Indigenous Led Climate Action - Next Generation of Policy Change-makers [Webinar]
WEBINAR FROM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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Description:
The ICA team will hold a series of four webinars to take a glimpse at the work of Land Defenders, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers across Turtle Island putting decolonial policy work into practice. Join us as they share their experiences, challenges, and stories of doing the work, protocols of the land, and how reframing "policy" to an Indigenous worldview is necessary for the health and safety of all of Sacred Earth’s relatives.
In the third webinar in our four part series, our team was able to meet some pretty amazing people while in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th annual conference of parties (COP26) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Some of which were the youth representatives from Kahnawake Collective Impact to continue the conversation on this side of the pond. Join us, as we catch up with 4 amazing young people on what they are doing within their communities, their insights and perspectives to their time at the International stage on climate policy and arguably more importantly what their vision of climate justice is and how Indigenous led solutions will shape the next generation of climate “policy” in so-called Canada.
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Speaker bios:
Ohontsakéhte Montour was born and raised in Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory. Montour works at Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KORLCC) in Kahnawà:ke as Cultural Development Officer and is actively advancing language and cultural revitalization within Kahnawà:ke.
Karahkwinetha Sage Goodleaf-Labelle is a second-year Psychology and Neuroscience student at McGill University. She was born to the Bear Clan of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation, part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy. Raised by two inspirational women, a psychologist and a teacher, both of whom identify as Two-Spirit, she developed an everlasting understanding of traditional values and an interest in helping others understand themselves. She is a member of McGill's Indigenous Youth Advisory Council, and the youth subcommittee of the Collective Impact project in Kahnawake.
Julie Teiokeráthe Delisle - Kanien’kehá:ka is a Environmental Education Liaison with the Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office. She is committed to community development, uplifting youth voices, and protecting the natural world.
Carlee Kawinehta Loft is a motivated and community-minded, Kanien’kehá:ka woman. She works for her community as the Youth Engagement coordinator at Kahnawake Collective Impact. Carlee is passionate about art, community action, cultural revitalization, and youth empowerment and strongly believes we each play an invaluable role in shaping the world for the next seven generations. This includes the responsibility to do what we can to empower each other – youth especially – to join in shaping a world we are proud of.
HOSTED BY:
Sarah Hanson (she/her) is Anishinaabe from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, currently living and working on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, currently referred to as Thunder Bay. She holds a Biology degree from Queen’s University, using the knowledge gained to connect with other climate activists across the world while simultaneously providing an Indigenous perspective. For the past few years, Sarah has worked on creating spaces for Indigenous youth to connect and learn about climate change, sustainability, and reconciliation. When not working, Sarah loves to bead, sew, learn Anishinaabemowin, and re-explore her traditional lands along the north shore of Lake Superior.