‘Embodying the Land: Radical Love in Times of Colonial Violence’ with Dr. Jennifer Komorowski

MMIWG National Day of Action and Awareness is on February 14. Join us for an afternoon of shared learning and reflection ahead of this day.

Opening and Closing Remarks by Elder Mary Lou Smoke (Batchewana First Nation). 

On June 3, 2019 the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Reclaiming Power and Place, was released. In the 7 years since the release the report has continued to attract controversy, from debates about the definition of genocide to the current court battle over birth alerts in Saskatchewan which questions the reliability of the MMIWG and TRC reports. However, Indigenous peoples know that violence towards both women and the land predates Canada and is part of the apocalyptic series of events that began in 1492 and continues while colonial structures rule our lives. 

Jennifer Komorowski is a member of the Oneida Nation of the Thames and is of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry (Polish/English). She holds an MA and PhD from The Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University where she completed her SSHRC-funded dissertation “The Masochian Woman: Coming to a Philosophical Understanding of Haudenosaunee Women’s Masochism.” Jennifer was previously an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University.