Burlington Literary Festival: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada
Join authors of The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada at the Burlington Literary Festival, taking place in-person at the Burlington Public Library.
Join us for a discussion hosted by Ki’en Debicki with book authors Angele Alook, David Gray-Donald, and Bronwen Tucker.
The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world — a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide — is on the horizon. The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada provides a compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty, and climate justice.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Angele Alook is an assistant professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at York University. She is a proud member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty Eight territory, where she has carried out research on issues of sociology of family and work, resource extraction, school-to-work transitions, Indigenous identity, and seeking the good life (miyo-pimatisiwin) in work-life balance. Her current research examines a just transition away from fossil fuels. She is an active member of the labour movement and a former labour researcher in the movement.
David Gray-Donald is a media worker, fundraiser, and climate justice advocate living in Toronto. He was the publisher of Briarpatch Magazine in Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan) until 2019, and co-founded Resource Movement, a group of young people with class privilege or wealth working toward the redistribution of wealth, land, and power. He is an editor with the Media Co-op and recently co-launched a free alt magazine in Toronto, The Grind.
Bronwen Tucker is a researcher at Oil Change International and a community organizer with Climate Justice Edmonton. She got involved in politics through free tuition, fossil fuel divestment, and anti-austerity work as a student organizer in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), and now calls ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ Amiskwacîwâskahikan Beaver Hills House (Edmonton) home.
Dr. Ki’en Debicki is Assistant Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Indigenous Studies at McMaster University. Their research interests include trees, stories, wampum, queer Indigenous literatures, disability justice, critical race studies, revolution, and all things Haudenosaunee. Ki’en is an Indigiqueer, enby prof who lives, works, and plays in Anonwarore’tsherakayon:ne (Hamilton) with their kid, their mini schnauz, and their ADHD.
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