Reading The Bruce Trail

“READING THE BRUCE TRAIL”
Walk on the Bruce Trail, The New Field, September 16, 2017

This seminar-in-the-forest led by curator and writer Amish Morell will begin at the site of a 600 year-old Iroquois village that sits on the edge of the escarpment, where it overlooks the land of present-day Toronto. From there we will follow the shoreline of an ancient ocean and the ridges left behind by receding glaciers, passing by the barely discernible ruins of farms and industrial activity, travelling along streams and roads, and through schoolyards and backyards. As we walk, we will stop to read stories and songs from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s book, This Accident of Being Lost, and share other readings, ideas and stories that help us to think about past and present occupations of this land.

See the poster for the project here.