Meeting on the River of Life

Abstract

Early in this century, conflict was brewing between indigenous people and settlers in different locations in the province of Ontario, Canada. While some of these conflicts resulted in violence, an initiative in Ontario’s Prince Edward County and a neighbouring indigenous community, the Bay of Quinte Mohawks, was exploring how to use art and artefacts to create conditions for listening. The art and artefacts, witnessed collectively, allowed community members to recognize and hear ‘the other’ in hopes of building collective engagements for social change by opening up spaces for dialogue across differences.