فرقان محمد

She’s also a writer, educator, and arts worker occupied by all things culture, translation, kinship, and abolition.

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Tkaronto, where I am fortunate to commute to and spend most of my week at the University of Toronto to learn, love, eat, play, organize, and write, sits on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Indigenous peoples and families have lived with and cared for this land for thousands of years and continue to do so today. I am grateful for the land and its original caretakers, present-day stewards, and the reciprocal relationships I have formed, and am guided by a pedagogy and practice that recognizes the inherent dignity of all living people and things. As colonial projects continue at home and abroad, as we move towards a Free Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, and more, and as I work through my own commitments to the spaces and places I benefit from and show up in, especially within education and cultural spaces, I encourage you to do the same. Wherever you go, what are you bringing with you? What are you taking? And what are you leaving for others? Do you know whose land you're living, working and playing on? Find out and continue your duty to learn at: https://native-land.ca/ Truth and Reconciliation Findings, Stories from Survivors and Calls to Action: http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html