We Need Better Education on Aboriginal History
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P. 6 editorial: we need better education on aboriginal history P. 15 volume 35, issue 18 • tuesday, january 27, 2015 • thelinknewspaper.ca • I like pizza... but not all the time since 1980 january 27, 2015 • thelinknewspaper.ca volume 35, issue 18 • tuesday, ANDREW’S Classified ads CCSLCCSL OUTSTANDINGOUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTION AWARDSAWARDS $3.50+tax for Concordia undergraduate students. DO YOUYOU KNOWKNOW SOMEONE $5.00+tax for others $0.25/word after 15 words. PUB DeaDline: 2 p.m. Friday 1241South of St.Catherine Guy Street ATAT CONCORDIACONCO WHO Classifieds must be purchased at our offices 1455 De Maisonneuve W. Room 649 MAKES A DIFFERENCE? and be accompanied by full payment. • Free pool table Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • 20+ kinds of shooters: 4 for $10.00 Closed on Wednesdays. We do not take classified ads • Large Beer $4.50 by telephone, fax or e-mail. • Small Beer: $3.50 DRIVING PRATICE LESSONS: 70 min. / $32, • 2 hrs / $52 with ad. 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Meeting wednesday at 4 pM all are welcoMe! hall Building 1455 de Maisonneuve west rooM 649 27 january 2015 3 current affairs piping hot resistance Fundraiser Seeks to Support Indigenous Resistance to Oil Pipelines by Marianne Geoffrion tect their land, such as building an oversized the ongoing concerns felt by some people ties whose land they would cross.” streamer with “No Pipelines” written in towards TransCanada’s pipeline projects. A The gatewayfacts.ca website states that one Activists “piped up” Saturday night to raise capital letters, hung between tall trees on the whole wall was dedicated to a series of pic- of five conditions to building the pipeline is awareness about the Energy East Pipeline outskirts of the forest. tures taken from the documentary “RESIST; to make sure that the “legal requirements and fundraise for the Unist’ot’en Camp, a “Job creation is really not important if The Unist’ot’en’s Call to the Land,” created by regarding Aboriginal and treaty rights are hotbed of grassroots resistance fighting for the primordial things in life are not being Simple Matters Films. A quote was taped to addressed, and First Nations are provided indigenous peoples’ right to their land in respected,” said Élisabeth Néron. each picture, giving insight on the film to with the opportunities, information and British Columbia. TransCanada’s East Energy Pipeline web- anyone interested. resources necessary to participate in and Located in a small studio on de Gaspé site has a section at the top called “Benefits.” The main source of information was the benefit from a heavy oil project.” Ave., the guests of “Pipe-Up!” were invited With the touch of the mouse, the category documentary, made by AJ+, an affiliate of Pronovost explained that indigenous to walk in socks and drink Kombucha as expands in four subsections: “Fueling our Al Jazeera, which focused on the Unist’ot’en people have a right to choose whether the they explored a photography project based Growth,” “Creates Jobs,” “Bolsters Provincial Camp. The activists of the indigenous land pipeline runs through their land or not. “It’s on a Unist’ot’en documentary and listened Economics” and “Supports Communities.” are shown struggling to be heard. their land; they have to decide if they want to musical performances. The benefits they bring up are mostly The first message that appears on screen is, it to go there,” she said. It can be hard for people to feel that they related to the economy. “Since 2010, the Unist’ot’en group, an indig- Pronovost added that until we leave indig- have the power to change things, said activist “It might be good [economically] in the enous group, has been blocking oil and gas enous peoples alone to decide what they Alyssa Simon-Bélanger. “That’s why creating short term,” Brière told The Link, adding that pipelines from being built on their land. want to do with their resources, we’re are events based on creativity and positivity is in “the long run, we’ll be facing a big wall “In June 2014, Canada approved the still in a “colonialist racist system.” important—it makes it easy for people to join.” with exploiting dirty energies. Enbridge Northern Gateway, a tar sands pipe- “You can try to disguise it under fancy Samuel Brière, an organizer of the event, “Environmentally, socially and economi- line, and gave them 209 conditions to fulfill. words, but that’s kind of what it boils down to.” explained that the goal was to raise as much cally speaking, it doesn’t make sense.” “One of those conditions is a mandatory money as possible for the Unist’ot’en Camp. According to The Ontario Energy Board’s consultation with the indigenous communi- Photos Fatma Daldoul “But beyond that, it’s creating a bridge (OEB) assessment of TransCanada’s Energy between what’s going on in BC—the pipe- East Application, further information is line issues, the tar sands, transportation, needed to ascertain the effects the pipe- etc.—and what we’re facing here in Quebec line would have, including “with respect to with the Energy East Project,” he added. impacts on drinking water.” TransCanada predicts that the Energy East The issue is “we’re not using our resources Pipeline project will be actively pumping oil well,” said Alexandra Pronovost, an intel- into Quebec by 2018 if they get final regulatory lectual and cultural mediator for Exeko, approval in the fourth quarter of this year. an organization mandated to “promote Simultaneously, TransCanada is looking the inclusion and development of the most to build new pipelines on the Wet’suwet’en marginalized people through innovation in territory, a free territory that never ceded culture and education.” to the colonial Canadian state, according “We all need clean air and clean water, so to the Unist’ot’en Camp website. whatever our differences […] there is a con- This distresses many indigenous people dition of life that we have in common.” living on the land. A short video documen- Pronovost emphasized that the event was tary projected during the Pipe-Up event mostly created to raise awareness. called “How to Stop an Oil and Gas Pipeline: “Environmental issues […] bring people The Unist’ot’en Camp Resistance,” explores together. Everyone’s connecting.” the many attempts they undertake to pro- The event provided some information on thelinknewspaper.ca/news 4 27 january 2015 current affairs Concordia Greenhouse Welcomes Students art in the for Workshop on Creating Zines atrium art zines that are only pictures,” Swirlz of tutorials especially on binding and sizes there’s not a lot of creative play events on by Jane Lakes explained. “Poetry zines are very common, that you can do. Typically there are just campus,” said Swirlz. guide zines, and what’s called per-zines, a few workshops a year where you can Previous months’ themes include Gathered on the top floor of the Hall which are personal zines.” engage in what different organizations do.” making new candles by recycling old wax; building, a small group of students sat From small zines about different kind Montreal is a hub for zine culture. creating bird boxes, miniature stuffed quietly among shelves of plants, carefully of screws to medium ones about little blue Annual events such as Expozine, the animals and terrarium necklaces; and cutting, pasting and glittering a fresh houses, to ones with wax paper covers dis- Anarchist Bookfair and the Queer Book wood burning. batch of artistic booklets. playing a collection of short stories, the Fair are venues that provide an outlet for With next month’s event scheduled to The crafters were participating in the crafters were never far from inspiration. prospective zine-creators. be Valentine’s Day-themed, Swirlz hopes Concordia Greenhouses’ monthly Art in “This is more sharing-based,” explained Local zines can be found on the shelves to show participants that “you don’t nec- the Atrium series, which kicked off the Swirlz. “People can share tips on what at the Concordia Co-Op Bookstore. Closer essarily need to buy expensive chocolate winter semester on Thursday evening they’ve learned, or ways of doing things to home, the Greenhouse shelves some on and gifts to express your love.” with a zine theme. more interestingly, and people get really herbal health. “You could just make somebody a little “It really allows an opportunity for inspired off of each other.” “Accessibility is really important to zine about the top ten things you like sharing information, for chatting about With some choosing to make collage us here,” said Swirlz. “Especially in the about them,” Swirlz added.