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IRYI Storytelling: Youth & Elders Gathering
January 12, 2023
| Key Contact: | Amsey Maracle, IRYI Coordinator |
| Contact Email: | amseymaracle@cunet.carleton.ca |
A NEW STORY IN THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN
Inherent Rights Youth Initiative
First Nations Youth are invited to take part in the Inherent Rights Youth Initiative (IRYI). IRYI is a joint project led by the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG) to accelerate nation rebuilding by investing in young people and providing opportunities to develop their leadership capabilities.
This initiative helps youth explore cultural identity and enables them to ground their understanding of the inherent right to self-government through language, art, history, and the land. IRYI is about advancing good governance, language, culture and effective leadership. It is about reclaiming what inherently belongs to the youth and bringing together Youth and Elders to develop a new generation of inherent rights leaders.
Following a successful series of events in 2021, this year’s initiative will be focused on creating a new memory in the minds of our children and youth. Youth will envision the new stories that will be told with the resurgence of traditional governance systems, practices and inherent rights leadership. Building on traditional stories from Elders across the country, this year’s Inherent Rights Youth Initiative will support a diverse group of First Nations youth from across Turtle Island in an online learning space where we will virtually visit five of the communities that have been partnered with the Rebuilding First Nations Governance research project to hear stories around the Centre for First Nations Governance’s (CFNG) five pillars of effective governance.
The CFNG has committed to convening a space for emerging youth leaders on an annual basis. It is our hope that our group of youth will continue to journey with us as we build a movement for change across Turtle Island and join us in welcoming new youth to the initiative this year.
Our journey begins with a series of virtual Storytelling Sessions and will wrap-up with a one-day Youth & Elder Gathering.
Storytelling Sessions:
Session 1: The People Pillar – September 15, 2022
Session 2: Governing Systems Pillar – October 27, 2022
Session 3: The Land Pillar – November 10, 2022
Session 4: Jurisdiction & Laws Pillar – November 17, 2022
Session 5: Resources Pillar – December 8, 2022
Youth & Elders Gathering: January 12, 2023 NEW DATE
All sessions will be four hours long. Find your time zone below to make sure you attend at the right time.
Pacific: 8:00am-2:00pm (PST)
Mountain: 9:00am-3:00pm (MST)
Saskatchewan: 10:00am-4:00pm (CST)
Central: 10:00am-4:00pm (CST)
Eastern: 11:00am-5:00pm (EST)
Atlantic: 12:00pm-6:00pm (AST)
Newfoundland: 12:30pm-6:30pm (NST)
All Inherent Rights Youth Initiative Storytelling Sessions and Gathering will be held virtually. Participants will require access to a computer (with microphone and camera) and reliable high-speed internet.
Participation in the Inherent Rights Storytelling and Youth & Elders Gathering is free.
Space is limited – Please register here soon!
Thank you to our sponsors!
