As thousands line Scottish streets, mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many others say the death of the monarch brings complicated reflections around her legacy and her role in British colonialism.
“I think it’s time to celebrate. Celebrate her life, but I think at the same time we need to look at the future,” Parmod Chhabra, the President of the Ottawa Chapter of the India-Canada Association said.
“We have that colonial history that follows us,” Chhabra continued. “My mom and her family had to live in a refugee camp for the longest period before they settled [in India]. Those stories are still there; we are, in a way, conflicted.” “For a lot of Indigenous people, they don’t see this person as their head of state, as sovereign over them, or at least, the embodied figurehead; so, they might say that this is a little bit exaggerated,” said Veldon Coburn, an associate professor with the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Indigenous Studies and Research.
“Too often, when we tell stories when a life ends, we tell stories of heroes and villains, of people who were good and bad, and we need to tell the human stories in all of their complexity,” Sarah Saska, CEO and co-founder of Feminuity, said.
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