"Land defence + dog sanctuary" - the ultimate in woke intersectionaity

You can't make this stuff up. A report in Canada's National Post reveals that, in a display of wokeness bizarre even by Canadian standars, the Vancouver Foundation gave C$300,000 ($216.000 in real money) to "decolonization activists seeking to block oil and gas pipelines with stray dogs. 

The "Decolonial Dog Sanctuary" -- consisting of a series of makeshift wooden structures and a converted bus in the forests outside Hazelton BC -- is the brain(?)child of  Teresa Brown, who lives on site and is described in the Vancouver Foundation grant documents as a "Wilp Matriarch and Hereditary Representative of the territory" [and not a Pretendian. Ed.]

The grant documents say the project is "a form of land-based re-occupation... deeply embedded in cultural, legal, and territorial frameworks maintained through relational, hereditary authority rather than external or colonial agreements."

Unmentioned is that the sanctuary was very explicitly established as an illegal forest blockade intended to hinder the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline. The sanctuary carries the motto "puppies not pipelines". In a November 2024 profile published on the Indiginews website, which made clear the sanctuary's anti-pipeline mission, Ms Brown declared, "They’re not getting in here. Over my dead body!"

In recent posts to the sanctuary’s official Facebook page, Ms Brown has admitted she had limited knowledge of dog care before starting the sanctuary, but believed that aggressive dogs could "evolve into versions of themselves that thirst again for love." In a post last week, she said the project has been helpful in allowing her to reduce her dependence on pain meds and other prescription medications. That there is about all ye need to know.