I became a Canadian citizen today, nineteen years after I left my home-country, fourteen years since I first landed in Canada 😭 I actually cried during my oath (which I really wasn't expecting, but I guess this all makes sense). During the ceremony, the judge spoke at length about it being Indigenous History Month, explicitly naming the historic and ongoing violence towards Indigenous peoples of these lands, inviting us as soon-to-be citizens to think through the question of reconciliation with regards to the privilege of living on these territories. The judge also spoke about it being Pride month, which also struck a meaningful chord. As my first act as a Canadian citizen, I want to publicly recant the first 25 words of my citizenship oath. I disavow the words that ask me to "be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Her Successors." In doing so, I hope to honour the resistance of my ancestors and my family, as well as my own convictions and values. In this new journey, I hope to keep contributing meaningfully to the places, people, communities & milieus where I have made a home 🇨🇦🇲🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #citizenship #citizen #canadian #canada #unceded #nativeland #immigration #immigrant #decolonize #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtq+ #trans #transgender #femme #queer #mauritian #artist (at Moncton, New Brunswick) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cezbc9hLjj4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Repost @redhouseseries with @get_repost ・・・ We are so happy to share that all civil charges against the Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been dropped! But remember: these advocates should have never been arrested in the first place. ⁣ ⁣ From the @gidimten_checkpoint post regarding this news: ⁣ “This decision is a small, but celebrated, victory. All current charges have been dropped against those who faced violent, militarized attack against Wet’suwet’en people, and our guests.⁣ ⁣ We must remember that there are many others who stood with us who continue to be criminalized. We encourage others to share this, and help those who continue to be criminalized for the right to protest. The corporations & industries who are filing these injunctions are primarily on #UNCEDED territories... with #NoConsent - this makes *them the trespassers*. ⁣ ⁣ The wrongful arrests of those at the trading post (KM 39 on the Morice FSR), should not be forgotten either. The @rcmpgrcpolice arresting people who are not only on unceded land, but are NOT breaking the law is criminal. The fact that they did it in such a violent method is abhorrent.⁣ ⁣ We still fight on against big oil on unceded territory! PIPELINES PIPELINES ON INDIGENOUS LAND! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJEmbOALBn/?igshid=1ujlco3mfp40v

UNCEDED - Voices of the Land, Canada’s entry in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, which includes my work, is now open at the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa. The exhibition is open until March 2020. @unceded_exhibit @canmushistory #unceded #exhibition #indigenousarchitecture #indigenousdesign #architecture #archdaily #artifizi #critday #archilovers #cornelius #ottawa #venicearchitecturebiennale # https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLPwiSJDLk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vnol784wxxfy

resize to your fancy and by the way here’s a handy wheatpaste recipe