We will not celebrate stolen Indigenous land and stolen Indigenous lives. #CancelCanadaDay
Instead we will gather to honour all of the lives lost to the Canadian State – Indigenous lives, Black Lives, Migrant lives, Women and Trans and 2Spirit lives – all of the relatives that we have lost. We will use our voices for MMIWG2S, Child Welfare, Birth Alerts, Forced Sterilization, Police/RCMP brutality and all of the injustices we face. We will honour our connections to each other and to the Water, Land, and Sky.
The recent discovery of over 1300+ unmarked graves of Indigenous children at residentials “schools” reminds us that Canada remains a country that has built its foundation on the erasure and genocide of Indigenous nations, including children. We refuse to sit idle while Canada’s violent history is celebrated.
We are once again calling on Indigenous land, water and sky protectors and allies to come together and disrupt the celebration. #CancelCanadaDay
Who: any individual, group or community who wants to challenge and disrupt Canada’s ongoing colonialism*
When: July 1st
Where: any traditional Indigenous territory, urban or rural, from coast to coast to coast
What: any action, such as banner drops, sit ins, round dances, service disruptions, ceremonies, #Landback camps, marches and rallies. Please adhere to COVID-19 precautions specific to your region.
How: Gather together in person or virtually, plan your action, and share your event details on the INM Facebook event page. We encourage actions to include orange shirts, so long as it feels appropriate to do so.
Please feel free to use any of the graphics included below on this page for your promotional items, and use the hashtags: #CancelCanadaDay #NoPrideInGenocide #JusticeForIndigenous
*please ensure you are centring Indigenous leadership in your organizing efforts. If Indigenous people in your community are already planning something, please find ways to support their existing efforts.
ACTIONS
Find or organize a #CancelCanadaDay action in your community and join Idle No More – you can add your event to the list by adding a comment in the main FB event page discussion with your event info
We will post event links here as they are confirmed – please check back soon!
- Vancouver, 2 PM PST VANCOUVER #CANCELCANADADAY
https://fb.me/e/2rYhK2cPO - Capilano
https://fb.me/e/12vNjQCK6 - Enderby, BC, 10 AM
Slow roll blockade to Kamloops Indian Residential School (link coming) - Edmonton, 10AM Edmonton, AB #CancelCanadaDay
https://www.facebook.com/events/154674886589432? - Calgary, AB #CancelCanadaDay
https://fb.me/e/2czs91Xqg - Regina
https://fb.me/e/5vfK5G4iQ?ti=cl - Saskatoon
https://www.facebook.com/IdleNoMoreSaskatoon/posts/4089597477789846 - Winnipeg, 1 PM, Every Child Matters Walk #CancelCanadaDay
https://fb.me/e/xxHI0lpc - Sarnia, Ontario, 10 AM
https://fb.me/e/15nIe1OJA - Ottawa, Ontario, 2:30 PM, #CancelCanada Day
https://fb.me/e/16toUDfbV - Thunder Bay, Ontario, 12:45 PM, Cancel Canada Day March and Rally
https://fb.me/e/auwlBWyZn - Toronto, ON, 10AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/594222088211794 - Toronto, Ontario, 12 PM
https://fb.me/e/1zkyJnB1r - Toronto, Ontario, 6:30 PM
https://fb.me/e/5pnoNp1kN - Ontario, 11 AM, #HaltTransCanada
https://www.facebook.com/events/759101981438450 - Brantford
https://facebook.com/853762131650579/posts/1420380681655385/?d=n
https://fb.me/e/NwrHu1Qg - Montreal 2PM
https://fb.me/e/23DtoSVXw - Guelph
https://fb.me/e/4rCSvzZL5 - Peterborough
https://fb.me/e/2fgKZxSs4 - St John’s
https://fb.me/e/2qf4rt5HM & https://fb.me/e/2iOk4TXJG - Charlottetown, PEI
https://www.facebook.com/events/166450592197363/ -
London, ON, 10AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/1871865249637311/ -
Online meditation for healing, 8 AM
https://fb.me/e/RjDic2bX - Online by Prairie Asian Organizers 10PM WED
https://www.facebook.com/events/159092082828700 - Constance Lake First Nation, ON 9PM
CLFN Soccer field at MHEC
UPDATES
Text TRUTH to 3067005458 to get text updates on #CancelCanadaDay actions
GRAPHICS
Download these graphics and use a photo editing program like Canva to add the location of your action at the bottom of the wide banner image in a bold white font. The square graphic should have space at the bottom to add other details about your event as well.
Understand that if the over 400 recommendations of #RCAP had been implemented, we may not have had to have the #TRC report. And if those 94 recommendations had been implemented we may not have needed the #MMIWG report.
See where I'm going?
DO SOMETHING.
#Cdnpoli
#Canada
