Re-watch all the sessions and hear our guest speakers discuss topics important to our urban Indigenous communities. Watch all five videos below. Scroll down to see the Series playlist.
Leilani Shaw is the Executive Director at Montreal Indigenous Community Network.
This session took place on Day 2 of the UNDRIP in Cities Conference that took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Opening remarks by Nancy Martin is the Executive Director of Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training.
Dr. Yale D. Belanger (Ph.D.) is professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta), and a Member, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (2017-2024). A core member of the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network, his PhD work at Trent University focused on the emergence and evolution of Indigenous political organizations in Canada.
This session took place on Day 2 of the UNDRIP in Cities Conference that took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Opening Remarks by NUICC co-chairs Damon Johnston et Becky Sasakamoose Kuffner.
Scott Clark is the President of the Northwest Indigenous Council (NWIC).
This session took place on Day 2 of the UNDRIP in Cities Conference that took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Michelle Bryant-Gravelle is the Senior Director, Indigenous Relations at the City of Vancouver. She is the Vice President of the Women’s Leadership Network, an elected Trustee for the Lax Kw’alaams Settlement Trust, and a Director for Skilled Trades BC. Michelle is from the Ts’msyen Nation, from the Nine Allied Tribes of Lax Kw’alaams and from the Gitwilgyoots (People of the Kelp) Tribe and Gispudwada (Killer Whale) Clan. Her traditional name is Bilha’am Nelx, which means “Pearl (inside of the abalone shell) on the fin of the killer whale”.
This session was part of the NUICC UNDRIP in Cities Conference, Day 2. The conference took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Sylvia Maracle (Skonaganleh:ra) is a Wolf Clan member from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory who has resided in Toronto for 50 years. She is a passionate advocate for urban aboriginal peoples and women’s issues.
This Banquet Night session was part of the NUICC UNDRIP in Cities Conference, Day 1. The conference took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Joseph Russell Diablo is a member of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake. He is a First Nations political and legal issues expert and educator with more than 45 years of community organizing experience.
This Banquet Night session was part of the NUICC UNDRIP in Cities Conference, Day 1. The conference took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Michelle Keller is an A/Senior Analyst on the Consultation and Cooperation Team of the UN Declaration Act Implementation Secretariat, at the Department of Justice.
Gabrielle Héroux is a Senior Analyst on the Consultation and Cooperation Team of the UN Declaration Act Implementation Secretariat, at the Department of Justice.
Ginger Gosnell is a Nisga’a and Kwakwak’awakw instructor with the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, where she focuses on decolonization and urban Indigenous policy and planning.
This session was part of the conference that took place during NUICC’s annual National Gathering of Urban Indigenous Coalitions, Feb 28-29th, 2024.
Opening Cultural Protocol, by T’uy’t’tanat – Cease Wyss (Squamish educator, interdisciplinary artist and Indigenous ethnobotanist)
NUICC co-chair Welcoming Remarks, by Becky Sasakamoose Kuffner
“Urban Indigenous Unity for Growing Urban Indiegnous Space in Our Cities” session with Joan Phillip, BC Government MLA
This hybrid forum aims to discuss the ways we can rethink JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, inclusion) by re-centering municipal systems with a decolonial and UNDRIP (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) focus. We consider how UNDRIP provides a framework for
urban Indigenous governance and how the rights of our urban
communities can be achieved through policy work for measurable
change.
Urban Indigenous coalitions are on the frontline of decolonizing municipal structures in Canadian cities that have for too long resisted real change. Equity, diversity, and inclusion policies have relied on incrementalism, but like trickle-down economics, they rarely deliver structural change. Speakers at the forum centered Indigenous Knowledge and the experience of urban Indigenous communities as we confront white supremacy and colonial structures in Canadian cities where we live.
This hybrid forum aims to discuss the ways we can rethink JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, inclusion) by re-centering municipal systems with a decolonial and UNDRIP (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) focus. We consider how UNDRIP provides a framework for
urban Indigenous governance and how the rights of our urban
communities can be achieved through policy work for measurable
change.
This panel discussion was part of a larger event produced by St. John’s coalition, First Voice. We heard from practitioners on the front lines of understanding and implementing UNDRIP in cities and joined the discussion as the First Peoples Policy Forum opened up for the hybrid session welcoming urban Indigenous coalition representatives from coast to coast to coast.
En direct de Whitehorse lors de la réunion du Conseil de NUICC au Yukon, du 29 au 30 septembre 2022. Co-animé par le Conseil des Premières Nations du Yukon.
NUICC launched it’s Governance Series with SFU Vancouver Research Commons hosting keynote speaker Kanatase Horn (Mohawk) with a presentation “Building Upon the Work of Our Ancestors: Kinship Practices in Urban Spaces.” Kanatase is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and a researcher on urban Indigenous justice issues. We also heard from Matthew Norris (Cree) who is the Board President of UNYA, pursuing his PhD from UBC, and an expert advisor to the BC government’s UNDRIP implementation work.
Nous avons discuté des façons dont les jeunes et les familles autochtones vivant dans les villes peuvent obtenir des résultats plus sains et des liens avec le lieu. Les présentations seront suivies par un panel de jeunes autochtones de Surrey, Edmonton et Calgary qui donneront leur point de vue sur le bien-être dans les villes.nnLes membres de la NUICC seront invités à discuter et à partager leurs expériences et suggestions sur la façon d'intégrer les leçons dans leur travailler.
Nous savons qu'une partie importante de la recherche communautaire engagée commence avant même le début d'un projet - avec la façon dont nous obtenons le consentement pour la recherche, et l'éthique communautaire unique de chaque lieu. Vous êtes invités à venir discuter sur les pratiques désirées ou courantes pour nous assurer que les peuples autochtones urbains sont au centre des recherches et des projets qui leur concernent . Nous sommes ravis d'être rejoints par des intervenant.e.s expérimentées dans la navigation du consentement et de l'éthique de recherche, notamment les auteurices de Research 101 : A Manifesto for Ethical Research in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Research 101: A Manifesto for Ethical Research in Vancouveru2019s Downtown Eastside.
Joignez-vous à nous pour le premier événement du Plateforme de mobilisation des savoirs autochtones de la NUICC ! Le 29 octobre, nous aurons l'occasion de partager l'expertise, les pratiques et l'éthique de l'intégration des savoirs autochtones dans les politiques publiques. Cet événement sera suivi d'une discussion participative pour les membres de la coalition NUICC afin de répondre à vos questions et fournir un espace pour le partage.
Guest speaker: Jennifer King, MSW Reconciliation and Policy Coordinator, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
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