Resources
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Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities
In this open letter, Eve Tuck calls on communities, researchers, and educators to reconsider the long-term impact of “damage-centered” research—research that intends to document peoples’ pain and brokenness to hold those in power accountable for their oppression. This kind of research operates with a flawed theory of change: it is often used to leverage reparations or resources for marginalized communities yet simultaneously reinforces and reinscribes a one-dimensional notion of these people as depleted, ruined, and hopeless. Tuck urges communities to institute a moratorium on damagecentered research to reformulate the ways research is framed and conducted and to reimagine how findings might be used by, for, and with communities.
Resilient Indigenous Leaders Network
Since 2018, the Resilient Indigenous Leaders Network (RILN) has been a beacon of support for community-based Indigenous leaders across territories, cultivating wellness and resilience. Founded on principles of cultural strength and personal wellness, RILN offers a wealth of resources.
Lateral Violence Training (L2K)
Bringing lived experiences as Kwa Kwa Kwakw people in this country and pairing it with western education, L2K hopes to create a better society and world for us and generations to come by deepening our relationships for stronger common humanity.
Kindness, Cultural Safety and Reconciliation are foundational steps in the right direction for our common humanity.
Seasonal Rounds – Lesson Plan and Samples
See more resources here: https://resources4rethinking.ca/en/resource/seasonal-rounds
Government of Canada Funding Sources – Heritage
A variety of grants that may be able to be put toward land-based programming.
Government of Canada Funding Sources – Indigenous Peoples and Cultures
Government of Canada programs and services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Learn more about Indigenous Peoples and communities.
Jordan’s Principle
Land-based programs can be funded under Jordan’s Principle – submit a group request.
First Nations K-12 Education Transformation Review and Costing Analysis
Prepared for Assembly of First Nations | December 11, 2024.
This report includes costing out of a land-based program / instructor setup in schools, starting on page 64.
Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan
The first Feathers of Hope forum was held over five days between March 24 and 28, 2013. A second, “mini”-forum, was hosted in Kashechewan First Nation, in July of that year. At that first forum, 150 young people from 62 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario shared their lived experiences, spoke about issues of importance to them and voiced the results of their discussions with representatives from First Nations leadership, provincial and federal levels of government and other stakeholders in attendance. We heard from young people at the forum that all levels of leadership in government must ensure our communities have basic provisions such as schools, safe housing, clean water, and secure access to affordable, nutritious food. “Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan” that came out of this report focused on 15 key themes that were brought forward at this forum.
Program Backgrounder Template
This can help guide you in getting your brainstorming about your program out of your head down onto paper so you can share it with others and refer back to it.