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

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Champions of Change Leadership School

Integrity Systems

Land-Based Learning & Healing Spaces

Creating Life Economies & Nation Re-Building

Community of Wise Practice

Champions of Change Leadership School

Champions of Change Nation Re-Building Program:

This program provides aspiring Indigenous leaders with the opportunity to learn from award-winning businesses leaders and green tech innovators from across Canada and around the world. The course exposes the next generation of leaders to the world of opportunities that exist and gives them the confidence and tools to lead Nations back to self-sustaining, thriving and enterprising economies. This is not just economic development; it is Nation Re-Building, bringing together traditional values with modern technologies and innovations for a new way forward. It is currently being offered to Canadian Indigenous community members.

Spring Registration Now Open

Integrity Systems

We support Indigenous communities to re-build resilient infrastructure systems that can support healthy and thriving people as well as opportunities for developing green local economies. We are researching and incubating natural solutions in food, energy, water and housing that foster well-being and work with our life systems. These Integrity Systems approach development from a relationship-based understanding of the interconnectedness of life systems, together with modern technology, seeking to harness efficiencies by working in partnership with our natural world.

Integrity Systems

Land-Based Learning & Healing Spaces

We are supporting the reclamation of indigenous land stewardship initiatives, and the learning from best practices globally to support innovation and best practice locally.

Mno Aki Land Trust

We are supporting the establishment of the Mno Aki Land Trust, where Indigenous Grandmothers from across Canada have come together in leadership and governance, representing different First Nations groups, to create a platform for change. Mno Aki is a federally incorporated land trust and registered charity that is able to receive donations of land to be stewarded for indigenous entrepreneurship and innovation, leadership and governance, market-relevant training, access to land, the tools, resources and knowledge to steward lands and protect and strengthen traditional knowledge, innovating sustainable infrastructure for community wellbeing and prosperity, harnessing the latest in green technology combined with traditional knowledge, and creating linkages between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples and knowledge systems to begin the process of learning from one another as the best way to eliminate systemic racism. Through the models that are being created, we will share nationally and globally to affect policy change.

Find out more and how you can get involved: www.mnoaki.org

The Shuar Waimiaku Project: The Sleeping Anaconda

Shuar families of the community of Buena Esperanza have come together to support the economic development and reclamation of their ancestral lands. Through community-based ecotourism, stewardship of sacred plants, medicines, and sacred sites in their territory, they aim to protect their culture as well as lands for future generations through the creation of Wamiaku centre for Healing, Tourism and Cultural Knowledge Sharing. GIDT is helping them preserve their cultural knowledge and ancestral territory, and support their sustainable economic development within the region through alternative development mechanisms such as community-based eco-tourism.

Creating Life Economies & Nation Re-Building

Our Life Economy Project is building a model in both Canada and Ecuador’s Amazon to demonstrate different aspects of a full valuation of real wealth of human and natural capital for a vibrant local economic movement of goods and services, using ecosystem mapping technology, IoT, blockchain and modern “green” accounting principles. This will support the preservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the enhancement of local ecosystems within the Tahltan and Sápara territory, and it will create a fund for the implementation of local economic development initiatives. In this way, it is hoped that communities will be able to reclaim sovereignty over their true wealth, resources and their future. This project will work as a model to be implemented across Canada, with an initial focus on BC and Ontario.

Life Economy Project

Community of Wise Practice

We have established a community hub of wise practice connecting leaders, communities and change agents that facilitates learning and cross-pollination to empower enhanced innovation and change to be possible. The Hub’s Resource Library is an interactive space of sharing and exchanging experiences, frameworks for development, application of latest technology and wise practice, to empower communities and leaders with the resources they need to create transformational change locally.

Our Advocacy & Policy Work

We advocate for, educate and bring awareness to better ways of working together and bridging the Indigenous and secular ways of knowing. We are 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. We support Indigenous leaders drive policy change and advancement in human rights globally. We are a bridge to a better world, together.

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It is with great excitement that we announce the r It is with great excitement that we announce the release of the new book, How to Treat Immune System Illnesses Naturally by Chicham Chiriap (@keensurvivalist)! In this remarkable work, the author takes you on a transformative journey, sharing profound insights from the spiritual world of the Shuar, the indigenous people of the Amazon, along with their own personal experiences.⁠
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Having been initiated into the ancient wisdom of the Shuar from childhood, Chicham received teachings from esteemed Shuar Shamans, including their father, uncle, and other wise mentors residing deep within Ecuador's Amazon jungle. These teachings sparked a passion for exploring natural healing methods, particularly the power of the jungle's medicines and age-old techniques.⁠
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In 2014, a significant turning point occurred in the author's life when their partner, Julie, received a diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus)—a condition that was previously unfamiliar to them. Motivated by a deep-rooted desire to assist Julie on her natural healing journey, the author embarked on a transformative path, intertwining the profound wisdom of the jungle with ancestral knowledge.⁠
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Every aspect of this book has been meticulously crafted to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of how immune system problems impact their lives. The author's intention is to expand the message of healing the human body and spirit in a natural way, fostering a deeper connection to our natural world and standing as guardians of the jungle, the lungs of the Earth. ⁠
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Through the pages of this book, the author invites readers to delve into the teachings, discovering the innate power and intelligence of their bodies, minds, and the natural world. The journey is filled with profound insights, practical guidance, and an invitation to embrace a holistic approach to well-being.⁠
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🙌 Share your thoughts and experiences as you dive into this book. We are excited to hear about the transformations and connections you discover along the way. Together, we can heal, grow, and defend the invaluable treasures of the jungle and our own well-being. 🌿💚 Click the link in bio to purchase ebook!⁠
Join us and learn from award-winning instructors a Join us and learn from award-winning instructors and innovators from across Canada and around the world. Meet and interact with other community builders who are bringing in a new era of thriving communities.⁠
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Apply now through the link bio to reserve your spot!
One of our course graduates shared what they enjoy One of our course graduates shared what they enjoyed most about the Champions of Change: Advanced Leadership Training for Community Re-Building course. Check it out!⁠
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Register today for our April 2023 cohort through our link in bio!⁠
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Can you imagine a world where people are empowered Can you imagine a world where people are empowered to make the changes they want to see in their community? ⁠
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We’re excited to announce the launch of our second cohort for Champions of Change: Advanced Leadership Training for Community Re-Building! Over the course of 12-weeks, students will hear from business and community leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, diplomats and systems experts, that will bring together tools, processes, resources and frameworks for values-driven Community Re-Building.⁠
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Join us and learn how we can help you and your community begin to create real change. Register today for our April 2023 cohort through our link in bio!⁠
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This past year has brought tremendous blessings in This past year has brought tremendous blessings in the form of new partnerships, successful endeavours in community re-building and leadership training, and tremendous impact in education, awareness, and advocacy. We are grateful to our existing friends and the new friends that have come into the Global Indigenous Trust community this year. ⁠
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We have continued our work in building bridges, training and leadership development, and global networks of knowledge sharing, innovation, and wise practice to support our goals of Thriving Nations Everywhere!⁠
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Your generosity and support will help us reach our 2023 goals. Donate today through our link in bio and make a difference 🧡
Partner Spotlight - Teck, one of Canada’s leadin Partner Spotlight - Teck, one of Canada’s leading mining companies, focused on providing products that are essential to building a better quality of life for people around the globe while caring for communities and the environment.

We'd like to thank our newest partner for supporting our Champions of Change Program and making the work we do at GIDT possible.

If you'd like to be a Champion of Change, you can support our projects through the link in bio.
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