Scientific and Artistic Summit on Planetary
Global Pax Collective, artist team member
April 2025 and January 2026, Mexico City and La Paz Baja California Sur, Mexico
Communities of the Pacific West Coast (Mexico/Canada) for Climate Justice: Creating a shared agenda for planetary health and climate action. The project will be co-designed through existing partnerships and host gatherings in communities from Vancouver Island and Baja California Sur, Mexico working together to identify emerging priorities around climate justice and health equity in the Pacific West Coast region of North America.
Rebecca reflects: The initial journey in April of 2025 brought music to me through all my experiences. From the workshops where traditional knowledge was shared in community, to the sounds of the birds at dawn, to the shape of the horizon. When I returned to Victoria and began to process all these experiences, a song arrived that embodied the connection I felt to the people and the land in Mexico. The Connection Song can be sung in English, and in Spanish (with gratitude to Salma and her daughter Cali, for their translation work)
You can listen to the song here
Connection Song
Words and music conceived by Nitaawe Giizhigok/ Rebecca Hass
Inspired by the people, the land and the experience of Baja California Sur, Mexico
during the Artistic, Cultural and Scientific Planetary Health – April 2025.
Canción de conexión
Letra y música por Nitaawe Giizhigok/Rebecca Hass durante su estancia en La Paz Baja California Sur en la Cumbre de Arte, Cultura y Ciencia por la Salud Planetaria (Abril-2025) – Traducción: Salma Yamel Alvarez.
Verse One
Can we see each other?
Sing connection song,
Take away all borders?
Sing Connection song,
Soften our hearts?
Sing Connection song,
Hear ancestral voices?
Sing connection song.
Chorus:
Way oh yah ha way oh yah ha
Si podemos vernos
Canta esta canción,
Quitamos fronteras.
Canción de conexión,
Suaves corazones.
Canta esta canción,
Voces ancestrales.
Canción de conexión.
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Verse two
Can we hear the land?
Sing connection song
Our relative, the land.
Sing connection song
Mother Earth’s song?
We can sing a long,
Hear her song,
Let’s sing connection song!
Chorus:
Way oh yah ha way oh yah ha
Escucha a la Tierra
Canta esta canción,
la Tierra es familia
Canción de conexión,
Canción de Madre Tierra.
Podemos cantarle
Escucha su canción.
Canción de conexión.
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Verse 3
Can we feel the wind?
Sing connection song,
Our relative the wind,
Sing connection song,
Carrying our voices,
Sing connection song
Ancestral voices,
They come and sing-a-long.
Chorus:
Way oh yah ha way oh yah ha
Way oh yah ha hey-
Sentimos el viento
Canta esta canción,
Nuestra familia el viento.
Canción de conexión,
Uniendo las voces.
Canta esta canción,
Voces ancestrales.
se unen a nuestra voz
Canción de conexión
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Verse 4
Join us in our circle,
Sing connection song,
Remembering together,
We sing connection song,
Softening our hearts,
We sing connection song
Palms open wide,
We all sing-a-long.
Chorus:
Way oh yah ha way oh yah ha
Únanse a nosotros
Canta esta canción,
Recordando juntos.
Canción de conexión,
Suavizando almas
Canta esta canción,
Manos bien abiertas.
Canción de conexión
Cantando en unión
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Verse 5
Now we can see each other,
We Sing connection song,
We take away all borders,
We sing connection song,
Softening our hearts,
Ancestral Voices strong,
Gathering for change,
We sing connection song,
We sing connection song.
Chorus:
Way oh yah ha way oh yah ha
Si podemos vernos.
Canta esta canción,
Quitamos fronteras.
Canción de conexión,
Suavizado almas.
la ancestral voz es hoy
Uniendo al cambio.
Canta esta canción,
Canción de conexión.
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Wey oh ya ja jey-
Wey oh ya ja wey oh ya ja
Copyright Rebecca Hass. All rights reserved. May 2025