Centering Indigenous Leadership and Diverse Perspectives to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough is a free virtual forum designed to share and build on the collective work of over 100 community members on five local priority action areas to reach the 2030 targets:
SDG #1 No Poverty,
SDG #4 Quality Education,
SDG #6 Clean Water and Sanitization,
SDG #13 Climate Action,
and Prioritizing Indigenous Leadership.
We invite you to join us to learn together and deepen our understanding of advancing the SDGs with our community in a way that leaves no one behind and prioritizes Indigenous leadership for success in this work.
Day #1:
Objective: Raise awareness of the 2030 Agenda through the work of the Project Action Teams, and to prioritize Indigenous leadership and leaving no one behind.
Session 1: Wednesday February 24th from 10:00am-12:30pm
Indigenous Leadership Presentation: "Looking to the Past to Move us Forward”
- Welcome, Land Acknowledgment and Prayer
- Project Summary Presentation
- Indigenous Leadership Presentation: "Looking to the past to move us forward" with Elder Phyllis Williams, Anne Taylor and Gary Pritchard
- Break Out Discussion Rooms
- Plenary Discussion | Closing Words
Session 2: Wednesday, February 24th from 7:00pm-8:30pm
Why an Intersectional Approach and Indigenous Leadership are Central to Leaving No One Behind
- Welcome, Land Acknowledgment and Prayer
- S.S. Ahmad, Green Beacon, Dr. Alan Corbiere and Oshkwazin Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
- Closing Words
