{"id":68209,"date":"2020-09-23T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68209"},"modified":"2021-03-06T20:17:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T01:17:45","slug":"new-members-welcome-to-decolonial-reading-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/09\/new-members-welcome-to-decolonial-reading-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"New members welcome to Decolonial Reading Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Brock University and Niagara communities are invited to an information session on the Decolonial Reading Circle (DRC), a discussion group to examine issues related to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>As proceedings get underway this week to certify a class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada and the RCMP for a lack of progress in the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), and as the government\u2019s plan to respond to the Inquiry\u2019s final report remains on hold due to COVID-19, the launch of the DCR couldn\u2019t be more timely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lawsuit is a call for justice,\u201d says Robyn Bourgeois, Associate Professor in Brock\u2019s Centre for Women\u2019s and Gender Studies. \u201cThe National Inquiry into MMIWG issued 231 such calls a year ago and the Government of Canada has yet to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bourgeois is the driving force behind the DRC at Brock, which she formed <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/09\/decolonial-reading-circle-open-to-brock-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last fall<\/a> to allow members to engage with the Inquiry\u2019s final report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure this report doesn\u2019t sit on a shelf,\u201d says Bourgeois. \u201cThe lives of Indigenous women and girls are worth more than this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, the DRC will include two circles \u2014 one to address the final report of the Inquiry and a second circle, hosted in conjunction with the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, to examine decolonial readings by Indigenous writers.<\/p>\n<p>Meetings will take place from October to March and will be held online, a move Bourgeois hopes will improve the accessibility of the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, the pandemic actually circumvented what I feel was the most important of the DRC \u2014 a final session where we started working through the calls for justice and developing an action plan for Brock,\u201d says Bourgeois.<\/p>\n<p>Reaching this step will be a priority this year, as will discussions about how the decolonization of Canada relates to the anti-racist activism that has grown so urgent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that the DRC can become a space where we talk about the events of this spring and help people better understand why Indigenous and Black folks have had enough and are demanding meaningful change,\u201d says Bourgeois. \u201cThe DRC is a great way for folks to explore decolonization through an Indigenous lens and a safer\/braver space where hard discussions can be had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in attending the information session can contact Robyn Bourgeois\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Brock University and Niagara communities are invited to an information session on the Decolonial Reading Circle (DRC), a discussion group to examine issues related to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 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