Feb 10, 2020

The Graduate Students Association at Carleton University, along with the undersigned
individuals and organizations belonging to the Carleton community call for the withdrawal of the
RCMP from Wet’suwet’en territories and a peaceful resolution to the conflict currently taking
place in British Columbia.

As members of the Carleton University community, we are fully committed to supporting

Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination not only under Indigenous legal orders of the
Wet’suwet’en, but also the Principles set out within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as
well as Article III of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We are
concerned with the current and ongoing unchecked actions of the RCMP including setting up
exclusionary zones on Wet’suwet’en territory, the forceful and violent removal of Indigenous
land defenders, and the restriction of the free press on this matter.

Any further actions taken by the RCMP is a threat to reconciliation and the mending of
relationships between Indigenous people and the canadian state. We, the undersigned, call on
the RCMP to remove themselves from Wet’suwet’en territory. We additionally call on Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau, BC Premiere John Horgan, and Minister of Justice and the
Attorney-General David Lametti to meet with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs to resolve this
conflict.

Signed,

GSA-Carleton Executive Team

Ashley Courchene, President
Jesse Whattam, VP Finance
Namrata Tilokani, VP External
Shalimar Woods, VP Operations
Hemant Gupta, VP Academic

Carleton University Students’ Association

Lily Akagbosu, President
Jacob Howell, VP Finance
Farook Al-Muflehi, VP Internal
Sisi De Flaviis, VP Student Issues
George Owusu-Mensa, VP Student Services
Jamie Laxton, VP Student Life

Kahente Horn-Miller
Associate Professor
Co-chair of Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee
Program Coordinator at Indigenous and Canadian Studies Department
School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies Department

Sebastien Mallette, Ph.D

Associate Professor
Law and Legal Studies Department

Bill Skidmore
Instructor
Institute of Disciplinary Studies (Human Rights & Social Justice)

CUPE 2600

CUPE 2424

CUSA Mawandoseg Centre

CUSA Womxn’s Centre

CUSA Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre

OPIRG-Carleton

Wolfie Wuttke-Stanton
Co-Chair of First Peoples Council

Gavin Woodburn
Co-Chair of First Peoples Council

Cathy Agyemang
Cognitive Science, GSA-Carleton

Nathaniel Bruni
School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, GSA-Carleton

Codie Fortin Lalond

Ph.D Candidate and Contract Instructor
School of Linguistics and Language Studies, GSA-Carleton

Braden Phillipson
Public Policy and Administration, GSA-Carleton

Kathlene Weary
CUSA President Elect
Tinu Akinwande
CUSA VP Student Issues Elect