By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Settler colonialism and genocide against Indigenous people continue today, contend numerous contributors to On Settler Colonialism in Canada. “I think it is a shock…and it is this moment of clarity,” said Emily Grafton of those claims. Grafton, who is Métis, co-edited with David B. A. MacDonald the collection of 20 submissions to the book. MacDonald is Indo-Trinidadian and Scottish settler. Contributing writers are Indigenous, as well as White, Black, Asian, South Asian and Jewish settlers. They all bring unique perspectives to the subject matter. Settler colonialism as “a structure and not an event” is a statement put forward by scholar Patrick Wolfe in 2006, and a concept drawn on repeatedly by contributors. “What Patrick Wolfe does…(is) he offers this moment for people…
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