Peoples Diplomacy, Environmental Governance and Self-Determination Delegation
June 17th-21st, 2024
This delegation built on previous international delegations the IPTP has supported and will bring social leaders, educators, peace activists, and land defenders from Colombia to Robinson Huron Treaty Territory/Baawaating, Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. This delegation included significant learning opportunities for students, staff, faculty, and the broader community, as well as relationship-building and governance dialogues/exchanges involving local First Nations in the Robinson Huron Treaty Territory. There was an emphasis on women’s roles in peace-building, leadership as well as efforts that set out to address gendered and colonial violence in Canada, Colombia, and Bolivia.
Events
AfroDescendant and Indigenous Women' and their role in Biodiversity Protection Panel
Environmental Governance & the Rights of Nature: Movements for Water, biodiversity, & Self-Determination
Peace, Self-determination and Food Sovereignty Roundtable Discussion
Our Honourable Delegates
Clemencia Carabali
AfroColombian Leader
Founding Member of the Association of Afro-Descedant Women of Northern Cauca (ASOM)
Clemencia Herrera
Indigenous, Muruimuina
Coordinator/Advisor of the National Indigenous Training School (EFIN)
National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC)
Dalia Mina Valencia
AfroColombian Leader
Founding Member of the Black Communities Process (PCN)
Creator/Coordinator of the Women's Collective of the Yurumangui River Basin
Ramon Hernandez
Indigenous, Arauco Leader
Secretary of the Traditional Authorities
Interlocutor with Regional and National Government Institutions
Marlin Mancilla
AfroColombian Land Defender
Envionrmental Activist
Member of the Mobilization of AfroDescendant Women for the Care of Life and Ancestral Territories
Beverly Jacobs (Gowehgyuseh)
Indigenous, Mohawk
Associate Professor, University of Windsor
Former President of the Native Women's Association of Canada
Sahada Alolo
Co-Director of the Ottawa Guiding Council for Mental Health and Addictions Secretariat
President of the Ottawa Muslin Women's Organization
Executive Member of the African Canadian Association of Ottawa
Founder and President of the Northern Girl Initiative
Sheila Gruner
Delegation Coordinator
Chair, Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies, Algoma Univeristy
Director, IPTP
Logistical Support Team
Kendall Mitchell
Delegation Support Lead
Project Coordinator, IPTP
Mary Ogenyi
Delegation Support Staff
Research Assistant, IPTP
Dhairya Ghandi
Delegation Support Staff
Summer Student, IPTP
Contributors
FACULTY OF CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES
VISUAL
ARTS
DEPARTMENT
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