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the Burnaby Mountain Hug!
June 18, 2023 | 12-4pm PT
We respectfully acknowledge the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, on which this event will take place.
Stand in unity against the Transmountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) at Hug Burnaby Mountain on June 18!
The event, hosted on unceded territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) ,Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and kwikwəƛ̓ əm (Kwikwetlem), will feature music, dance, ceremony, booths, and a parade to show our fierce love for our planet.
In the face of the climate crisis, we will keep persisting, one Hug at a time. It’s not too late to change things for the better!
The Schedule
12:00pm – Welcome
1:00 – 2:00pm – Parade to form the Hug
2:00-4:00pm – Music, dance and love heart booths
location
Forest Grove Park, Burnaby 200 Soccer Field (8505 Forest Grove Dr, Burnaby, BC)
By Transit: Take the skytrain to Production Way/University station, from Bay 3 catch the 136 Brentwood Station bus, and dismount at Hillside Place. Parking is available on the street and at the park.
Why we care and why Burnaby Mountain
Climate change is happening and we are in a crisis that demands drastic reductions in use of fossil fuels. We must stop building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The Trans Mountain Expansion will increase global emissions. It is the opposite of what scientists and health experts have been ever more urgently advising for years and undermines Canada’s commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. Burnaby Mountain is a highly impacted site of the construction as it hosts the Burnaby Terminal (a collection of storage tanks) and the Burnaby Mountain Tunnel, which will involve boring through the mountain to accommodate the pipeline. Residents of Burnaby, students, faculty and staff of Simon Fraser University and nearby schools, and the City of Burnaby, Vancouver and New Westminster oppose TMX. At the inaugural Hug on May 7, 2022, we gathered to sound our collective message of NO MORE PIPELINES! Let’s continue showing the mountain some love at Hug 2023!
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