INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGHNTY

Truth and Reconciliation Commission: 94 Calls to Action
University of Alberta: Indigenous Canada [FREE COURSE]
Report: Challenging Racist British Columbia: 150 Years and Counting
Resources on Residential Schools (Platform): Books, Films & Documentaries, Podcasts (Compiled by www.thedockvictoria.com)

Resources:

How to support Tḱemlúps te Secwepemc
Non-Indigenous people, here’s what you can do - right now
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty | WGIFS Twitter
Wild Salmon Caravan
Brianne Lee, Dawn Morrison, & Hannah Wittman: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Case Study
The dark history of Canada’s Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy | Ian Mosby’s work The history of food in Canada is the history of colonialism
We desperately need to be talking about food sovereignty
Turning food into a weapon in the battle against colonialism

Indigenous-Led Organizations and Programs:
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
The Blossoming Place
Indigenous Foods Initiative
Urban Native Youth Association
Nahanee Creative
Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Orange Shirt Society
Indigenous Perspectives Society
Victoria Orange Shirt Day

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Position/Equity Statements

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CRFAIR promotes healthy and sustainable food systems.  This considers our relationships with each other, and the land and waters of this region.  We endeavour to honour the land and its treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We live and work on unceded Coast Salish Territories*, specifically of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations here in the core area, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations {W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱,(Tsawout) W̱SIKEM (Tseycum)} out on the Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands, to the west Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke, and Pacheedaht, and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) and Pune’laxutth’ (Penelekut) Nations.

The presence of settlers (non-Indigenous peoples who live on these lands) is not neutral; it has had and continues to have devastating impacts on many aspects of life for Indigenous peoples. Many of our practices, including the seeds we plant, the ways we educate, and our methods of growing food came to these lands through the ongoing process of colonialism. Settler colonialism has suppressed local well-being by harming Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ food systems, whether they be land-based or of the sky and sea. We hold this understanding in our interactions and engagements with this land and its people. 

There is important work being done by many nations and allies to ensure the continued thriving of these food systems, communities, and knowledge systems. Those of us who are settlers need to recognize that our knowledge and way of doing things may not be the priority as we work towards food security for everyone in this region.

* The term Coast Salish is used to encompass a number of Indigenous peoples, including Esquimalt, Hul’qumi’num, Klahoose, Lekwungen, MALAXEt, Musqueam, OStlq’emeylem, Pentlatch, Scia’new (Beecher Bay), Sliammon, Shishalh, Skxwú7mesh-ulh Úxwumixw, Stó:lo, Straits, Tsleil-Waututh, T’Sou-ke, W̱SÁNEĆ, and Xwemalhkwu.