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  • telltales

    telltales

    Just Waters is thrilled to invite you to celebrate Jaimie Isaac’s solo exhibition, “telltales.” Join us on Wednesday, October 22 at 6 pm for an opening talk and welcome to the exhibition. To view the exhibition…

  • Water Challenges in the Anthropocene: Lessons from India

    Water Challenges in the Anthropocene: Lessons from India

    Recording available here: University of Manitoba Sustainability YouTube Channel Join us for the next webinar in The Last Drop Water Researchers Speaker Series. Dr. Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, will speak…

  • Winnipeg, Wastewater, and Environmental Racism

    Winnipeg, Wastewater, and Environmental Racism

    How does Winnipeg’s wastewater reflect and perpetuate environmental racism and colonialism? Please join the Just Waters project for an evening of learning about the history and politics of Winnipeg’s sewage system. We will hear researchers…

  • Messages in the Water: A Conversation About Art, Community and Advocacy

    Messages in the Water: A Conversation About Art, Community and Advocacy

    Join Jaimie Isaac (Just Waters Artist In Residence), Dr. Aimée Craft (Decolonizing Water, University of Ottawa), KC Adams (Artist) and Taylor Galvin (Mother Earth Protector, Scientist, Community Organizer) for a conversation about water and the role of art…

  • Action through Art workshop: What if the river was a person?

    Action through Art workshop: What if the river was a person?

    What if the river was a person? If it held personhood status, what rights would that provide the river, if any? Nibi is an ongoing work that poses the concept of the Red River and Lake…

  • Critical Conversations on Water and Justice: Navigating Water Injustice Under Climate Colonialism

    Critical Conversations on Water and Justice: Navigating Water Injustice Under Climate Colonialism

    Join Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos (University of Toronto) and Rick Harp (Media Indigena) for a conversation about water and colonial injustice in a time of climate crisis.  From waterless reserves, to flooded homelands and weaponized water, water flows…

  • Open Hours with Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac

    Open Hours with Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac

    Are you planning a multi-media artwork but want some feedback? Interested in what it’s like to be a curator? Have some ideas about combining art and advocacy? Come meet with Just Waters Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac…

  • Critical Conversations on Water and Justice: Indigenous Water, Indigenous Science

    Critical Conversations on Water and Justice: Indigenous Water, Indigenous Science

    Join Just Waters, the Centre for Human Rights Research, and The Last Drop at WAG-Qaumajuq for a panel on Indigenous Water, Indigenous Science with Dr. Myrle Ballard (University of Calgary), Dr. Az Klymiuk (University of Manitoba)…

  • Everything is Connected: A Screening and Panel

    Everything is Connected: A Screening and Panel

    Join us next Thursday February 13 from 6-8:30 pm for a screening of Poplar River (Kevin Settee), River Poetics (Chukwudubem Ukaigwe), and This River (Erika MacPherson and Katherena Vermette) followed by a panel discussion about…

  • Water Justice is Menstruation Justice: A Conversation with Co-Resistors

    Water Justice is Menstruation Justice: A Conversation with Co-Resistors

    On Thursday, February 20th at 1:00pm, we welcome you to join the Centre for Human Rights Research and Moon Time Connections (MTC) for an event exploring the interconnections of water justice and menstruation justice. The event…

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