This event takes place across xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Kwikwetlem (kwikwəƛ̓ əm) Nations, as well as other stolen territories of Indigenous nations across so-called "canada".
Join the national student walkout with 30+ universities across the nation at Simon Fraser University, on Wednesday March 4th 2020 at 2:30PM. We will be meeting in the convocation mall for a rally, featuring indigenous youth activist guest speakers until 5:00PM.
Edit: there will be an art table featuring indigenous- and settler-made art! Profits go to the Unis’tot’en legal fund and to indigenous youth!
WE ARE CALLING FOR A NATIONAL STUDENT WALK OUT
A coalition of student organizers in BC are inviting students across so called "canada" to join us as we walkout of classes and demand that the RCMP and CGL fully withdraw from sovereign Wet’suwet’en territory immediately.
Wet'suwet'en sovereignty and law must be respected and we stand in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in demanding that BC, Canada, the RCMP and CGL respect their authority.
Background:
Tuesday, January 7th 2020 marked one year since the violent raid on the unarmed Gidimt'en checkpoint and Wet'suwet'en people. At the end of December 2019, Coast Gas Link was granted an permanent injunction by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
After weeks of intimidation and harassment by the RCMP following the injunction, and the establishment of an illegal exclusion zone that denied Wet'suwet'en people and their guests access to their territory, numerous violent arrests were made at various camps. Matriarchs and land defenders were arrested at gun point and dragged off their land.
Despite misleading media that the RCMP has offered to "withdraw" or stand down, the RCMP is still present on sovereign Wet'suwet'en territory. They continue to increase harassment and surveillance of the camps. The demands of the hereditary chiefs have not been met.
Our academic institutions are complicit in this violent violation of Wet'suwet'en sovereignty. Many institutions have declined to make a statement, and maintain Foundation and pension investments in TC Energy and the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline.