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Through its extensive global network, GIDT brings leading-edge technology, know-how and best-practices globally to support innovation locally.

Our Current Projects

We are supporting a number of communities in Canada in the following areas:

Land

We are supporting indigenous leaders and Elders to heal the land using Indigenous Knowledge, redefining how we relate to Mother Earth and our role as part of nature.

Stay tuned for our official launch of this project in the early Spring 2020!

Water

We support communities develop natural, local solutions for clean drinking water, sanitation and healing of our waterways using Indigenous Knowledge and new technologies, principally in the area of biomimicry.

Energy

We work with communities and partners to develop local clean energy systems that create green jobs, self-reliant communities and responsible forest management

Shelter

We support communities in the design and build of healthy homes that are connected to the land and natural environment, that optimize and integrate local energy, water and food sources. By facilitating partnerships, providing capacity building and connecting with innovative technologies, we support communities to become leaders in sustainable housing.

Food

We support the creation of value-add local organic supply chains, local food systems that bring nutrition back to people and create food sovereignty for communities, and educational programs that educate youth about the benefits of healthy local food production.

Our Past Projects

Past Projects

Partnerships for Economic Empowerment Peru

Creating Maya Economies, Belize

Shuar Federation, Ecuador

Shuar Land Mapping, Ecuador

Our Advocacy & Policy Work

We continue to advocate for, educate and bring awareness to better ways of working together and bridging the indigenous and secular ways of knowing. We are currently working on a number of initiatives around reframing the conversation around land management and conservation through the indigenous lens. We continue to speak at conferences across Canada and around the world, promoting best-practices and indigenous decision-making in economic development.

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Our vision is a global network of healthy, vibrant, thriving communities and people, living their true potential.

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Instagram post 2192333298057938637_1434995279 Here is just an update from Bogota, Colombia. Our Peacebuilder @bigmamacita was invited last month to Bogota, Columbia. To lead the Academic Agenda by the Petroleum Association of Colombia and the Canadian Colombian Embassy as a representative of @globalindigenoustrust , Canada and as a PhD Candidate. The purpose of her talk & panel was to discuss the challenges of increased social conflict and inequality in the resource sector. The title was Los Desafios del sector ante el creciente activism y conflictivad social en territorio: The Challenges of the sector amidst growing activism and social conflict in territories. As social conflicts increase in the oil and gas sector, the industry recognizes that it needs to change and adapt its practices. They were looking for academic insight from a Canadian to International perspective as to why social conflicts in the resource sector were increasing in the oil in gas sector. Though this may seem obvious. What are the causes, and how can government + industry respond to resolve these conflicts. What are recommendations we can make for positive community engagement and greater responsibilities + less human rights violations in the sector? We explored what social conflict is, how it can be understood in terms of inequality and causes, and how can industry engage differently with communities to work to resolve conflict, and innovate the industry towards partnership, responsibility and sustainability. Trying to work against polarization of viewpoints and towards dialogue and peaceful resolutions! 💜 Gracias de Colombia y ACP. #ilcumbrepetroleoygas
Instagram post 2172162447471980417_1434995279 Friendly reminder on this snowy day to look deeper for the beauty, harmony and interconnections all around us. “See that blade grass, look at that tree, and everything you see. Everything on this Earth is alive and lives. It is you that has to live in harmony with that blade of grass. Please be careful where you step.” – Theresa Day #redxtalks Toronto
Instagram post 2169965057050534042_1434995279 Thank you @ccab_national for the post, and participating in our conversation last week about the up and coming Indigenous economy in Peru! A very great conversation indeed on their opportunities and challenges – and of course, great to hear from about what is happening with Aboriginal business in Canada. • Thank you to HudBay and @ccab_National for joining us with these Peruvian community leaders.
Instagram post 2166939078744899015_1434995279 CGEN Forum 2019: Bridging Worldview's to Build Healthy Communities by Centre for Global Engineering - University of Toronto was a huge success earlier this week! Thank you to all who came! GIDT is partnered with the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) @uoftengineering to help with high-impact research projects and initiatives for community development across the world, through the Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative (RTEI), a new initiative at CGEN. RTEI seeks to bring together Indigenous knowledge and the expertise of faculty members at the University in the spirit of co-learning to address some of the most pressing infrastructure challenges faced by Indigenous communities across Canada. This event aimed at examining the significant opportunity for a harmonization between Traditional Knowledge and Western Science to produce holistic, long-term solutions to community and infrastructure development. Indigenous Peoples have been stewards of the land for thousands of years. As keepers and practitioners of Traditional Knowledge, they have adapted to naturally changing landscapes and environments with resilience and innovation. Today, many Indigenous communities across Canada face unique barriers to food security, clean water, suitable housing, healthcare as well as reliable energy, transportation and communications systems. At the same time, climate change exacerbates these challenges. The 2019 CGEN Forum, was an experiential journey towards building research collaborations grounded in sustainability, reciprocity and an understanding of Indigenous ways of communicating and knowing. Beginning with a traditional ceremony led by an Elder, there will be an exploration of Indigenous Peoples’ history on Turtle Island, the legacy of research partnerships with Indigenous communities, the strengths and teachings of Traditional Knowledge and a demonstration of its fundamental role within a collaborative research methodology. The event will feature guest talks and panelists including leading Indigenous researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are at the forefront of this Two-Eyed Seeing approach to science and engineering. #indigenousknowledge #2👀ing
Instagram post 2166306714320906001_1434995279 The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, was introduced in the B.C. legislature last week to drumming, singing, prayers and the Lekwungen Dancers. This adoption of #undrip is another step in healing and transformation into Canadian legislature, that will hopefully to continually spread across government, and industry in Canada. B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration). It includes 46 articles covering all facets of human rights of Indigenous peoples such as: culture identity religion language health education community The UN Declaration emphasizes the Indigenous peoples' rights to live in dignity, to maintain and strengthen Indigenous institutions, cultures and traditions and to pursue self-determined development, in keeping with Indigenous needs and aspirations. The UN Declaration has been adopted by 148 nations, including the Government of Canada. B.C.’s Implementation of the UN Declaration The provincial government introduced legislation in October 2019 to implement the UN Declaration, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirms as the framework for reconciliation. The B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act aims to create a path forward that respects the human rights of Indigenous peoples while introducing better transparency and predictability in the work we do together. The Province worked with the First Nations Leadership Council (BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and Union of BC Indian Chiefs), who have been directed by First Nations Chiefs of B.C., to develop the legislation. If passed, the legislation sets out a process to align B.C.’s laws with the UN Declaration. It will mandate government to bring provincial laws into harmony with the UN Declaration. It will require development of an action plan to achieve this alignment over time – providing transparency and accountability. And it will require regular reporting to the legislature to monitor progress. #indigenousrights
Instagram post 2162582712894906560_1434995279 “Indigenous Knowledge: it is intensely local, but at the same time, it is universal.” - Sacred Ecology Traditional Ecological Knowledge, also called by other names including Indigenous Knowledge or Native Science, (hereafter, TEK) refers to the evolving knowledge acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundreds or thousands of years through direct contact with the environment. One estimate says that while Indigenous peoples only comprise some 4 or 5 percent of the world’s population, they use almost a quarter of the world’s land surface and manage 11 percent of its forests. “In doing so, they maintain 80 percent of the planet’s biodiversity in, or adjacent to, 85 percent of the world’s protected areas,” 🙌💕 Photo: by Luisa Rivera/ YaleE360 #traditionalknowledge #traditionalecologicalknowledge #sustainabledevelopment #holisticworldview
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