Guelph Sisters in Spirit Vigil

admin October 5, 2015 September 22, 2015

Every year, Sisters In Spirit Vigils take place on October 4th across Canada and parts of Turtle Island. These vigils honour the lives of missing, murdered and lost Indigenous women and girls, and their families.

Guelph’s Sisters In Spirit candlelight vigil is taking place at 6pm on Sunday October 4th from 6-8pm, beginning at the Boathouse and then moving to Marianne’s Park.

OPIRG Guelph is located on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.

In stating this, we acknowledge that we are here as a result of blood that has been shed through colonization, which continues to be the lived experience of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to be accountable for our present participation in that process.