[Fdu] Wednesday: (U of T) Walkout in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en

[Cynthia Wright]

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Greetings again friends,

We are writing now at the request of student organizers who are part of 
the Divestment & Beyond coalition, to share information about a student 
walkout taking place across the country in solidarity with the 
Wet'suwet'en. You have likely heard about a tentative agreement that may 
address some of the larger issues around Indigenous rights and 
jurisdiction in the works, yet there is still much to be addressed and 
there has been a direct call from the Wet'suwet'en to keep up the 
pressure 
<https://ricochet.media/en/2968/keep-the-pressure-on-gidimten-spokesperson-urges-wetsuweten-solidarity-movement-not-to-let-up?fbclid=IwAR0nAn7XdonW2fMcIedSmmn5lfJl54zC7402AsRfT-JB2gjqBZrT__xrZCc> 
through solidarity actions. Details are below.

Many thanks!

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Hello,

We hope this email finds you well. We are a coalition of student 
organizers, including members from Leap U of T, Climate Justice Toronto 
and the Indigenous Law Students’ Association. Along with thousands of 
people of conscience across so-called Canada, we have been shocked and 
appalled by the behaviour of the RCMP and the BC and Canadian 
governments in response to the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s peaceful fight 
against a pipeline on their unceded territory.

We know that many of you have taken action in solidarity with the 
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs through a variety of ways. As students, 
we thank you for the example you have set for us, and for the valuable 
education you have provided to your classes and mentees.

As long as the RCMP remain on Wet’suwet’en territory, and as long as the 
hereditary chiefs call for allies to keep up the pressure, we will 
continue demonstrating in support of their fight against violent 
colonial extractivism. This Wednesday, March 4, students in schools 
across the country will stage a walkout in solidarity. At 1:45pm, 
students will walk out of our classes to meet by 2pm on the St. George 
side of Sidney Smith Commons, 100 St. George Street.

Any support that you are able to provide to this action will be 
sincerely appreciated. Please feel free to circulate the date and time 
of this action to your students; to encourage members your networks to 
attend; and to attend in your capacity as professors. We will have 
music, food and plenty of energy to spare, and we welcome any and all 
who wish to show support.

Many thanks for all that you do as educators in this formative moment!


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