Indigenous Women & Two-Spirit Harm Reduction

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Callout for Contributers

tānisi! The Indigenous Women & Two Spirit Harm Reduction Coalition have begun work on a forthcoming self-published collection of research, writing and cultural production which will explore marginalized perspectives around decolonization and we are currently looking for contributors. We are offering an honorarium of $50-$250 per piece depending on the undertaking. The project is open to Indigenous contributors only. We will also consider work around marginalized Indigenous identities (ie. Black Indigenous identities) or work considering colonialism on Turtle Island on a global level. Preference will be given to Indigenous women, Two-Spirit peoples, LGBT*Q Indigenous peoples and Indigenous youth. Please send us a brief description of the submission you would like to undertake. Submissions can be in any medium you prefer including visual art projects, a brief more “zine” type submission, a poem or a research paper.

Deadline for abstract: August 1st.

Deadline for Submissions: August 16th.

Submit abstracts to the collective: [email protected]

Topics the IW2SHRC is interested in exploring in their research: HIV/AIDS within Indigenous communities; Two-Spirit resistance; Indigenous feminist resistance; prison abolition; language reclamation; Indigenous education; Indigenous resistance to foster care and contemporary social work practice; transformative justice; disability and the medicalization of Indigenous bodies; Indigenous perspectives on sex work; Indigenous sex offenders and intergenerational trauma; land defence and Indigenous bodies; and harm reduction.

kinanākomitin QPIRG Concordia for granting us their research stipend and making this work possible.

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The Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit Harm Reduction Coalition is a non-hierarchical, Indigenous collective organizing under an Indigenous feminist framework. The collective will provide free harm reduction resources, referrals, and services to Indigenous women and Two-Spirit peoples in Montreal via mail and email correspondence. Resources include a clean needle service, pregnancy tests, gloves, dental dams, and condoms. We will also provide resources and referrals around issues like sexual health, legal rights, food insecurity, homelessness, sex work, criminalization, addiction, and other issues which effect Indigenous peoples. The group was recently granted working group status at QPIRG McGill and is looking to expand its membership so we can begin our work. As we recognize our own displacement and the importance of creating safe and accessible spaces for Indigenous peoples we limit membership to Indigenous identified peoples. Because this group organizes in a non-hierarchical model the group is fluid and open to new ideas of how to organize around these issues. Get in touch if your interested! Collective meetings will start in late October. 

Contact Molly and Lindsay:

[email protected]

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