Weekly Round-Up, February 25 2022
February 25 2022
A lot has been happening lately across Turtle Island. We know it can be hard to keep up, so we’ve compiled a list of news, events, and big stories related to Indigeneity and the climate crisis.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Applications for our Climate Leadership Program now open!
We are pleased to announce we are now accepting applications for our Climate Leadership Program! Do you self-identify as Indigenous? Do you have a strong desire to create positive change in your community/organization? Yes? Then this training is for you! We designed this program to focus on how Indigenous Peoples, communities and nations relate to climate change information and how climate change is impacting our communities and our rights.
Introduction to Podcasting Training Program
Deadline: March 6 2022
The program is online and open to Indigenous youth residing in Canada, with a priority to youth living in rural and remote areas. The original curriculum was developed with One Dish One Mic founders Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader, and the training will be led by industry professionals, who have hands-on experience in podcasting and broadcasting. If you are a young changemaker between 20 and 35 with a desire to share stories from your community and host cross-cultural conversations, apply today!
Climate Parent Fellowship
Deadline: March 8 2022
The Climate Parent Fellowship aims to support, connect, and amplify climate parent organizers as they grow their creative ideas, campaigns, and projects and contribute to the emerging climate-parent movement.Fellows receive training, mentorship, and a part-time stipend, which aims to make their climate organizing work more sustainable. The Fellowship also acts as a peer-to-peer learning network.
NEWS:
Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe testifies on Nuclear Waste Governance
February 25 2022
Anishinabek News: Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe provided a witness testimony to the Members of Parliament for the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Accepting an invitation from Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare, who could not attend due to prior commitments, Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe appreciated the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Chiefs of Ontario to ensure that a First Nation perspective was included as Canada moves towards developing governance on nuclear waste.
Indigenous stories take centre stage with new Reconciliation Bridge lighting program
February 25 2022
From Calgary Herald: Indigenous stories will take centre stage over the Bow River this year as the Reconciliation Bridge will be fitted with an upgraded lighting system that will illuminate in various colours to mark significant days and events in the local First Nations communities.
Canada is deliberately delaying response to ‘urgent’ UN request about racism against Mi’kmaw harvesters
February 24 2022
From APTN: More than a year after Mi’kmaw lobster fishers were attacked on land and sea, the federal government is deliberately delaying its response to an urgent request from the United Nations (UN) based on allegations Canada failed to protect treaty harvesters from racist violence. Documents obtained by Nation to Nation reveal Canada doesn’t recognize the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s “competence,” or jurisdiction, to consider allegations from domestic citizens and is relying on this technicality to drag its feet.
Whitecap Dakota First Nation teams up with Sask. museum in photo naming project
February 24 2022
From CBC: The Whitecap Dakota First Nation community is thrilled to have some of its family photos and artifacts included in an upcoming exhibit, at the Western Development Museum (WDM), that highlights part of Saskatchewan's history from an Indigenous perspective.
The Governments of Canada and Nunatsiavut sign Memorandum of Understanding to assess feasibility of establishing a new protected area along northern Labrador coast
February 23 2022
Protected areas play a vital role in conserving natural and cultural marine heritage, fighting climate change and biodiversity loss, and providing Canadians with opportunities to learn more about iconic cultural and natural settings. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, and Johannes Lampe, President of Nunatsiavut, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to determine the feasibility of establishing an Indigenous protected area in northern Labrador under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
Educator brings dogsledding to southern Sask. in effort to share Indigenous culture
February 23 2022
From CBC: Barks, squeals and howls loudly fill the air as more than 20 dogs are carefully lifted out of a red kennel trailer and leashed to the sides of it. The dogs eagerly await being harnessed, yipping with excitement at a chance to run. Garrick Schmidt and his dogsledding team travelled more than 200 kilometres from their home near Moose Mountain Provincial Park in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan to Regina's Wascana Park to provide tours.
ACTIONS TO TAKE:
Please consider donating this holiday season to help us support Indigenous-led movements, mental wellness of Indigenous youth, and Indigenous climate action across so-called Canada.
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse Part III: Would Build Back Better Burn Billion$?
Online event: March 9, 2022, 6:00PM to 8:00PM (EST)
This panel was preceded by Hoodwinked in the Hothouse I: Examining False Corporate Schemes being advanced through the Paris Agreement and by Hoodwinked in the Hothouse Part II: Frontline Voices of Indigenous Resistance beyond Climate False Solutions. The recording of these events is available here and here.
Day of Action for a Just Transition: Saturday, March 12
From 350: The climate emergency is here. We need Parliament to pass bold legislation that accelerates the transition to 100% renewable energy while creating millions of good, green jobs. That’s why on March 12th, we’re taking action. From coast to coast, we will visit MP offices and use creative visuals, theatrics, and art to show them the kinds of programs we need to transition off fossil fuels. Our government doesn’t have a clear vision for a Just Transition so we’re bringing our vision to them.
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In solidarity,
The ICA Team