Robert YELḰÁTŦE Clifford on the threat to Goldstream River

Join  a virtual conversation with Robert YELḰÁTŦE Clifford about the threat to Goldstream River

Thursday, November 7 from 7:00 to 8:30pm on Zoom (registration required)

 Throughout the last year a number of us have been writing letters to Provincial Government officials and standing with W̱SÁNEĆ elder Carl Olsen at Goldstream Park raising awareness about the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure’s proposal that will threaten the entire Goldstream habitat and violate the Douglas Treaty.

 Now we invite you to share in what we believe will be an alive and informative 90 minutes with Rob YELḰÁTŦE Clifford who will speak through the lens of W̱SÁNEĆ Legal Theory to the B.C. government’s proposal to expand the Malahat highway by SELE₭TEȽ (known as the Goldstream River). Drawing on W̱SÁNEĆ stories he will provide a W̱SÁNEĆ framework for understanding the harm that this proposal can incur to the trees, water, salmon, birds, animals and to the W̱SÁNEĆ people, as well as the implications of this shift in framework.

Join us to learn more about Indigenous legal traditions as one of the paths to decolonization and reconciliation. REGISTER HERE

After registering, you will receive a Zoom confirmation email with a link to join the meeting on November 7. The confirmation email will also be resent closer to the event. The event will be recorded.

 Rob YELḰÁTŦE Clifford is from Tsawout First Nation and is Co-Academic Director of Indigenous Legal Studies, Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. For more about Rob, go to https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/robert-clifford

 This event is brought to you by Reconciling with Indigenous Peoples and the Land (RIPL), an interfaith steering group formed to facilitate further steps in the work of reconciliation.

 Reconciling with the Land and Indigenous Peoples.  For more information reconcilAction.jbuc@gmail.com