Winona LaDuke at the University of Toronto, September 2017
Channel: Infrastructure Otherwise
Date: 2017-12-24

“Cultivating Resistance and Lighting the Eighth Fire: Challenging the Fossil Fuel Industry and Restoring Anishinaabe Economics” 
- a lecture by Winona LaDuke Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, Tkaronto, September 24, 2017

With Emcees Karyn Recollet & Syrus Marcus Ware

The full program opened with the World Premiere of 'Boozhoo Manoomin' - A suite inspired composed and performed by Beverley McKiver featuring Melody McKiver. Winona LaDuke was joined by Erin-Marie Konsmo, Christi Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch --members of the Onaman Collective-- for discussion following the talk.

The event was organized by the Mooshkahan (they overflow/flood) Planning Committee: A community of artists, water protectors, university students, faculty and staff that came together to plan for Winona LaDuke's visit to Tkaronto. Participants include Eve Tuck, Connor Pion, Jennifer Sylvester, Karyn Recollet, Donna Ashamock, Julie Blair, Michelle Murphy, Susan Blight, Amy Desjarlais, Jennifer Murrin, Deborah Cowen, Ellie Adekur, Sabrien Amrov, Sefanit Habtom, Pedro Moran Bonilla, Deanna Del Vecchio, Vern Ross, Jenny Blackbird, Dayna Scott and Lee Maracle.

This event was generously sponsored by Infrastructure Otherwise, the University of Toronto’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives, the Indigenous Education Network, New College at the University of Toronto, Great Lakes Waterworks, and the Indigenous Futurisms Project.