In today’s episode, Youth Climate Lab Design & Community Manager Shalaka Jadhav talks with Riley Yesno, a queer Anishinaabe writer, researcher, and public speaker from Eabametoong First Nation. They discuss the diverse roles needed in building sustained and nourishing movement work. Riley shares with us how we need to start addressing inaccessibility around language, class and education within climate work. Miigwetch for joining us, Riley!

In today’s episode, activist Naia Lee talks with Gabe Calderón, a nij-manidowag (two spirit) ihkwew (all-gender/transgender) Omamiwinini (Algonquin) and L’nu (Mi’kmaq) and mixed white (Scottish/French) author, poet, artist and educator. They discuss who gets to see themselves in “activism,” and why everyone has a stake in collective liberation. Gabe reminds us about investing in and prioritizing community care when supporting Indigenous youth doing land defence. Miigwetch for joining us, Gabe!

In today’s episode, Youth Climate Lab Design & Community Manager Shalaka Jadhav talks with Nika Silverfox, a member of Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation and a part of the Wolf Clan currently working towards a degree in Northern Conservation and Environmental Sciences at Yukon University. They discuss the illuminating worldviews that spiritual connection work brings to Western approaches to climate change, and the interconnectedness between food, land, and housing justice. One of the seeds we will save from Nika’s episode is how visible and eminent climate change is in northern regions and how non-Indigenous people can support Indigenous folks in their communities by learning whose land they’re on and reaching out to local Indigenous communities and organizations. Miigwetch for joining us, Nika!

On this week’s episode of Land(ing) Back we’re joined by Kakekà Thundersky, a land defender and member of the Poplar River First Nation currently living in Winnipeg with her five-month-old baby girl, Tokala Wači Wiŋ. They discuss her journey to organizing spaces, and her experiences building community with other land defenders and water protectors. One of the seeds we will save from Kak’s episode is the beauty of relationship building that exists within movements and how important it is to make space for all of our relations who want to be involved in protecting our lands and waters. Miigwech for joining us, Kak!

For the first episode Land(ing) Back, we’re joined by Kyla Pascal, a Black Metis woman born and raised in Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton, Alberta). Kyla is a member of the Indigenous art collective nipahimiw, and a second-year Master's candidate at UBC, currently working at Alderhill Planning Inc. In this episode, Kyla shares about her entry point into climate work through food and land justice work, and how climate spaces need to be actively integrating care work. Kyla reminds us of the importance of finding the balance between our community work and our personal wellbeing by setting boundaries.