Archive for April, 2013
Writing a column or feminist blog Paradigm Shift
by admin on Apr.18, 2013, under Integrated Media, Writing and Editing
It always causes a pang of sadness and anger that women are still fighting the same battles that I thought we had won already.
Why are women still being forced to fight for control of our own bodies, reproductive rights, equal pay for equivalent work and other gender related issues.
In my opinion, these rights are so obvious, there should be no room for argument.
Now I am writing for a feminist blog based in NYC, you can read my first post here.
I wrote about the Femen protests as the political protest actions of young women, including Pussy Riot, have started to gain media attention.
I plan to write regularly in support of gender related issues.
International Womens’ Day inspired me to write a song.
June 1-2 at the Vancouver Maker Faire
by admin on Apr.18, 2013, under Events, Integrated Media, Media, Network Performance, Play the Moment, Technology
Play the Moment will be performing as part of the Vancouver Maker Faire June 1-2 at the PNE.
This is a rare opportunity to experience a network music performance with a live band member in attendance.
I will be playing computer and singing on-site and I will be available to answer questions about our show and my other projects.
In addition to the confirmed Play the Moment performance, I am working on also presenting Angels Among Us, an interactive installation featuring my collaboration with visual artist Joanna Gabler as Zest Continuum.
More information on exact dates and times will be announced soon.
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Leave the Oil in the Ground News Feed
#nopipelines Finally, a court that believes that the result of an #environmental assessment could be "no".
In Another Blow to Keystone XL, Judge Rules TransCanada Can't Conduct Pre-Construction Work
commondreams.org
Indigenous and environmental groups as well as locals landowners celebrated the court victory, denouncing the proposed tar sands pipeline as "reckless and risky."A #government that owns the #pipeline cannot make decisions without a #conflictofInterest
Thousands take part in Montreal climate march opposing Trans Mountain pipeline
globalnews.ca
The rally attracted concerned citizens and Indigenous leaders from British Columbia and Quebec who are opposed to the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.The outcome was decided before the hearings. Not valid.#nopipelines It is not possible for a government agency to be arms length on a government owned project.
Intervenors File Direct Evidence for NEB Reconsideration Hearing
transmountain.com
On December 5, 2018, Intervenors filed direct evidence in relation to Project-relate marine shipping, including mitigation measures, alternative means and requirements of any follow-up program.#unistoten #respectPRESS RELEASE: TransCanada Litigation Threatens Unist’ot’en Territory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NOVEMBER 30 2018
An injunction application and civil litigation filed by TransCanada Coastal GasLink aims to criminalize Unist’ot’en Camp and forcibly facilitate pipeline construction across unceded Unist’ot’en territory.
TransCanada is seeking an "interim, interlocutory or permanent injunction," police enforcement, and financial damages for those "occupying, obstructing, blocking, physically impeding or delaying access" to our own unceded homelands.
Instead of naming the Unist'ot'en house group and hereditary chiefs (Dinï ze’ and Ts'akë ze’), who collectively hold title and govern Unist'ot'en territory according to Anuk Nu'at'en (Wet'suwet'en law), these legal actions criminalize individuals who have laboured to protect our territories in an expression of our collective will. TransCanada continues to ignore the jurisdiction and authority of our hereditary chiefs and our feast system of governance, which was recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1997 Deglamuukw-Gisday'wa court case.
“This is our house group’s work. It’s a shared vision and purpose,” stated Dr. Karla Tait, Unist’ot’en house group member. “The fact that this company can make a civil suit thinking that Freda Huson and Warner Naziel are the only ones standing in the way of their project is utterly ignorant and out of touch with all that we stand for as Unist’ot’en and as Indigenous people. It shows that they have no understanding and appreciation for the relationship that we have with our territories, and the relationships we have with one another as members of a house group, of a clan, of a nation.”
The Unist’ot’en Camp is not a blockade, a protest, or a demonstration – it is a permanent, non-violent occupation of Unist’ot’en territory, established to protect our homelands from illegal industrial encroachments and to preserve a space for our community to heal from the violence of colonization.
Since 2015, we have operated a three story healing centre and hosted gatherings for Indigenous women and youth. This centre is currently home to Wet’suwet’en community members who are receiving holistic and land based treatment for addictions. We see TransCanada’s legal threat, which requests that the RCMP enter our territory by force, as a direct challenge to the safety of our residents and an extension of the colonial violence from which we are trying to heal.
For more than a century, Canada’s federal and provincial governments have assumed ownership and jurisdiction of unceded lands without legal basis for doing so. Delgamuukw-Gisday’wa determined that Wet'suwet'en rights and title have never been extinguished across 22,000km2 of northern British Columbia. As plaintiffs in that court case, and title holders on our land, we are exercising our right to exclusive use and occupation of land, and our right to determine its use.
“Our clan discussed this dream of a healing centre that would be land based, with all of the programming stemming from our teachings and our ancestral ways of wellness that are much more holistic and that recognize the impacts of colonization and of trauma on our youth and our families and communities,” stated Dr. Karla Tait.
“I see the projects proposed to run through our territory as a threat to us reclaiming and self-determining our own health and wellness,” stated Tait.
For further inquiries, contact:
Karla Tait, Unist’ot’en Healing Centre Programmer
karlatait@gmail.com
Freda Huson, Unist’ot’en Spokesperson
fhuson@gmail.com
Permanent link to Press Release: unistoten.camp/press-release-transcanada-litigation-threatens-unistoten-territory/#respect #FirstNations #nopipelines
Leaders of Unist'ot'en Community were protecting their territory. TransCanada took them to court
nationalobserver.com
TransCanada served an injunction on Nov. 26, 2018, against two leaders of the Unist'ot'en camp, accusing the members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of blocking access in the area around the Morice River Bridge. Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation stand unified against pipelines in....
