Opposing Canadian pipeline projects: Indigenous solidarity across borders

Join us for a public talk bringing together Indigenous delegates from Puebla/Hidalgo, Mexico and Wet'suwet'en Territory. These delegates represent communities affected by gas pipelines being built by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) with support from the Canadian government who are pushing back in defence of the land. The event will feature film presentations from each community's struggle as well as a facilitated discussion. Light refreshments will be available. 

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks and land defender Eve Saint will speak about their opposition to the company’s Coastal GasLink pipeline now being constructed on their territory in northern British Columbia in Canada.

Otomi land defender Don Salvador Aparicio Olvera will speak about his opposition to the company’s Tula Pipeline Project (Tuxpan-Tula pipeline), which would extend from Tuxpan, Veracruz to the states of Puebla and Hidalgo in central Mexico.

Dr. Eliana Acosta Marquez of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Workshop for the Defence of Territories will also be speaking. She contributed to the research, systemization and editing of the Territories of Water report (December 2021), which documented opposition to the Tuxpan-Tula pipeline.

The report links TC Energy and “a series of irregularities in Mexico against Otomi, Nahua and Totonac communities and in Canada against Wet’suwet’en communities.” When the Regional Council of Indigenous Peoples in Defense of the Territory of Puebla and Hidalgo received the report they indicated their desire to establish links with the Wet’suwet’en.

Algonquin Elder and University of Ottawa Chancellor Claudette Commanda will be welcoming everyone to the event on Algonquin land, and Professor Karine Vanthuyne will be moderating.

If you have any questions or issues with registration, please contact Georgina Alonso at [email protected].