[Indigsol] No Olympics on Stolen Native Land! Anti-colonial walking tour, Sunday, May 3rd at 1pm

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND!

Sunday, May 3rd at 1:00pm
Near the statue of Champlain
Behind the National Gallery
(380 Sussex Drive)
Olympics Resistance Ottawa

       On Sunday, May 3rd we will be going on an anti-colonial walking
tour of Ottawa.  We will be exploring Canada’s colonial legacy and
the ongoing impact of colonization on “Ottawa”.  In particular, we
will be addressing the role that the Canadian government and
transnational corporations are playing in the attacks on the
environment, the elderly, people living in poverty, workers and
migrant workers and indigenous people due to the 2010 Olympics in
“B.C”.

       This walk will focus on places in downtown Ottawa that are part of
our pre-colonial past and our colonial present.  We will talk about
the little known history of different parts of Ottawa, how our
colonial forebearers related to the land and the people living on
the land, and how the Canadian government continues to relate to
the land and the people, native and non-native. It will provide a
critical perspective on the usual history of “Canada”.

       The Eurocentric history that is taught in Canadian schools is a
direct legacy of our colonial past and a source of on-going
oppression of indigenous people in Canada.  This walk is a creative
and interactive way to encourage people to see the places where
they live differently, to make visible the giant elephants in the
room, or in this case, the city.

       The walking tour will begin near the statue of the French
colonialist Samuel Champlaigne.  We will visit the Hudson’s Bay
Company, Parliament Hill, the Olympic Clock, the Royal Bank of
Canada, the Supreme Court, the Library and National Archives,
Lebreton Flats, and Victoria Island/Chaudiere Falls.

	This anti-colonial walking tour has been organized by Olympics Resistance
Ottawa.  ORO organizes in order to raise awareness about the destructive
impacts of, and increase resistance to, the 2010 Olympics.

        “Far from being simply about ‘sport’, the history of the Olympics
is one rooted in displacement, corporate greed, fascism,
repression, and violence. Only the political and corporate elite –
from real estate developers to security corporations – have
anything to gain from the Olympics industry. The effects of the
upcoming Winter Games have already manifested themselves- with the
expansion of sport tourism and resource extraction on indigenous
lands; increasing homelessness and gentrification of poor
neighbourhoods; increasing privatization of public services; union
busting through imposed contracts and exploitative conditions
especially for migrant labour; the fortification of the national
security apparatus; ballooning public spending and public debt;
and unprecedented destruction of the environment.”

http://www.no2010.com/node/941

        We want to acknowledge the work and support of Jane’s Walk Ottawa.