Truth and Reconciliation
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Many of us are uninvited settlers currently occupying the unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. It is important to recognize the historical and ongoing colonization against Indigenous peoples that make it possible for us to be here as settlers. As settlers doing equity work, we have a responsibility to unpack the ways colonization exists in our communities and systems.
To start to understand how to commit to this work, here are resources that you can go over with your lab team, staff and board of directors:
94 Calls to Action, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2015:
Decolonizing Pledge, BC Food Systems Network, 2016:
The 4R’S Youth Movement has many other resources and tools compiled by youth for further reading:
Kairos Blanket Exercise is a participatory history lesson developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers and educators for truth, understanding, respect and reconciliation among Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.
Also, see the article below on the relationship between colonization and social innovation.
Currently, work is being done by and the (WISIR), supported by the McConnell Foundation to decolonize the . See this video for more:
