, architecture, and untold stories of resistance on the XU campus.
Most importantly, we will journey through the environment while focusing on the importance of how Indigenous plant species are thriving amongst these manufactured landscapes, while themselves resisting concrete and colonialism from the land itself.
Lastly, concepts of memory, place, public art and reimagining the XU campus with new knowledge of the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg, Treaty 13, the Toronto Purchase will leave participants with a new understanding as to what histories and stories have been erased or hidden by statues and stone.”
TO READ MORE ABOUT THE FANTASTIC PROGRAMMING THAT’S PART OF SJW 2022 CLICK HERE
TO SEE THE OFFICIAL LISTING OF THE WALKING TOUR IN THE SJW 2022 PROGRAM CLICK HERE
ABOUT MY CO-PRESENTER, SAM HOWDEN (MSW Program):
Sam (they/them) Howden socially locates themselves as a non-binary, Queer, pan, mad Métis graduate Social Work student. Sam’s major research project for their master’s in social work focuses on Indigenous food sovereignty, land defence, water and cultural revitalization practices which occur in urban environments. Sam’s work is rooted in Anti-colonialism, Anti-Racism, and Disability Justice which is grounded in grassroots frontline activism and formal education from X University.
In the past, Sam was the VP of Operations for Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy at X University, a representative of the XU Social Work Students Union for two years, as well as a Co-founder and leader of the Student Labour Advocacy Coalition, and the Student Representative for Ryerson at The Ontario Association of Social Workers and CASWE. They are also a founding member of the Wreckonciliation group at X University.