The eight day long hunger strike by the migrant detainees at the Laval Immigration Holding Center gathered coast to coast support. Here we publish the open letters by various civil society actors over a period of four days between 29th of March and 1st of April.
Other messages of solidarity via images shared through various social media can be viewed at the gallery of images.
Letters of Support:
- Ansley Simpson, Anishinaabekwe, Member of Alderville First Nation
- Burnside prison solidarity
- Desmond Cole
- Glen Coulthard
- Harsha Walia, BC Civil Liberties Association
- Indigiqueer and Trans Indigenous Solidarity
- Joint Effort, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
- Karen Emerson, Artistic Director Children’s Peace Theatre
- Kikélola Roach, Unifor Chair in Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe
- Naila Keleta-Mae, University of Waterloo
- Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden, Dalhousie University
- Souheil Benslimane & Justin Piché, PhD, respectively, Lead Coordinator, Jail Accountability & Information Line, & Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa
- Women’s Wellness Within