Terry Ann Sappier on Protecting Miramichi Lake and the Heart of the Land
Join St. Thomas University’s Environmental Praxis Class (ENVS 3023) this winter for an online interdisciplinary lecture series with thinkers and activists on today’s pressing environmental issues. The talks are open to the public.
Terry Ann Sappier, Wolastoqi land defender, will speak on her efforts to protect Miramichi Lake and the heart of the land on Tuesday, February 28 at 8:30am AT on Zoom – https://zoom.us/j/98427675806
Meeting ID: 984 2767 5806
Wolastoqey grandmothers and mothers have opposed the eradication program to eliminate the smallmouth bass population with rotenone in Miramichi Lake, located on unceded Wolastoqey territory, in between the communities of Deersdale and Napadogan.
A consortium including the Atlantic Salmon Federation, the Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre, the New Brunswick Salmon Council, Anqotum Resource Management, the Miramichi Water Management Committee, the NB Wildlife Management Committee and the Northshore Micmac District Council argue the smallmouth bass population is a threat to the Atlantic salmon population that spawns in the headwaters of the Miramichi Watershed. Wolastoqey grandmothers and mothers have tried to stop what they say is the poisoning of Miramichi Lake and argue that they were not properly consulted on the plans. Read Terry Ann Sappier’s piece here: https://nbmediacoop.org/2022/07/31/we-are-here-for-the-heart-of-our-land/
Terry Ann Sappier is a writer and land defender from the community of Neqotkuk with a long history of advocacy for her people and nation in conflicts with corporations, industry, and non-Indigenous government bodies. She was a contributor to Letters from the Future: How New Brunswickers Confronted Climate Change and Redefined Progress (Chapel Street Editions, 2021), and is a member of the board at Connecting to the Land.
Upcoming lectures at 8:30am Atlantic time.
March 16 – Suzanne Fournier, Executive Director of the National Farmers Union – NB, on Farmer Opposition to Potash Mining in New Brunswick.
The Environmental Praxis Lecture Series is supported by the NB Media Co-op (publisher of the talks) and RAVEN.
For more information, contact Tracy at tglynn@stu.ca.
