Abstract: This paper critically compares the work of two contemporary Canadian artists Leanne Simpson and Kent Monkman. Simpson’s innovative collection of poems titled Islands of Decolonial Love (2013) and Monkman’s provocative exhibition Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience (2014) emerge from their personal and historical experiences of settler colonialism in Canada, which continues to […]

Abstract: Carpio, Barnd, and Barraclough introduce the concepts of ‘settler anchoring’ and ‘mobility sovereignty.’ They argue that settler colonial spaces are structures of mobility injustice, and that securing Indigenous mobility must account for the ability of Indigenous peoples to choose when, where, how, and for what purposes to engage in movement (or not). They illustrate […]