“Simply put, the Museum of History is no place for CAPP.”Īfter presenting the petitions, community members spoke at the AGM, explaining their reasons for opposing CAPP’s sponsorship.

“The Museum of History is no place for climate denial, no place for ignoring Indigenous rights and no place for lobbyists who work to gut Canada’s environmental protections,” Clayton Thomas-Muller, Stop-it-at-the-Source campaigner with 350.org said.

The group, which includes students, academics, Indigenous peoples and community activists delivered 6000 signatures on a petition demanding an end to the relationship between CAPP and the Museum. “I grew up visiting the museum with my Grandmother, it’s where I first learned about Canada’s Arctic and first saw a totem pole, I don’t want to see this iconic museum tarnished by oil lobbyists like CAPP.” “Fossil fuel lobbyists have no place in respected cultural institutions like the Museum of History,” said Katie Perfitt, Canadian Divestment Organizer with 350.org. Ottawa, ON – This afternoon, dozens of community members rallied at the Canadian Museum of History’s Annual General Meeting to demand the museum end its relationship with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Dozens crash Museum of History AGM to call for the museum to end its relationship with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

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