Advisory: New Report to define “Land Back” as Climate Policy
Indigenous Climate Action to launch the most recent report in the decolonizing climate policy Series.
MEDIA ADVISORY
03 June 2025
Turtle Island - Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), an Indigenous-led climate justice organization located in Canada, will be releasing the latest report from their Decolonizing Climate Policy Project during an online event this Thursday, June 5, 2025.
ICA’s Decolonizing Climate Policy research project aims to investigate the shortcomings and problems associated with Canadian climate policy while at the same time supporting, and developing Indigenous-led climate policy - climate policies by and for Indigenous Peoples that will rise up and empower Indigenous-led solutions.
This upcoming report release represents an important milestone in ICA’s multi-phase journey. This launch event will offer insights into the reports key findings and open a space for dialogue on the future of climate justice led by Indigenous communities.
WHAT:
Official Launch of the Decolonizing Climate Policy Phase 2 Part 2 Report
Through ICA’s Decolonizing Climate Policy research project, Indigenous Climate Action has investigated the problems of climate change, how it is exacerbating existing challenges in our communities and how colonial capitalism is not only driving the crises but erecting barriers to our own solutions.
In 2023, we released Part 1 of the Phase 2 report, exploring the role policy plays in upholding colonial capitalism. Now we are gearing up to release Part 2, reclaiming policy as our own and exploring how it can serve our own transformative, decolonial goals.
WHERE/WHEN:
Thursday, June 5, 2025
11:00-12:30 PM, PDT (UTC-7) // 12:00-1:30 PM, MDT (UTC-6) // 1:00-2:30 PM, CDT (UTC-5) // 2:00-3:30 PM ET (UTC-4) // 3:00-4:30 PM AT (UTC-3) // 3:30-5:00 PM NDT (UTC-2:30)
This is a virtual event hosted on Zoom. Please register here.
A recording will be shared following the event.
SPEAKERS:
Alexa Metallic (moderator)
Alexa Metallic is a Mi'gmaq woman born and raised in her community of Listuguj First Nation located in Gespe'gewa'gi, Mi'gma'gi. She currently supports ICA as the Research and Policy Coordinator.
Skw'akw'as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore
Skw'akw'as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore (She/Her) is of Nlaka’pamux, Stl’atl’imx, Yakama, and of Irish descent. She is a proud youth from Tlekemstin (Lytton), British Columbia.
Bren Henderson
Bren Henderson is a proud member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation with familial connections to the Aisaicans and Perreaults of Ochapowace and Cowessess. Bren currently supports ICA on their National Steering Committee.
Deborah McGregor
Deborah is Anishinaabe from Whitefish River First Nation and she was raised in Birch Island, Ontario. She currently supports ICA on their National Steering Committee and is an active member of their Climate Policy Advisory Council.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jessica Christmas, Indigenous Climate Action
Media@indigenousclimateaction.com
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Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) is the only Indigenous-led climate justice organization in so-called Canada. Guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across the country, we believe that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice. We model our work and organizational structure on systems of free, prior and informed consent and self-determination. By providing communities with knowledge and resources, we can inspire a new generation of Indigenous climate leaders building solutions centered around our inherent rights and cultures.
