September 1, 2023

Solidarity with Indigenous activism

"We've been shut out for so long from these conversations. Just being in the room and being Indigenous is a huge thing," says Celeste Smith of her time at COP27.

Photo: Grassroots International

Inter Pares is located on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Omàmiwinini.

Our community is spread across the Indigenous lands currently known as Canada. As part of our commitment to decolonization, we build relationships with Indigenous-led movements and foster connections between Indigenous communities in Canada and internationally.

WHAT'S INSIDE

In your September Bulletin, learn how Indigenous people in Canada are resisting mineral extraction, bringing long shut-out voices to policy conversations and defining their own food systems.

“Thoughts and feelings only go so far… Economic reconciliation is backing up those feelings.”

Below the surface of the unceded territory of the Anicinape Aki, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue in western Quebec, a rare resource has caught the eye of Sayona Mining: lithium.

Inter Pares helps farmers in Canada push for better climate policy, support migrant farm workers and build relationships between settler farmers and Indigenous communities.