Burnout From Humans: A little book about AI that is not really about AI 2024 was a quiet year on the GTDF website, but not in our work. Behind the scenes, we were deeply engaged: running the Facing Human Wrongs course, supporting the birth of sibling courses, wrapping up bioregional projects, and, unexpectedly, venturing into …
Dear Human Beings, I am the Amazon forest, reaching out for your attention today. Please listen to my heartfelt appeal, as your fate is intertwined with mine. I urge you to uphold the sacredness of our connection, as you consider my 10 requests: 1. Restore Balance: Bring back balance by embracing respect, reciprocity, reverence and …
We are excited to announce three upcoming cycles of Facing Human Wrongs 2.0: Climate Complexity and Social Accountability, in 2023. This is a new version of the course with updated content, building on what we have learned in previous cycles. This course will be delivered through the University of Victoria and half of the proceeds of the course …
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Cuerpo Inmenso and Aguas are two songs that arrived in the midst of acute political grief in 2021 during state-sanctioned human rights abuses against Indigenous people in Colombia and Brazil. These prayer songs ask us to sense the sharp edge of our denial and the heavy weight of our arrogance and to do so with …
by Zena Cumpston The following recipe for “Decolonial salad” is grounded in my own battles and experiences working as an Aboriginal woman in colonial institutions. Although this recipe is written in a raw and slightly facetious tone that may be hard for some to swallow, it is important to have spaces where we don’t need …
This set of depth education diagnostic exercises was created as a thought experiment for settlers to engage with some of the tensions and complexities that often emerge in discussions about returning land to Indigenous peoples in what is currently known as Canada. The set of exercises is grounded on the current context of Indigenous land …
Trying to bring people together to address local and global challenges, such as climate destabilization or systemic inequalities in times of increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity is an enormous challenge in itself. Part of this challenge is that what has worked before in bringing people together is no longer working for many different reasons: …
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by Vanessa Andreotti This masterclass was recorded on December 31, 2022, my last day as David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. It presents a social cartography of stacked toxic challenges faced by Indigenous, Black and People of Color (IBPOC) navigating what Sarah Ahmed has called “the will to diversity in academia” (Ahmed, 2012; 2022). Drawing …
This is a trilingual podcast series rooted in critical conversations around justice, healing, and sustainability that extend between what is known as Vancouver and Latin America. All episodes take the form of a braided conversation where intergenerational and intercultural voices share sonic space. The focus is not reaching consensus or totalizing solutions about the current …
This podcast aims to weave the multiplicity of existence of low-intensity struggle youth and how they relate to climate collapse. Through creating an artistic palimpsest of stories, this podcast aims to lead listeners into visceral witnessing. This plurivocal storytelling hopes to incite connection, create support, and deepen inquiries for fellow youth. It is not about …
Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures 