Food or Lawns? A Discussion about the Guerrilla Garden at UVic
Forward widely–invite your friends!
WHEN: March 25th, 12-5pm
WHERE: GSS Building, Rm 108/112, UVic
Come and participate in a reflection and discussion about the guerrilla gardens and the questions they raised. Refreshments will be served!
How are the guerrilla gardens and their consequences connected to food, land, colonialism, privilege, bureaucracy, law, politics, and other issues? How were the guerrilla gardens conceived, policed, governed, destroyed, defended, and replanted? What can we learn from all this? Join faculty, students, and community members for panel presentations followed by facilitated discussions.
Panel 1, 12pm-1:20: Land, Colonialism, Privilege, Difference:
- Adam Gaudry, PhD Student in Indigenous Governance
- Jason Price, Professor in Faculty of Education
- Noah Ross, MA Student in Political Science
Panel 2, 1:30-3:00: Food Sovereignty, Farming, Land Use, and Environmentalism
- Gordon O’Connor, Dogwood Initiative Campaigner
- Matt Loewen, Undergraduate Student
- Jeanette Sheehy, Food Activist and Farmer
Panel 3, 3:15-5: Property, Policy, Politics, Government
- Warren Magnusson, Professor of Political Science
- Nick Montgomery, University Employee
- Serena Kataoka, PhD Candidate in Political Science
- Renee McBeth, “Automated?” Organizer and UVic alumnus
[…] Food or Lawns? Symposium […]
[…] Food or Lawns? Symposium […]
[…] which was hugely controversial in the campus community — being held on the U Vic campus tomorrow. And though organizers have been circumspect about the details, there’s apparently some sort […]