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EP4: (Re)building Indigenous Governance with Breanne Lavallee-Heckert

In this episode, Heather and, guest host, Carey Newman have a conversation with Métis activist Breanne Lavallee-Heckert. When we spoke with Breanne, she was the Research Director for Indigenous Climate Action, an Indigenous-led organization that works on connecting and supporting Indigenous communities to reinforce their place as leaders who are driving climate change solutions for today and tomorrow.

Carey and Heather speak with Breanne about the limits of the Canadian legal system for addressing issues of planetary health and why she chose to reject the process of being called to the bar. Listen and learn how she’s working to build new futures for Indigenous governance.

This podcast is created by the Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health at the University of Victoria, with production from Cited Media. We are supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

EP3: Carving Totems for Indigenous Planetary Futures with Carey Newman

In this episode, Heather and special co-host, Jeff Corntassel, a professor in Indigenous Studies and a member of our collective at the University of Victoria, sit down with Carey Newman, renowned artist, master carver, filmmaker, author, and public speaker to discuss the circuitous route he followed that brought him to be a part of the Archipelagos collective.

Perhaps most well known for his work on The Witness Blanket, Carey’s work co-creating a totem for the 2008 North American Indigenous Games was the first time he engaged in community engaged art making. The experience of having 11,000 people participate in a process of co-creating art changed his practice. As he shares, through “the process of making art and shaping things, you’re also reshaping yourself.” This ethos informs Carey’s practice and shapes his thinking about his art practice and the role of art making in Indigenous planetary futures.

EP2: Centering the Earth in Indigenous Planetary Health with Nicole Redvers

Planetary health has emerged as a new ‘science’ in academic circles. It is touted as the a framework that reimagines a path forward through the current climate crisis. But contrary to what you might have read or heard, the concepts behind planetary health are not new at all, at least not from the perspective of Indigenous worldviews. In this episode, Heather sits down with Dr. Nicole Redvers, a member of the Deninu K’ue First Nation to talk about Indigenous planetary health and how she came to be doing this work. They are joined by, guest host, Melissa Quenelle, who shares some of her thoughts on Indigenous planetary health from a Kainai perspective.

EP1: Welcome to the Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast

The Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast features artists, activists, and academics working to heal our planet through Indigenous-led resurgence. In this episode, co-hosts, Heather Castleden and Hokulani Aikau will introduce you to a few of the folks who comprise the Archipelago of Indigenous-led Resurgence for Planetary Health, including Carey Newman (Master Carver), Dawn Smith (Nuu-chah-nulth Governance), Heather Igloliorte (Curator), and Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles (Indigenous Geographies).

Heather and Hoku will also introduce themselves and explain why they have embarked on this new journey, bringing you conversations with folks from the Archipelagos Collective who are tackling the triple crisis of colonialism, extractivism, and racism, for which climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution are the symptoms.