Introduction to Decolonization in the ENGO Sector
Event Details
Wednesdays, March 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 1-4 PM ET
Cost: $100 (Register 2 spots, get the 3rd free)
70 participants max.
All registrants will be provided with a link to access the recordings and presentation slides for 60 days following each session.
Session 1: Settler Colonialism 101
Introduce ENGO representatives to the fact that colonization is a structure and not an event. Identifies key ways that colonialism moves through individuals and organizations.
Session 2: Positionality
ENGO representatives learn how to articulate their social location within a settler colonial state, and in relation to potential Indigenous partners.
Session 3: Inherent Indigenous Governance 101
Introduce the fact that Indigenous nations have their own sources of political authority that they can (and do) draw on when addressing environmental issues. Examples provided.
Session 4: Building Better Relations
ENGO representatives will road test ways they can implement previous workshop key points to re-imagine partnerships with Indigenous nations.
Instructor:
Philippe Blouin is an anthropologist and translator. His PhD, completed at McGill University in November 2025, studies how Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) political philosophy challenges Western views of relating, and belonging. In particular, his work focuses on the Two Row Wampum, whose conception of alliance based on the respect of difference provides an ethical and methodological framework for settler-Indigenous relationships.
