A small selection of the action in Ottawa-Gatineau 27 Sept 2019 in audio, video, and photos: Interview with Carmen and her mother Kim; Dara Wawate-Chabot’s speech on the Algonquin call for a moose moratorium; The Ottawa River Singers drum; and more. By Greg Macdougall, EquitableEducation.ca
At the Climate Strike, I was also distro-ing two handouts from the Sept 5th Amazon Rainforest Fires action at the Brazilian embassy in Ottawa, PDFs of both of them are available at the link.
Video Interview: Carmen and her mother Kim
Audio : Dara Wawate-Chabot explains the Algonquin call for a moratorium on moose sport-hunting in La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve/ Park, 3 hours north of Ottawa. This picks up mid-way through her speech.
Audio: The Ottawa River Singers’ drumming, with MC introduction
Video: Some chanting, some kids rolling around, and some signs
Photos:
CBC Ottawa journalist Idil Mussa interviews two University of Ottawa students near the end of the rally:
Video credit screen, with two vantage photos from reddit.com/r/ottawa:
(Ecology Ottawa announced an estimate of 20,000 participants)
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