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Join us for the launch of a report, tracing the colonial story of the lands on which SFU Burnaby sites from 1859 to the present, following the chain of title that links SFU’s current title to the moment of original land theft in 1859, when all lands were declared the property of the Crown.
This is a story of massive land speculation, market crashes, tax seizures, land surveying, and park creation. It turns on racist assumptions of empty land, white supremacy, colonial ‘improvement’, and capitalist wealth creation.
Our aim in producing the report is to open up this story, with the hope that others may put it into conversation with the law and narratives of local Host Nations. Our hope is that the findings will be of interest and value to Host Nations, as well as staff, students, and faculty at SFU. The project takes its inspiration from similar initiatives regarding the colonial dimensions of university land across Canada and the United States.
Presenters: Kyle Willmott (Sociology and Anthropology) and Nick Blomley (Geography), with comments from Wenona Hall (Indigenous Studies)
February 12 | 12:30PM
Presentation Studio @ Big Data Hub, SFU Burnaby
If you cannot attend in person, there is a zoom link at the SFU event page: https://events.sfu.ca/event/43085-1
