William Commanda and Circle of All Nations Colleagues in Academia – SPECIAL DISCUSSION

TOPIC

“Tracking Climate Action Discourse in Indigenous Elder William Commanda’s Work In the Animation of Responsible and Respectful Relationship with Mother Earth”

William Commanda and Circle of All Nations Colleagues in Academia – SPECIAL DISCUSSION

December 8, 2023, 11 am – 12.15 pm EST on zoom
If you would like to join in the Zoom discussions, please contact Romola for the zoom link by Dec 6, 2023. 

A chapter in the book “Indigenizing Knowledge for Climate Action: Strategies, Case Studies and Testimonios” Mastracci Sánchez, D., & Villarreal, A. (Eds.). (2023). Indigenizing education for climate action: Strategies, case studies and testimonios. Pressbooks.

William Commanda (North American Indigenous Leader, Algonquin Elder and Carrier of Wampum Heritage, Canoe Builder, Hon. PhD and Officer of the Order of Canada), passionately concerned about environmental issues for most of his adult life, formally began Indigenizing Knowledge for Climate Action in 1987 at the first Aboriginal Constitutional Conference, in 1991 at the United Nations COP (Conference of Partners) Pre-Rio Earth Summit, and at the 1993 United Nations Cry of the Earth Conference of Indigenous Peoples, as well as in his annual Circle of All Nations gathering, and outreach to environmental organizations, governments and public at large.

I was invited to contribute a chapter to the book “Indigenizing Knowledge for Climate Action: Strategies, Case Studies and Testimonios” by Diana Mastracci Sánchez, and I was supported in its preparation by Professor D. R. Fraser Taylor (supervisor of my doctoral and postdoctoral research into William Commanda’s environmental legacy) and several Circle of All Nations environmentalists.

We shall be discussing this chapter with three of our colleagues who have contributed to this work: 

Planned Agenda

• Introductions
• Presentation on the book and chapter
• Presentations and discussions with 
• Steven McFadden (Deep Agroecology), 
• Jean Letellier (Spiritual Activism and Contemporary Shamanic Journeys)  
• Julia Blagny, French Documentary Producer Water: La Sangre de Bolivia

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