Polishing the Chain: Treaty Relations in Toronto

11/07/2022

Did you love the Polishing the Chain Seminar Series last year? Join us this WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2022 from 5pm to 7pm for the connected project, the website launch of the A Treaty Guide for Torontonians book. It will be held in person at the Textile Museum of Canada, AND online, through Zoom. We hope to see you there!

Register for the on-line launch at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v73Ow-ftTPCgrvKIavWF8g

Free tickets to the in-person event are available here: https://textilemuseum.ca/event/website-launch-a-treaty-guide-for-torontonians/

Copies of the book, A Treaty Guide for Torontonians are available through Art Metropole: https://artmetropole.com/shop/14892

06/02/2022

Join us at the Treaty Guide for Torontonians Book Launch, this SUNDAY, JUNE 5th, 2022 at 1pm! Details below!!

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The Toronto Biennial of Art, Jumblies Theatre, and Art Metropole
invite you to the book launch of A Treaty Guide for Torontonians.
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Sunday, June 5, 2022, 1-2pm
as part of the closing BBQ of the Toronto Biennial of Art
Join us for theatrical interventions, treaty activities, and books!

What does it mean to be a treaty person in Toronto?
A Treaty Guide for Torontonians artfully examines the complex intercultural roots of treaty relationships in the place we now call Toronto, tracing the history of treaty-making between Indigenous nations and between Indigenous nations and the Crown. A Treaty Guide inspires an active approach to treaty awareness through land-based, embodied learning tools that help readers ground their relationship to this history and take up their treaty responsibilities in the present.

Created by the Talking Treaties Collective of Ange Loft, Victoria Freeman, Martha Stiegman, and Jill Carter, A Treaty Guide for Torontonians is part of Jumblies Theatre + Arts’ multi-year Talking Treaties project and is supported by the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art.

A Treaty Guide for Torontonians available for pre-order here: https://artmetropole.com/shop/14892?mc_cid=57601ba977&mc_eid=6580efe153

For more info about the Toronto Biennial of Art closing BBQ: https://torontobiennial.org/programs/toronto-biennial-of-art-2022-closing-bbq/

Sunday, June 5, 2022, 1-2pm
Small Arms Inspection Building
1352 Lakeshore Road East
Mississauga

Parking: Free, on-site parking
TTC: Near 501 Queen Streetcar
Other Transit: Short walk from Long Branch GO Station

The Toronto Biennial of Art will celebrate the closing of the 2022 edition with a family- and youth- friendly BBQ

04/29/2022

Looking for something to do? Go back and watch Polishing the Chain, the incredible 6-part series exploring the spirit and intent of the Toronto treaties, the ways Indigenous peoples have and continue to uphold them, the extent to which they are reflected in contemporary Indigenous and state relations, and the possibilities these open for working towards conciliation and establishing right relations with each other, and the Land. Listen to so many incredible speakers, the knowledge they share, and everything learned through these discussions. Check us out on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzXLwaExh_6sCd7iV8dQn5Q

03/14/2022

Join us TODAY, March 14 at 12:30pm EST for ‘We are all Treaty People’, the sixth and final installment of the Seminar Series ‘Polishing the Chain’. In this panel, speakers will explore how as artists and/or scholars involved in non-Indigenous led social movements, they understand and take up their treaty responsibilities.

Leah Decter: NSCAD
Adrian Smith & Chris Ramsaroop: Justice for Migrant Workers
Sarah Rotz & Lauren Kepkiewicz: R.A.I.R.

See you there!!

Polishing the Chain is a seminar series exploring what it means to be a treaty person in Toronto.

02/11/2022

Did you enjoy our fourth seminar of Polishing the Chain? Be sure to check out our upcoming seminar this MONDAY FEBRUARY 14th! Sign up below and make sure not to miss this incredible discussion!

This is the fifth seminar in the Polishing the Chain, 2021-2022 EUC Seminar Series. The event will welcome Margaret Sault, acting executive director of intergovernmental affairs for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN); former chief of the MCFN, Bryan Laforme and Carolyn King, former chief of the MCFN and creator of the Moccasin Identifier Project who will discuss the history and legacy of the 1787/1805 Toronto “Purchase”. Speakers will discuss Mississauga oral history and knowledge of the agreement. What was the spirit and intent of this agreement, from a Mississauga perspective? What kind of authority or recognition has come out of the 2010 Specific Claim related to the “Purchase”? What efforts are underway for the Mississaugas to maintain, and strengthen relations with the Lands and waters of the GTA? How should we, as Torontonians, honor this agreement?

Polishing the Chain is a seminar series exploring what it means to be a treaty person in Toronto.

01/21/2022

We are back!! Happy 2022 to all and we are starting off the year right with our fourth seminar of Polishing the Chain!! The Forgotten Promise of Niagara is happening on January 31st at 12:30 on Zoom! Head over to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-forgotten-promise-of-niagara-tickets-244672491007

11/23/2021

Join us today! We are one hour away from the third seminar of the series! Head to our event page now and join us for this incredible series!

Polishing the Chain is a seminar series exploring what it means to be a treaty person in Toronto.

11/18/2021

Today is the day! That's right, we are back with our THIRD seminar for the series! Treaty Relations, Planning, and Indigenous Consultation at the City of Toronto explores how treaties, the Crown’s Duty to Consult, and Ontario’s Provincial Planning Policy Statement have triggered new practices of Indigenous consultation and urban planning in Toronto. To what extent does city planning include Indigenous nations and communities? To what extent do Indigenous peoples have meaningful authority or decision-making power in relation to Land and Waters? To what extent does the City recognize and enable their ability to practice ceremony, plant and harvest food and medicines, or enact stewardship responsibilities?

Join us on November 23rd, 2021 at 11:30am to hear more about this important topic from our incredible speakers. Sign up now!

Polishing the Chain is a seminar series exploring what it means to be a treaty person in Toronto.

10/28/2021

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the second seminar of the series! Taking Care of the Dish was an incredible presentation with Dr. Deborah McGregor, Carolynne Crawley, and Dr. Adrianne Lickers Xavier as our wonderful and esteemed speakers. If you were unable to attend or wanted to check out the talk again, head over to youtube and watch here! Keep watching to sign up for our THIRD talk in November!

Indigenous/Crown treaties are not moments where colonial law was imposed. They represent a meeting between Indigenous and colonial legal orders. To understan...

10/21/2021

We are just a few days out from our event! Don't miss our second incredible discussion with Dr. Deborah McGregor, Carolynne Crawley and Adrianne Xavier as they discuss Indigenous Environmental Justice!

Indigenous/Crown treaties are not moments where colonial law was imposed. They represent a meeting between Indigenous and colonial legal orders. To understand our treaty relations, we must understand the Indigenous laws, knowledge systems and visions of justice they are grounded in. In this talk speakers will reflect on their work in Indigenous Environmental Justice in relation to Indigenous law and treaties, to explore the ways these agreements guide Indigenous Land stewardship, and ways they are being lived in Toronto and Southern Ontario today.

Sign up now! Link is on our page and at Eventbrite!

10/15/2021

The wait is over...the second seminar is here! Taking Care of the Dish: Treaties, Indigenous Law and Environmental Justice is the second seminar, exploring the Indigenous laws, knowledge systems, and visions of justice that treaty relations are grounded in. Our speakers will explore the interactions between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples through the reflection of their work.

Make sure you sign up!! Link below!!

eventbrite.ca/e/taking-care-of-the-dish-treaties-indigenous-law-environmental-justice-tickets-191150585547Mark

Polishing the Chain will explore the spirit and intent of Toronto treaties, the ways Indigenous people uphold them and how they exist today.

09/30/2021

We wanted to say thank you so much for attending the inaugural seminar of our series yesterday, September 28th! A big thank you to our incredible speakers Rick Hill, Alan Ojib Corbiere, and Ange Loft for their incredible discussion! For anyone who would like to re-watch the seminar, or were unable to attend, the video is now uploaded and can be watched at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdxbqLiAAk

Be sure to follow our page to see all the updates on the next seminar, coming up on October 26th!

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