3. Rebuilding Left Power Library

During the many years that consultant Len Pierre has been working with organizations to support learning on reconciliation and Indigenous cultural safety, he

"How can I be a good ally towards Indigenous peoples?". That is a great question with lots of considerations.What does it mean to be an ally? Perhaps it is m...

In the era of Truth and Reconciliation, organizations across Canada are on a journey towards systemic transformation. In this webinar, Len discusses common p...

At Len Pierre Consulting (LPC), we are a multidisciplinary team of consultants and facilitators who advise and train teams and organizations on Indigenous Cultural Safety, Reconciliation, Decolonization, & Anti-Racism.

The Age of Worker Solidarity

A groundbreaking study conducted in the wake of the Second World War by a group of scholars rocked the academic world when it was published in 1950 — but fell out of favour. Now a new generation of scholars is reviving the lessons of The Authoritarian Personality to understand the politics of our time.

Get your first month of Audible absolutely free and listen to the audiobook that inspired this episode, Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism." Visit https://aud...

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Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

[November 10, 2023] On October 26, 2023, the Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine Letter was released. 132 Indigenous activists, artists, and intellectuals signed, condemning Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians. For the last two decades, 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to live in a dense open-air prison,

While the United States shudders in the shambles of another election year, whether from a collective sigh of relief or fear of what’s to come, a different system of governance blooms in a swath of woodlands jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. This shandy shoreline now part of what is

In this atlas, you will find outstanding reference maps of Indigenous Canada, as well as a section devoted to Truth and Reconciliation, including detailed pages on many aspects of the topic with contemporary and historical photography, maps and more.

To appreciate Anishinabek leadership, it must be understood within the context of its creation and how it has evolved. It is both difficult and perhaps inappropriate to try to represent a worldview in a few short paragraphs, and I apologize in advance if anyone is offended by this attempt. The following paraphrases an interview with Elder Fred Kelly, some of his writings, the notes of Wilson Ashkewe, and other lessons I’ve learned over time. In the beginning, the Great Spirit placed the four colours of humankind in the four directions. Each colour was given the special gifts of life,

newDemocracy is a not-for-profit research group, with a particular focus on best-practice citizen engagement and innovations in democratic structures.

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives people real power over

The following text was contributed by the Government of Canada and was updated in July 2016 “Our plan for an open and accountable government will allow us to modernize how the Government of Canada works, so that it better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians. At its heart is a simple idea: open government […]

Hundreds of land and environmental defenders are threatened, arrested and killed every year for their part in resisting environmental devastation. We work to expose the root causes behind these attacks to ensure defenders are protected, and that those responsible are held to account.

Fossil fuel companies have our future in a chokehold. They’ve captured our politicians’ ears, infiltrated climate summits and fuelled and funded war. We’re exposing how far fossil fuel companies will go to protect their shareholders’ wealth – even if they end up dragging us all into climate chaos.

Climate disinformation is hindering our ability to combat the gravest threat of our time

We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back

Transparency International – A global movement to end the injustice of corruption

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The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to rename the Tibetan people’s homeland, part of a wider effort to eradicate Tibet’s cultural identity. For Tibet, it’…

The emJournal of Democracy/em has been a leading voice in the conversation about government by consent and its place in the world.