Truth and Reconciliation

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:

TRC Website - NCTRNCTR

Decolonizing Pledge, BC Food Systems Network, 2016:

The 4R’S Youth Movement has many other resources and tools compiled by youth for further reading:

Welcome4Rs

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.

HomeKairos Blanket Exercise

Currently, work is being done by The Turtle Institute and the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR), supported by the McConnell Foundation to decolonize the Social Innovation Lab Guide. See this video for more: Gikendaasowin Storytelling

Also, see the article below on the relationship between colonization and social innovation.

Decolonial Innovation: Reclaiming the History of Social InnovationMedium