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Those who know what it means to lose our world and live might have something to lend to a broader humanity that now faces its own existential crises in the form of disease and climate change.
Julian Brave Noisecat, How to Survive an Apocalypse and Keep Dreaming
Overview
Join students from around the world for an interactive discussion about what Indigenous Leadership can teach us.
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, activist, a policy wonk whose work has contributed to the Green New Deal and a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen, He has thought deeply about the interwoven ecological, health, political and cultural crises we face and offers his thoughts on the critical importance of Indigenous leadership in finding a way forward to a just and caring future.
Julian will be in conversation with Anushay Irfan Khan to explore the importance of learning from the experiences, histories and wisdom of Indigenous and Racialized communities who have been disproportionally impacted by climate change and the pandemic—to put their voices at the centre of developing the systemic change needed to move forward, and to find hope and inspiration through solidarity.
Don’t miss this essential opportunity for learning, conversation and connection.
How to join the conversation / What to know
- This event will take place entirely online. Students will be participating through Zoom. You should have a reliable internet connection, computer or phone, and a working microphone and camera.
- We invite you to read Julian Brave NoiseCat's article “How to Survive an Apocalypse and Keep Dreaming” prior to the event. (10 mins)
- You may also listen to this podcast interview (13 mins) with Julian on the need for Indigenous leadership in the movement towards climate justice.
- Once you register, you will receive confirmation of your spot in the event.
- The Zoom meeting information and link and password will be provided 24 hours before the event via email.
Featured Guests
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Traditional OpeningJeff Ross
Jeffrey Kiyoshk Ross is Ojibway Anishinaabe and St. Vincentian who has worked in and with First Nation communities for over 20 years. He has worked as a community advocate and activist, teacher, journalist, and trainer in cultural competency (to Settler organizations). He currently works at the First Nation House at the University of Toronto as the Resource Centre Coordinator.
His work focuses on bridging understanding and refocusing reconciliation to land and relationships.
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Scene SetterJulian Brave NoiseCat
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, activist and policy wonk who blends reporting and research. He is vice president of Policy for Data for Progress, a liberal think tank; and narrative change director for The Natural History Museum, an artist and activist collective that aims to transform the museum sector into a platform for Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice. He is an on-air correspondent for Real America with Jorge Ramos on Facebook Watch and contributing editor with Canadian Geographic. His journalism is supported with fellowships from the Type Media Center & NDN Collective as well as a Storyteller grant from National Geographic. His work has been published in The New York Times, New Yorker, Harper’s and other publications.
Julian has been recognized as a finalist for the Livingston Award and nominated for multiple Canadian National Magazine Awards and Digital Publishing Awards. In 2019, Julian helped lead a grassroots effort to bring an Indigenous canoe journey to Alcatraz Island to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Alcatraz Occupation by the Indians of All Tribes. Julian’s work with Data for Progress has informed the legislation and platforms of numerous Democratic politicians including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Julian grew up in Oakland, California and is a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation of Mount Currie.
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ModeratorAnushay Irfan Khan
Anushay Irfan Khan is a passionate educator, researcher and activist currently working at the University of Toronto Scarborough supporting the development of critical, globally minded students while creating the spaces for the questioning of the histories and narratives of globalization, the politics of belonging, identity and transnationalism. A current doctoral student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Anushay has worked in a variety of roles at McGill University, Humber College, McMaster University and most recently at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Anushay actively centers anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist and Indigenous perspectives in education. As an immigrant woman of color, Anushay is passionate about challenging the status quo and working within an anti-oppressive and anti-colonial framework to question the systems of power that reproduce the inequities that shape our local and global world order.
About the Global Commons
The Hart House Global Commons is an international dialogue space that connects students participating from multiple global locations to engage in real-time conversations about issues that are pressing and pertinent to everyone, regardless of place. We hope you will join us for a unique opportunity to connect across contexts, exchange dialogue and perspectives, and learn from each other—all without leaving your living space!
Community Supporters
Michael R. De Angelis & Family Global Innovation Fund.
International Partners
University of Toronto Sponsors
