Settler (Dis)placement: Interrogating home on Coast Salish Territories 🌊
Settler (Dis)placement features artworks from Helen Mintz, Elly Stern, Elijah Holstein, Shaurie Bidot, Sunny Nestler – a group of five local activist-artists coming from diverse Jewish cultures who share a personal or ancestral history of immigration onto unceded, stolen Indigenous land. In the summer of 2024, they convened as a cohort of the “Mother Tree Local Leaders Program,” with support from Sierra Club BC, and guided by səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). Their works in Settler (Dis)placement focus on reconnection to place through a legacy of displacement, and examine how the group’s individual and shared histories inform their solidarity work on the lands they now inhabit.
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◆ Time: Saturday April 11, 2026 from 4-7pm
◆ Location: Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash Street, V5Z 3G9
The show will include an informal discussion at 5:15pm, as well as a Call to Action to support səlilwətaɬ in their ongoing struggle against the Burnaby Refinery and protecting the Burrard Inlet from upcoming dredging. This exhibit is supported by Sierra Club BC’s Mother Tree Local Leaders Program and the Peretz Centre.
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◆ Accessibility: The Peretz Centre is an 8 minute walk from Canada Line’s Oakridge-41st Avenue Station, and the exhibit is accessible by elevator or stairs. There will be light refreshments & snacks. This is a masked event, with understanding that not everyone is medically able to wear masks. If you are able to mask outside of consuming refreshments & snacks, please do.
