Many Indigenous people have travelled from reserves in south and central Ontario to work for fruit farms in Clarkson. Considering this history and the present conditions for migrant workers, Shore Lunch brings narratives of migrant labour into conversation. Artists and scholars Dolleen Manning and Lisa Myers (both from Anishinaabe families who worked as fruit pickers/migrant workers), migrant worker Gabriel Allahdua, and Justice for Migrant Workers founder Evelyn Encalada Grez, will begin a discussion to deepen a collective understanding of this land’s use/appropriation and to build a fuller story of who worked/works the land. This session will be documented to ensure that these stories travel, grow, and add to the ongoing movement work for migrant rights, food justice, and Indigenous sovereignty.

Presented as part of The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea a site-specific exhibition, public program series, and publication platform designed to expand perspectives on climate change through artistic practices, cultural inquiry, and political mobilization.