UPCOMING EVENTS: more soon! 🙂
PAST EVENTS:
Why Environmental Justice Movements must stand with Palestine. A Teach-in with Dr. Rania Masri
On May 28, 2024, Research for the Front Lines, Keepers of the Water, the Social Justice Centre, Climate Action Network (CANRac) and the Climate Justice Organizing Hub hosted this Teach-in with Dr Rania Masri on the critical question of Why Environmental Justice Movements Must Stand With Palestine.
Good Relations: Consent, Reciprocity and Ethics in Indigenous-led Research, with speakers Elizabeth Fast, Marina Johnson-Zafiris, and Ojistoh Horn.
Monday, April 22, 2024, Research for the Front Lines, Indigenous Climate Action and Shift Centre for Social Transformation hosted Good Relations: Consent, Reciprocity and Ethics in Indigenous-led Research, with speakers Elizabeth Fast, Marina Johnson-Zafiris, and Ojistoh Horn.
Indigenous Food Sovereignty & Community-led Research
On March 20, 2024, we hosting an event on Indigenous Food Sovereignty & Community-led Research – A conversation with Tiffany Traverse and Waba Moko (Shannon Chief), and moderated by Jaimie Vincent
The Intersections of Black and Indigenous Liberation

DATA SOVEREIGNTY & First Nations Principles of OCAP

We do not have a recording of this event but here are some relevant and useful resources:
- The First Nations Information Governance Centre. A First Nations Data Governance Strategy: Executive Summary. Ottawa, ON: The First Nations Information Governance Centre; 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13eWYgD5kNFiLowZ8ExnGz9LoJL7Expsj/view?usp=drive_link
- First Nations Information Governance Centre. Barriers and Levers for the Implementation of OCAPTM. International Indigenous Policy Journal 2014;5:. https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2014.5.2.3.
- First Nations Information Governance Centre. Strengths-Based Approaches to Indigenous Research and the Development of Well-Being Indicators. Ottawa, Ontario; 2020. https://fnigc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FNIGC-Research-Series-SBA_v04.pdf
- The First Nations Information Governance Centre. A First Nations Data Governance Strategy. Ottawa, ON: The First Nations Information Governance Centre; 2020. https://fnigc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FNIGC_FNDGS_report_EN_FINAL.pdf
- Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador – AFNQL. First Nations in Quebec and Labrador’s Research Protocol. Wendake; 2014. https://cssspnql.com/en/produit/first-nations-in-quebec-and-labradors-research-protocol/
- Ownership, control, access and possession (OCAPTM): The path to First Nations information governance. https://fnigc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5776c4ee9387f966e6771aa93a04f389_ocap_path_to_fn_information_governance_en_final.pdf.
- Research Toolkit from the Native Women’s Association of Canada (p31) https://www.nwac.ca/assets-knowledge-centre/SPARK-NWAC-CRGBA-TOOLKIT-2022-EN1-3-Feb-15-2022.pdf
Speaking-in-Relation: A Training on Effective Communication
On August 17, 2023, we hosted a training with Dr. Sam Leguizamon Grant. He provided us with inspiring and heart opening tools for refection and connection, helping us learn to communicate in ways that build strong collaborations and resilient communities. You can watch and share the recording below.
FROM JARGON TO ACTION
On July 11, 2023, we hosted a training led by Tom Liacas and Kenzie Harris of the Global Grassroots Support Network. We learned many concrete skills for translating academic research to accessible, actionable information for communities and movements involved in transformative struggles. You can watch the recording below.
Here are the slides that were used: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1btibxbdAuKGIPPW3kTA2T0l0IEBpP-4Z3G8FYdGDDRE/edit?usp=sharing
Blueprints for Change guides:
https://blueprintsfc.org/guides/
Climate Justice Organizing HUB wikis:
Anglo
https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Main_Page
Franco
https://fr.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Accueil
Global Grassroots Support Network guides on Commons Library:
https://commonslibrary.org/collection/ggsn/
DIGITAL SECURITY with Micheal Loadenthal
On March 29, from 1-3 pm EST, R4FL hosted a training led by Dr. Michael Loadenthal, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, within the School of Public and International Affairs, at the University of Cincinnati. He concurrently serves as the founder and Executive Director of the Prosecution Project, tracking cases of political violence in the US courts, and a Research Team Lead with Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative, which mitigates localized political violence. Here’s the Facebook event

Settler Colonialism 101 with Chelsea Vowel
Investigative Research 101 with Tim Groves
Click here to access Tim’s powerpoint presentation.
Indigenous Research Methods
Co-presented by Indigenous Climate Action, this event featured Professor Deborah McGregor of the Indigenous Environmental Justice Project, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Learn about the rich, diverse, and dynamic world of Indigenous approaches to research and how they are contributing to the fight for climate and environmental justice across so-called Canada.
The training session was facilitated by Indigenous Climate Action’s Decolonizing Climate Policy research team.
Movement-led Research Resources
- Click here to access the recording of Chris Dixon’s workshop on movement-led research
- Click here to access the workshop transcript

Access to Information Resources
