Book Club Considers 'The End of This World'
Final event of the year tackles climate Justice
This group of writers want to offer a road map through the climate crisis — shaped by Indigenous practices.
'The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada', this month's RAVEN Virtual Book Club pick, takes the form of a series of essays that reimagine a new future.
Written by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël LaForest, Crystal Lameman and Bronwen Tucker, the authors each bring a history of work with First Nations and Indigenous activism, the labour movement, youth climate campaigns, community-engaged scholarship, and independent journalism.
The essays depict a near future where oil and gas stay in the ground; where wealth is redistributed from the super-rich; where the economy provides social supports for everyone and where stolen land is reclaimed and returned to the jurisdiction and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.
Together the pieces address the failure of current capitalism-based solutions, and argue that a just transition from fossil fuels cannot succeed without the dismantling of settler capitalism in Canada.
This is the final RAVEN Virtual Book Club event for 2026, and will be held November 12 from 5-6 p.m. (PT).
Participation in the event is free, however RAVEN is accepting donations to support Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal challenge.
Beaver Lake Cree Nation is going to court to defend its rights to hunt, fish, and practice their culture as guaranteed under Treaty 6 in Alberta's Oil Sands region. You can learn more about RAVEN Trust's participation in the legal challenge HERE.
RAVEN Virtual Book Club:
'The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada',
November 12 from 5-6 p.m. (PT).
Register for the event HERE
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