Answer TRC6

Happy National Indigenous History Month!

This month is a time to recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, brilliance, and resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples that have called this land home since time immemorial.

This June, we encourage you to further your understanding and connection to the Indigenous communities around you. This can look like engaging with and supporting the many talented Indigenous artists, scholars, activists, organizers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who enrich every facet of our society. It is also an opportunity to learn from Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and community leaders who carry our wisdom, teachings, and cultural practices.

What are you doing this month to celebrate? Do you have any particular learning goals? We’d love to hear about it!

🔴 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 🔴 Colonial violence is not history when Indigenous women, girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and children continue to face systemic violence through underfunding, over-surveillance, family separation, transactional systems, criminalization, and political delay.

It has been a decade since the Calls for Justice and years since the Calls to Action. The frameworks exist. The evidence exists. The responsibilities are clear.

Decolonization means ending systems of control that normalize obedience, punishment, carceral responses, and decision-making about Indigenous peoples and children rather than 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

Answering the calls means a nationwide, collective effort at every level of government and across every institution schools, healthcare, child welfare, policing, justice, workplaces, and communities.

The gap is accountability and action.

👉 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

🔗 MMIWG Calls for Justice (full report). Which Calls are implemented? Which are funded? Which calls, if answered would impact you? Your workplace? community? Start there.
https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

🔗 TRC Calls to Action. Useful for turning reconciliation language into policy demands. Find your call! Write about it. Talk about it. Stay on it until answered. https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

🔗 Calls to Justice Accountability Resource Tracker. Track movement beyond announcements.
https://mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca/

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆!

🔴Push municipalities to report publicly on TRC & MMIWG implementation

🔴Ask school districts where Indigenous youth and all young people participation exists

🔴Ask child-serving organizations how UNCRC and UNDRIP shape policy

🔴Support Indigenous-led events and compensate Indigenous educators

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀, 𝟮𝗦𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤𝗤𝗜𝗔+ 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻.

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