It Stops Here: A Conversation with Rueben George, 3:40 pm, April 3, 2024, in the Aboriginal Gathering Place

Join us for a reading from It Stops Here: Standing Up for our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People by Rueben George (with Michael Simpson). Rueben George is a Sun Dance Chief and a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN). After working as a family counsellor for twenty years, he became manager of the TWN’s Sacred Trust initiative to protect the unceded Tsleil-Waututh lands and waters from the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Over the past decade, he has travelled across the world and built alliances with Indigeous people fighting to protect waters, lands, and Indigenous rights, and has become an internationally renowned advocate for these issues. Rueben incorporates his cultural and spiritual teachings in all aspects of his life and work.

All members of the Emily Carr community are welcome to this conversation, which is part of the Writing 301 course this semester. To register, email Rita Wong at rwong@ecuad.ca