Media Advisory: Indigenous Divestment Webinar February 27
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2023
Défendre la souveraineté autochtone par le désinvestissement
An Introduction to Divestment for Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous nations all over the world share the fight against borderless corporations that rely on the lifeline of banks fuelling the climate crisis. Major Canadian banks such as RBC are the top investors of fossil fuel projects that continue to violate Indigenous rights. Indigenous sovereignty and traditions have proven to be a material risk for companies and their investors, but the threat to Indigenous ways of life is a climate risk for us all.
Indigenous rights have the capacity to stop oil and gas projects. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) recognises Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is the right for Indigenous people to give or withhold consent to a project that may affect them or their territories. But who defines FPIC and how is it unique for each of our nations?
QUOI:
ICA invites you to join the conversation hosted by Ellen Gabrielle, featuring Vanessa Gray and Sleydo from Wet’suwet’en Nation to learn how we are working together to develop strategies based on ways of life including:
Qu'est-ce que le désinvestissement dans le contexte des droits et de la souveraineté des peuples autochtones ?
What is risk?
Droits juridiques autochtones et désinvestissement
La défense terrestre comme risque financier
Les banques, les oléoducs et la police. Comment les droits souverains des Wet'suwet en protègent le Yintah
OÙ/QUAND :
Monday, February 27, 2023
7:00 PM (AT); 6:00 PM (ET); 5:00 PM (CT); 4:00 PM (MT); 3:00 PM (PT)
Online | Event will be recorded for those unable to attend live.
INTERVENANTS :
Sleydo' Molly Wickham , Camp Gidim'ten
Nation Wet'suwet'en
Sleydo’ Molly Wickham is a spokesperson for Gidimt’en checkpoint on Wet'suwet'en territory. The Wet’suwet’en people, under the governance of their hereditary chiefs, are standing in the way of the largest fracking project in Canadian history. The Coastal Gas Link pipeline (CGL), owned by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) aims to connect the fracking operations of Northeastern B.C. with a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in the coastal town of Kitimat.
Vanessa Gray , Action climatique autochtone
Première Nation Aamjiwnaang
Vanessa Gray est une femme queer anishinaabe kwe de la Première Nation d'Aamjiwnaang. Protectrice de l'eau, chercheuse en environnement et organisatrice communautaire dans la région des Grands Lacs, elle est une défenseure respectée des droits fonciers et de la souveraineté inhérents et légaux des peuples autochtones dans le contexte de la justice climatique. En savoir plus.
Ellen Gabriel
Nation Kanien'kehá:ka
Mme Gabriel a obtenu un baccalauréat en beaux-arts (spécialisation en arts plastiques) de l'Université Concordia en mai 1990. Elle a commencé son militantisme public lors du siège de Kanehsatà:ke en 1990 (crise d'« Oka » de 1990) et a été choisie par le peuple de la maison longue et sa communauté de Kanehsatà:ke comme porte-parole. En savoir plus.
CONTACT MÉDIA :
Rosalyn Boucha, Indigenous Climate Action
rosalyn@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.
