Wage solidarity is about recognizing that our wages and economic security exist within systems that have not benefitted everyone equally.
By donating one day’s wages to an Indigenous organization, we can turn a portion of our economic privilege into collective support for Indigenous-led work, while acknowledging the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the responsibilities that come with living and working on Indigenous lands. Wage solidarity is one way to move beyond recognition and toward action, redistribution and relationship-building.
Donate one day’s wages to support Indigenous land defenders
This year, we are calling on non-Indigenous people living in Canada to support grassroots Indigenous movements and organizations that are focused on advancing Indigenous-led conservation and governance of their traditional territories, lands and waters.
Check out our recommendations.
In the current political moment, supporting Indigenous land defenders in Canada is critical.
Decision makers in Canada have recently rushed through legislation that fast-tracks resource extraction—compromising Indigenous consent and bypassing environmental assessments. Governments and corporations are also attempting to roll-back the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through court challenges to the principle of free, prior and informed consent.
Indigenous movements and organizations are essential to countering these threats.
Take the pledge: Support land defenders
Will you commit to donating one day’s wages this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation? We’ll email you a reminder on September 30.
Have a look at our list of recommended organizations, below.
If you choose to donate to Indigenous initiatives other than the ones listed below, let us know! Email us at info@interpares.ca to share more about your preferred initiative.
Our recommendations
RAVEN
RAVEN raises legal defence funds to assist Indigenous Peoples who enforce their rights and title to protect their lands, sovereignty and ways of being. They seek to redefine justice by setting legal precedents to return stewardship to First Peoples and to establish lasting environmental legacies.
Tinakiwin
Tinakiwin is an Anishnabe-led non-profit organization working on research, education and outreach (promoting land-based learning), and sustainable employment (supporting meaningful, land-connected livelihoods). Its work includes The Territorial Guardians, an intensive 14-day land-based education program for Algonquin-Anishnabe to strengthen land sovereignty. Tinakiwin grew out of The Anishnabe Moose Committee, established in 2021 in response to the alarming decline of moose populations in La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve (Quebec).
Donate by e-transfer to: tinakiwin.general@gmail.com
Indigenous Climate Action
Indigenous Climate Action is an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across Canada. They believe that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice.
8th Fire Rising
8th Fire Rising is a recently formed Indigenous-led coalition of concerned and impacted communities working to build a broad-based movement with labour and land defenders. They aim to fight back against recent legislative infringements on Indigenous jurisdiction, violations of workers’ rights, and the corporate pillage of lands and waters across these lands. 8th Fire Rising is a response to the dangerous centralization of power happening in Canada right now, with governments deploying the current wave of nationalism to rob the treasuries, hand over corporate subsidies and take Indigenous land.
What is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It’s a day to honour the children who never came home from residential schools, and the survivors. It’s a day to acknowledge and learn from the history of this country now known as Canada, so we can work for a more just present.