Event Date: Friday, November 1, 2019
Settler Colonialism, Decolonization & Urban Planning
Janice Berry
Assistant Professor, School of Planning at the University of Waterloo
Date: Friday, November 1st, 2019
Time: 3-4 pm
Location: 1004 SSC
Settler colonialism and urbanization are firmly linked, with cities as places where the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous lands and authorities is laid bare. Yet, little has been written about how urban planning and policy-making continues to erase Indigenous presence and action in the urban environment. This talk uses a range of examples from Canada, Australia and New Zealand to help entangle the links between settler colonialism, urban land claims and attempts to establish government-to-government collaborations between Indigenous nations and municipalities. These examples help raise broader questions about the possibilities for decolonizing urban planning and policy-making.
Janice Barry is a settler-Canadian and Assistant Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. Janice is also a Registered Professional Planner whose scholarly work focuses on questions of Indigenous recognition and reconciliation in and through planning, with a particular interest in how land claims and other treaty settlement agreements shape planners’ relationships with Indigenous peoples.
Open to all interested individuals
Coffee & light refreshments provided.
Bring a reusable mug. Thank you!
Part of the Department of Geography Speaker Series