Land Title and Rights
"From the Ground Up" Toolkit for Indigenous Food Sovereignty Planning
The "From the Ground Up" Toolkit is a courageous bundle of insights and analysis gained from networking and learning events led by the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty since 2006. It is a living, non-exhaustive synthesis of key insights and analyses intended to create ethical spaces of engagement (Ermine, 2007) in the interface where Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) meets the settler-colonial narrative of agriculture, food security/food sovereignty, health, forest and rangeland management, foodland conservation, and community economic development.
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Planning for Indigenous Social and Ecological Resilience in Times of the COVID-19 and Climate Crisis
The unpredictability of climate crisis (i.e. the lasting cooler temperatures throughout the spring), as well as the COVID -19 public health crisis has challenged the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) - Indigenous Food and Freedom School (IFFS) and Wild Salmon Caravan (WSC) to demonstrate a chaordic leadership style. Since the COVID-19 lockdown we have convened monthly webinars titled: 1). Putting our Solidarity Economy into Action During times of Crisis, and 2). Indigenous Resilience - Fraction Action Plans.
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WGIFS 2020 Vision - Rooted in Indigenous Ecological Knowledgea and Social Justice
As we enter 2020, facing a complex web of existential crises defined by climate change, capitalism and colonial rule, an Indigenous lens is ever more critical to understanding the interwoven strategies we need to untangle our children’s futures.
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Divest in Dirty Fossil Fuels
CCEC is pleased to co-promote the Global Divestment Week, May 5-13,with the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty, one of our member-owners.
Responsibility and Relationships: Decolonizing the BC Food Systems Network
The BC Food Systems Network received funding from the Communities First: Impacts of
Community Engagement funds for a project that ran from December 2015 through July
2016. This report contains the original project intent as well as the lessons learned and
reflections on the process from Dawn Morrison and Abra Brynne who were involved in the project titled: Responsibility and Relationships: Decolonizing the British Columbia Food
Systems Network / Indigenizing our Praxis
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Failure to Consent - Kinder Morgan Pipeline at the Headwaters of the Fraser River
On December 19, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The owner, Kinder Morgan is threatening to transport diluted bitumen (dil-bit), a highly explosive neurotoxin, across the Fraser River, less than 400 metres near the headwaters. If we allow it, would travel along the entire length of the Thompson in some places as little as 50 metres from the shoreline.
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Indigenous food, land and heritage primer
Advocating for the protection, conservation and restoration of Indigenous food, land and bio-cultural heritage policies, planning and governance proposals in federal election.
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BC Food Systems Network Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty 9th Annual Meeting Report Part 2
Cross Cultural Interface where Indigenous and Sustainable Agri-food systems intra-act.
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BC Food Systems Network Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty 9th Annual Meeting Report Part 1
Cultural and spiritual protocols
Background and history
Key concepts
Project updates
Sustainability and Scale
Updates from community and regional networks
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Enowkin Indigenous Knowledge Base Webportal
You are invited to share your experiences, thoughts and stories around climate change adaptation. Please visit our web page to register to participate on the Enowkin Indigenous Knowledge Base Webportal. The webportal is a site for Indigenous peoples across North America to share their climate change adaptation experiences and further adaptation education. Participate in blogs, forums and add content to the calendar.
- Food Sovereignty
- Land Access/Distribution
- Land Management
- Land Title and Rights
- Generations and Youth
- Elders
- Adults
- Infants and Children
- Health
- Environment
- Lifestyle
- Sustainability
- Conservation Ecology
- Protection and Direct Action
- Responsibility and Relationships
- Eco-cultural Restoration
- Economics
- Bioregional Economics
- Household Economics
