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Grand Back Movement Sounds the Alarm to Protect the Haldimand Tract
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER TERRITORY – Outside the Onondaga Longhouse on April 20, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council at Ohsweken/Six Nations of the Grand River Territory announced a moratorium on further development along the Haldimand Tract.
Want to know more about the current conflict Mi’kmaq fishermen face?
Learn more about the situation in Nova Scotia, as Mi’kmaq fishermen continue to fight to exercise their Treaty rights to fish for a moderate livelihood. Written by Mi’kmaq journalist, Amber Bernard.
New ICA Report: Critique of Federal Climate Policy Plans
Indigenous Climate Action, in collaboration with researchers Dr. Jen Gobby, Rebecca Sinclair, and Rachel Ivey, have released an in-depth critical analysis of Canada’s recent climate policy and plans: the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) and A Healthy Environment, A Healthy Economy (HEHE). This is the first phase of a two part Decolonizing Climate Policy in Canada project.
ICA Youth Needs Assessment Summary - Support Indigenous Youth!
Over the summer, the ICA team and a student research partner completed a “Youth Needs Assessment” to identify the motivations and challenges faced by Indigenous youth engaged in climate and Indigenous rights advocacy work. The assessment is directing the future of our Youth Program to make it relevant to the needs, experiences and aspirations of Indigenous youth.
Healing is Justice: Eriel’s Sabbatical and the Work of Healing in Climate Action
Our Executive Director, Eriel, is going on a sabbatical for a few months. Here is why she is going on this healing journey, in her words.
Webinaires de l'ICA en collaboration avec Indigenous Rising Media et Idle No More
En mars, Indigenous Climate Action a organisé son premier webinaire consacré à la COVID-19, en collaboration avec Idle No More et les boursiers du programme NDN, Waasekom et Jesse Cardinal. Par la suite, nous avons mis sur pied une série de quatre webinaires avec Indigenous Rising Media (un projet du Réseau environnemental autochtone).
ICA Youth Delegation demand non-market climate solutions and Indigenous rights in Article 6
Indigenous Climate Action Youth Delegation hand deliver a letter to Minister Wilkinson and the Canadian Negotiation Team on concerns regarding Article 6.
Freda Huson Of The Unist’ot’en Addressing The UNPFIII
Freda Huson's address tot the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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.
WEBINAIRE : Le plan de sauvetage canadien de KM : les témoignages des Autochtones en première ligne
Webinaire avec Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cedar George-Parker, Kanahus Manuel et Eriel Deranger. 11 juillet 2018
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.
La violence envers la terre, c'est de la violence envers les femmes
Ce webinaire examine comment la violence infligée à la terre, par le biais de l'extraction et de l'exploitation des ressources et des combustibles fossiles, perpétue la violence à l'égard des femmes.
#ProtectTheInlet #Stopitatthesource
On March 10th, 2018, over 6500 Indigenous and settler peoples from across Turtle Island -- including Indigenous representatives from the tar sands, Standing Rock and as far east as the Mohawk and Anishnaabe territory -- came together to stand in solidarity a the Protect the Inlet events with the Coast Salish Nations challenging the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
Webinaire sur la marée rouge
Au cours de ce webinaire, Indigenous Climate Action, le Toi Toi Manawa Trust et le Pacific Peoples Partnership ont évoqué le Sommet « Red Tide » sur l'action climatique et la Conférence des jeunes, qui se sont déroulés du 1er au 6 mai 2018 à Aotearoa (Nouvelle-Zélande).
#JusticeforColten: We can’t talk about TRC while simultaneously sanctioning violence & hate
The verdict in the Stanley Boushie case does not support this. In fact, it has a message to society at large that Colten’s death was warranted, that we should be sorry for the perpetrator, and ultimately Colten got what he deserved. I find myself at a loss of how to respond to such a sick and twisted expression of pure apathy for human life.
Web of Change: Opportunity for Growth and Learning
I had been warned that previous Web of Change gatherings had been uncomfortable places for Indigenous and POC, but that there had been drastic changes of the representation on the board level and that this WOC would reflect those changes.
Why Indigenous voice matters in climate justice
“Who tells the story about climate justice? What are the crucial voices needed to make effective change? How does voice shape understandings and in turn, actions?”