Katie MacDonald

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Pro-Palestine protesters link arms as police move to clear remaining protesters and their encampment at the University of Calgary campus in May 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Noah Korver

Canada’s settler colonial violence in three acts: Calls for solidarity on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Limiting who public space is for and how it can be used is central to settler colonialism both in Canada and other settler colonial places. Here’s how it’s used to silence and criminalize dissent.
Unhoused people and supporters protest against police as they prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton on Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Encampment sweeps in Edmonton are yet another example of settler colonialism

Encampment sweeps in Edmonton are a brutal attack on both human and treaty rights, as well as a continuation of the violent removal of Indigenous Peoples from their land.

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