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WEBINAR: Indigenous Peoples & UN Climate Negotiations
Tune into Eriel Deranger, Executive Director with Indigenous Climate Action as she hosts Andrea Carmen with International Indian Treaty Council, Graeme Reed with Assembly of First Nations, and Janene Yazzie with International Indian Treaty Council to discuss the opportunities and challenges of asserting Indigenous Rights within International Climate Change Conversations.
ICA calls for rejection of Teck Frontier Mine in Treaty No. 8 territory
On Friday, November 22nd Indigenous Climate Action hosted a press conference in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Edmonton on Treaty No. 6, with numerous local groups to call for the rejection of what would be the largest-ever open-pit tar sands mine: the Teck Frontier Mine.
World Indigenous Peoples Present Climate at UNSG Climate Action Summit
The International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) met in New York City at the United Nations before the UNSG Climate Action Summit to finalize the Indigenous Peoples commitments on climate action.
"Stepping in the shoes of the pathways laid down by our ancestors"
ICA sat down with India Logan-Riley from Te Are What during the RedTide Climate Action Summit and Youth Conference in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She discussed the importance of young Indigenous People being involved in climate conversations in order to find climate solutions.
Freda Huson Of The Unist’ot’en Addressing The UNPFIII
Freda Huson's address tot the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics visit to Canada - Briefing Webinar
Indigenous Peoples around the world are exposed to hundreds of toxic and otherwise hazardous substances. From May 24-June 5, the United Nations Special Rapporteur will be conducting a country visit to Canada to hear our stories about toxics contamination. Learn how you can participate.
United Nations Special Rapporteur On Toxics Visit To Canada | Briefing Webinar
Indigenous Peoples around the world are exposed to hundreds of toxic and otherwise hazardous substances. The exposure of Mother Earth to toxic substances from a multitude of sources must be understood through the lens the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Thriving Women and Girls: Socio-Cultural Empowerment Strategies
A special Parallel Event of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples at the 2019 UN Commission on the Status of Women. This dialogue features all Indigenous women presenters.
Apply to the Indigenous Feminist Organizing School!!! (Deadline: Midnight March 6, 2019)
The Feminist Organizing School (FOS), led by the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), is a unique opportunity for allied social justice forces to work together to demystify the concept of feminisms and explore their existing organizing work through a gender lens.
Apply Today to Join the Youth Leaders Forum
The Youth Leaders Forum is looking for Indigenous youth to join their program and learn how to make a contribution in accelerating our transition to a clean-energy future.
Indigenous, Frontline Community Groups & Climate Leaders Decry Greenwashed Climate Summit
In Open Letter to Brown, Communities Most Affected by Climate Change Demand Real People and Earth-Based Solutions
Teaching My Sons That Water Is Life
This was a special summer for me as a dad. For the first time I took my sons, Felix and Jaxson, on that classic TransCanada road trip so many of us did when we were young.
WEBINAR: Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Webinar featuring Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cedar George-Parker, Kanahus Manuel and Eriel Deranger. July 11, 2018
Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Canada’s government announced that it is going to pay $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan to buy both the existing 65-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline and the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one.
ICA’s Statement on Canada’s $4.5B Bailout of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one. In response, Indigenous Climate Action released the following statements.
I Feel Betrayed - by the government and a system that has destroyed the spirit of my people
Current government leaders, Notley and Trudeau, were both elected on platforms of environmental reform, action on climate and the recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples. However, since taking office their election promises have fallen flat.