Our Work
Decolonial Education
Peace with Indigenous, AfroDescendant Peoples' and Women
Peoples' Diplomacy
Environemtnal Governance and Ethnoterritorial Rights
Agreements
Since the launch of the Institute of Peoples, Territories, and Pedagogies for Peace (IPTP), significant progress has been made in establishing bilateral and trilateral agreements between several stakeholders in Bolivia, Colombia, and Canada, with emerging relationships in Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa. This section of the report highlights the current status of these agreements, with a focus on the number of signed agreements, those in process, and future plans.
To date, the Institute has successfully entered into nine (9) bilateral and trilateral agreements with various organizations, associations, universities, and groups across Bolivia, Colombia, and Canada. These agreements demonstrate a strong commitment to collaboration and knowledge sharing, to achieve the below objectives.
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Foster International Understanding and Collaboration
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Expand Educational Opportunities
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Climate Action and Sustainability
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Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives
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Enhance Language Access and Proficiency
The Institute plans to continue fostering collaborations and expanding its network of partners. With a focus on strengthening relationships and exploring new opportunities, the IPTP aims to:
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Identify potential partners and initiate new agreements
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Enhance existing partnerships through regular communication and joint activities
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Monitor progress and evaluate the impact of these agreements
Activities
The IPTP is involved as a counterpart in the development of strategies to support and enhance the political and territorial self-determination of Indigenous and Afrodiasporic peoples, strengthen the role of ethnic women and youth in the processes of peace-building, support cultural, political, economic and educational exchanges and movement building across Abya Yala/ Turtle Island, including through peoples’ diplomacy and land/water-defense efforts, and develop decolonial educational programming and strategies for the accompaniment of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian universities centred on ethnic pedagogies.
Advancing Commitments to Decolonial Education
June 2024
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Algoma University's Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies hosted a delegation of Indigenous and AfroColombian social leaders
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Held course "Decolonizing peace in Colombia in a global context: rights of territory, nature, and people’s self-determination" concurrently
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Creating Connections in Africa
November 2023
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IPTP Director, Dr. Sheila Gruner presented at the LASA Conference in Accra, Ghana
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Participation in Global Perspectives on Women's Leadership in Peace and Democracy panel
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Participation in the International Encounter on Feminist Diplomacy for Peace
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Colombian Delegation visit to Algoma University
June 2023
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Delegation of eight comprised of Indigenous and Afrodiasporic Colombian social leaders
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Delegation and Algoma University participated in conversations about decolonizing education, the Colombian peace dialogues underway, the parallels between Truth Commissions and reconciliation efforts in Canada and Colombia, as well as grassroots strategies to support survivors of residential schools, to search for the remains of the missing, and to confront violence against Indigenous women and girls
Participation in Humanitarian Caravan
January 2023
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Participation in historical "Humanitarian Caravan" that traveled by boat to various Afro-Diaspora and indigenous communities in the Pacific coast of Colombia
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Delegation of 160 human rights defenders, activists, community leaders, government officials and representatives of the National Liberation Army (ELN)
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Took place as one of many initiatives in the new Government's peace process and goal of "Paz Total"
Placement Student Visit
February 2024
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IPTP Placement student, Manon Lacelle, Metis-Abinake from Canada visits Bogota office
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Student accompanied by Kendall Mitchell, IPTP Project Coordinator
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Meetings held with many partner organizations and meeting with Pijao community
Inter-cultural Course on Peace
February 2023
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Algoma University Course: "Communities, Territories and Inter-cultural Education for Peace" with Indigenous, Black, and Women's organizations
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Funded by Global Skills Opportunity
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Bi-lateral Education Meeting with Colombian university partner
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Memorandum of Agreement with Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
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International Conference
October & November 2022
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Membership included Assistant Professor and Chair - Department of Community Economic and Social Development, Laura Wyper, and Manager of Equity and Student Success and Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Jane Omollo
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Meeting with ONIC's Senior Council and the National Indigenous Training School EFIN, Self and Intercultural Education Counseling, on agreements regarding the consolidation of the Indigenous University
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Participation in "Non-violence and Nature" Conference at the Universidad del Quindio
Algoma U Delegation to Colombia
August 2022
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Participation in Presidential Inauguration
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Meeting with Indigenous and Black movement organizations and the Ethnic Commission for Peace and Defense of Territorial Rights
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Participation in Historical Reparations event
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Conference with Chief Dean Sayers of Batchewana First Nation at the Universidad Pedagogical
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Meeting between Chief Sayers and National Indigenous and Black representatives (we can review this with him before publishing this section)
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