“I went to the workshops searching for myself, just like a lot of our young people are today,” says Satsan. Satsan and many elders also attended these workshops and conferences as young people, which had a strong impact on them as leaders. The Gathering builds on the vision of the Canadian Indian Youth Workshops and Ecumenical Conferences of the 1970s. They were able to highlight their accomplishments to their communities and become more confident in their leadership abilities and understanding of inherent rights.”
“The youth were supported and mentored through the process. “The IRYI youth invited other elders, leaders and young change-makers in their communities to the Gathering,” she says. “We wanted to set the DNA of the project, to get the important pieces in place right from the start,” says pawatsqʷačiił (Pawa) Haiyupis, from Ahousaht First Nation, a research assistant in the Aboriginal Title Lands Cluster of the RFNG project and graduate student in Indigenous nationhood at the University of Victoria. Lil’wat Nation Elder Martina Pierre (Saw̓t) and Ojibway-Anishinabe Elder Makwa ogimaa (Jerry Fontaine) provided guidance to maintain the ceremonial space, pass on teachings, and support the youth. They also received teachings on pre-contact life, the impact of the Indian Act and inherent rights case law in Canada.īringing youth and elders together was an important element in the vision for the Gathering.
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Design retreats and training sessions taught them how to facilitate online conversations and use technology to foster a sense of community. Youth were involved with the initial planning stages to shape the entire framework of the Initiative. The initiative is a partnership project between CFNG, RFNG, Turtle Island Institute, the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. IRYI was created in July 2021 with elders, medicine people and youth from RFNG partner communities to support learning, rebuilding identity and leadership skills. The gathering, Lands, Languages and Ceremonies, offered a virtual ceremonial space for Indigenous youth to learn about their histories, shared culture, the inherent right to self-government and to connect with elders and other youth from many nations. Satsan is the president of the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG) and a project co-director with Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) at Carleton University, a $2.5 million SSHRC-funded project co-led by School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) Chancellor’s Professor Frances Abele and School Fellow Catherine MacQuarrie. “You are skiy’ze - young future leaders who are coming up,” said Satsan (Herb George), one of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs of the Frog Clan, at the inaugural gathering of the Inherent Rights Youth Initiative (IRYI) in October 2021. Transportation Policy and Innovation Centre.Centre for Urban Research and Education.Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre.Centre for Governance and Public Management.Carleton Centre for Community and Innovation.Adjunct Professors, School Fellows and Instructors.
Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation.Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (Master’s and Diploma).Indigenous Policy and Administration (Diploma and Concentration).Master of Public Policy and Administration.
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