Books and Authors

Transformative Leadership and Justice

• Adrienne Maree Brown

  • Emergent Strategy: A guide to shaping change through collaboration, fractals, and systemic transformation.

  • Pleasure Activism: Examining how embracing joy and pleasure can fuel social justice movements.

• Tricia Hersey

  • Rest Is Resistance: Exploring rest as a radical act of resistance against grind culture and capitalism.

• Vanessa Andreotti

  • Hospicing Modernity: Challenging modernity’s destructive paradigms and offering tools for decolonial thinking.

• Norma Wong

  • When No Thing Works: A meditation on leadership, change, and spiritual resilience.

Indigenous Knowledge and Ecology

• Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Combining Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge to explore ecological harmony.

• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

  • Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Advocating for resurgence through Indigenous thought and practices.

• Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance: A reflection on gift economies and ecological interdependence.

• Charles Eisenstein

  • Sacred Economics: Exploring the principles of a gift economy and rethinking our relationship to money and resources.

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Websites and Online Resources

Movements and Advocacy

• Black Lives Matter (BLM)

  • blacklivesmatter.com: Centering Black liberation through grassroots organizing and systemic change.

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  • nctr.ca/records/reports: Learn about the TRC Calls to Action and their significance.

Decolonization and Land Connection

• Whose Land

  • whoseland.ca: Interactive map exploring Indigenous territories.

• Witness Blanket (Carey Newman)

  • witnessblanket.ca: An artistic installation representing the impact of residential schools.

Theories and Methodologies

• Decolonial Futures Collective

  • decolonialfutures.net: Articles and resources on decolonization and systemic change.

• The Nap Ministry

  • thenapministry.com: Exploring the liberatory power of rest.

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Multimedia Resources

Podcasts and Videos

• Adrienne Maree Brown’s Podcast

  • How to Survive the End of the World: Exploring systemic breakdowns and building resilient futures.

• TED Talk by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Reclaiming the Honorable Harvest: A powerful talk on ecological reciprocity.

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This list is dynamic and ever-growing, reflecting my continued learning and the evolving nature of this work. I encourage you to explore these materials and engage with the profound ideas they offer. If you have resources to share or wish to discuss these further, feel free to reach out!