Past Events
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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 and community organization in a precarious time. Recognizing our relationship to water encourages a responsibility to protect what is sacred. As…
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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 Winnipeg gaining personhood through supporting the work of others that have been advocating on behalf of these waterways. Embedded in the project…
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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 through Indigenous peoples’ experience of colonialism in what is now Canada and beyond. How can we navigate the politics of…
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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 on March 19 from 11 am to 2:30 pm in 342 Education! Set up a 30-minute appointment by emailing sarah.deckert@umanitoba.ca, or…
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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) and Dr. Miguel Uyaguari-Diaz (University of Manitoba). The panelists will speak to the relationality of their work, the challenges and…
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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 the interrelationships between environmental and social contexts related to rivers between panelists: Chukwudubem Ukaigwe, Becky Cook, Chimwemwe Undi, and Kevin…
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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 takes place in Room 108 St. John’s College at the University of Manitoba. We are honored to open the event…
