Indigenous Economics Conference

For the first time, Indigenous Climate Action is partnering with the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics to host a 3-day conference for Indigenous Economics: Reclaiming the Sacred. Taking place virtually from June 10-12, 2021, this conference will focus on 4 different themes of achieving a Just Transition to Indigenous-led, land-based, and ecologically-centred environmental action and economies. Indigenous folks are encouraged to contact Maggie at research@indigenousclimateaction.com to register.

Meet our keynote speakers!

Terrylynn Brant “Será:sera”, is a Mohawk Seedkeeper who operates a heritage seed bank and Haudenosaunee Agricultural Resource Centre on Six Nations. She built an eco-friendly Earthship with model gardens to share the ways of the Haudenosaunee. After 35 yrs in indigenous education, she is now a mentor/consultant of indigenous gardening and food security. Terrylynn’s passionate relationship with wild gardening and networking has lead to her grass-roots activism in land relations. She authors a newspaper column called “In My Longhouse Basket” and is soon to publish her second book. Contact: terrylynnbrant@live.ca, Facebook: Mohawk Seedkeepers.

Cúagilákv (Jess Housty) is a mother, writer, and land-based educator from the Haiłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation. She is the Executive Director of Qqs (Eyes) Projects Society, a Haiłzaqv charitable non-profit focused on land-based cultural programming for youth and families. She has a background in community organizing and recently completed 2 terms on Haiłzaqv Tribal Council where she championed the Haiłzaqv Lands Portfolio. She lives in her unceded ancestral homelands in Bella Bella, BC.

Make it stand out

Deborah McGregor, Anishinabe, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair: Indigenous Environmental Justice. Osgoode Hall Law School and Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. Professor McGregor’s research has focused on Indigenous knowledge systems and their various applications in diverse contexts including environmental and water governance, environmental justice, health and environment, climate change and Indigenous legal traditions. Professor McGregor remains actively involved in a variety of Indigenous communities, serving as an advisor and continuing to engage in community-based research and initiatives. Professor McGregor has been at the forefront of Indigenous environmental justice and Indigenous research theory and practice. Her work has been shared through the IEJ project website https://iejproject.info.yorku.ca/ and UKRI International Collaboration on Indigenous research https://www.indigenous.ncrm.ac.uk/ .