Nothing to Celebrate: Canada’s role as a settler colonial state from Turtle Island to Palestine

To mark Indigenous Peoples Month, join CAPE for Palestine for a webinar on connections between settler colonialism on Turtle Island and the occupation of Palestine. Every July 1st, Canadians are told we should celebrate living in so-called Canada. But what is there to celebrate when we see Canadian officials continue to support a genocide? There is no cause for celebration. Nor has there been for years, as Indigenous leaders have highlighted Canada’s active and ongoing role in genocide against Indigenous peoples.CAPE 4 Palestine recognizes that as public servants, we have a distinct responsibility to hold our employer, the Government of Canada, to account and to understand how settler colonialism operates across borders. We must stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples in so-called Canada and Palestinians fighting for liberation and freedom.