2026-04-23 13:04:20 From Jaela Bernstien to Everyone:
	Terrasse season is right around the corner in Montreal!
	
2026-04-23 13:04:32 From Kaelyn Bumelis (she/her) to Everyone:
	I'm going to go off camera for a little bit just to finish my lunch!!
	
2026-04-23 13:05:15 From Renée to Everyone:
	I am in transit, on the bus on the way to the airport so my camera will be mostly off too
	
2026-04-23 13:19:54 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	https://coco-net.org/problem-woman-colour-nonprofit-organizations/
	
2026-04-23 13:19:57 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Yes, at my NGO we always say that we are “trying to work ourselves out of a job.” Like that’s explicitly the goal
	
2026-04-23 13:20:19 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	(Hi everyone, I’m Carly, I work with Aneri and I’ve been watching the recordings)
	
2026-04-23 13:20:32 From Rebecca Ivanoff, Seed Program Manager at EFAO - she/her to Everyone:
	Coco is sooooo helpful in articulating some of these issues!
	
2026-04-23 13:20:43 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	truly!
	
2026-04-23 13:34:40 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	https://equityinthecenter.org/white-women-doing-white-supremacy-in-nonprofit-culture/
	
2026-04-23 13:34:48 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Reminds me of the concept of tone policing
	
2026-04-23 13:35:34 From Julie (she/elle) | The Youth Harbour to Everyone:
	politeness can also sometimes lead to not standing up for others or not calling out/calling in behaviours, not having a strong stance, etc
	
2026-04-23 13:35:59 From Alana Svilans to Everyone:
	...and being unwilling to experience or confront discomfort in any way, avoiding any 'messy' issues
	
2026-04-23 13:36:34 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Replying to "politeness can also sometimes lead to not standing...":
	I think I have fallen into this trap before, as a non confrontational white woman
	
2026-04-23 13:36:39 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	and i also get that for a lot of folks, especially afab and femmes, niceness is learned out of survival, holding that all of thse things can be true at the same time
	
2026-04-23 13:47:04 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	We (RAVEN) love WCEL! Shoutout to our friends there
	
2026-04-23 13:47:21 From Kristi Chester Vance to Everyone:
	Replying to "We (RAVEN) love WCEL! Shoutout to our friends ther...":
	WCEL is amazing!
	
2026-04-23 13:47:31 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Fundraising campaign for Heiltsuk’s related litigation: https://raventrust.com/campaigns/heiltsuk/
	
2026-04-23 13:53:56 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	after the spill in 2016, Heiltsuk conducted and grew their own env/marine monitoring because of the (unsurprising) shitty job done by Canada + company responsible for spill. Just awful that it happened, but a neat connected example of their inherent governance in practice
	
2026-04-23 13:55:00 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	What a cool way for an ENGO to directly support Indigenous governance
	
2026-04-23 13:55:34 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	on the topic of Heiltsuk, if anyone likes poetry, RAVEN is hosting a free virtual book club on the 30th with Heiltsuk author Jess Housty and her book Crushed Wild Mint (It's a short and beautiful read). reg link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-club-session-1-crushed-wild-mint-registration-1986033403372?aff=oddtdtcreator
	
2026-04-23 13:55:54 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	(and any donations go to their ongoing campaign)
	
2026-04-23 13:56:10 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Replying to "on the topic of Heiltsuk, if anyone likes poetry, ...":
	Jess was featured in this video too! I saw them bouncing a baby on a lap
	
2026-04-23 13:56:51 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	that's unhinged lol
	
2026-04-23 13:57:38 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Not familiar with this but we are fans of The Circle
	
2026-04-23 14:05:55 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	Kristi is that a Frenchie??
	
2026-04-23 14:06:46 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	I have often wondered whether white or non-Indigenous people can have a role in examining pretendianism - doesn’t really feel like our place, right? But at the same time, we want to support our Indigenous colleagues
	
2026-04-23 14:10:29 From Alana Svilans to Everyone:
	smacks of blood quantum rules
	
2026-04-23 14:18:32 From Alana Svilans to Everyone:
	Also tough if you've been raised outside of the community like so many have been
	
2026-04-23 14:21:39 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	On the other hand, my ex-husband is Red River Metis, and he never felt “Indigenous enough” to apply for those scholarship opportunities when they were using self-identification measures
	
2026-04-23 14:34:06 From Jaela Bernstien to Everyone:
	Replying to "https://coco-net.org/problem-woman-colour-nonprofi...":
	Thank you Aneri for sharing this. I witnessed this pattern over and over in my previous career - I'm going to share with some former colleagues. So useful to see it spelled out this way
	
2026-04-23 14:38:20 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	this one? https://jacobin.com/2022/08/deference-standpoint-epistemology-activism-identity
	
2026-04-23 14:49:28 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	lol there's a hiking trail named after him in Saskatchewan
	
2026-04-23 14:52:40 From Julie (she/elle) | The Youth Harbour to Everyone:
	Thomas King as well, an author living in my hometown
	
2026-04-23 14:53:05 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	I’ll never forget finding out about Buffy in our office - some of us starting crying. It was deeply emotional
	
2026-04-23 14:58:33 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	in so many ways, what a dink
	
2026-04-23 15:15:07 From Rebecca Ivanoff, Seed Program Manager at EFAO - she/her to Everyone:
	Even as a "provincial" organization is sooooo different between folks on James Bay or up in Kenora and say this work in southern Ontario!!
	
2026-04-23 15:18:05 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	If you’re always flying the plane while you’re building it.. is it still possible to land the plane safely? (I hope so)
	
2026-04-23 15:20:58 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	“How do you start a relationship?” That resonates. What spaces is it okay/appropriate to show up in to try to develop that relationship?
	
2026-04-23 15:26:11 From Jaela Bernstien to Everyone:
	I have to dip out early for another commitment. Thank you so much Les for sharing your knowledge and perspectives. It's been a great learning process!
	
2026-04-23 15:28:38 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	I think decoupling that personal and professional is actually somewhat aspirational Rebecca 🙂
	
2026-04-23 15:29:02 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Like the personal and the professional CAN be one and the same
	
2026-04-23 15:30:30 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	My org has experienced people having their personal relationships with people harmed by mis-steps taken by our ENGO
	
2026-04-23 15:33:09 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	I have that fear of failure and fear of causing harm, 100%
	
2026-04-23 15:35:20 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Sorry for spamming the chat - this is me too with Portuguese, I do immersion Sundays with my Brazilian partner and make nothing but mistakes. Exposure therapy!
	
2026-04-23 15:36:39 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	“I made a mistake but I’m not a mistake” that’s tea
	
2026-04-23 15:38:45 From Sustainability Network to Everyone:
	Here’s the feedback form. Any thoughts appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1BsxTU4rY5YPXCIZ55Eu91RZAFY531VdEfDYRaRn5nsRjMg/viewform?entry.661185125=Advanced+Decolonial+Theory+and+Application+(Spring+2026)
	
2026-04-23 15:39:17 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Sierra Club was implicated in the Clayquot Sound case study we looked at in session 1, interesting
	
2026-04-23 15:41:50 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	Just before I forget (and since it's the last session) -is there a way for us all to keep in touch beyond this cohort training? through sustainability network? or should we exchange emails before session ends today?
	
2026-04-23 15:43:00 From Sustainability Network to Everyone:
	I can create a google form in the follow up email. If you want to stay in touch, you can fill out the form, and then I will share everyone’s emails with each other if they filled out the form. Would that work for everyone?
	
2026-04-23 15:43:15 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	yes, thanks!
	
2026-04-23 15:43:50 From Sustainability Network to Everyone:
	Great! I’ll do that then 🙂
	
2026-04-23 15:57:49 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	Inspiring story
	
2026-04-23 15:59:03 From Carly Eldstrom to Everyone:
	I got so much out of this, even tuning in virtually due to work obligations until now - thanks everyone for what you brought to this
	
2026-04-23 15:59:46 From Julie (she/elle) | The Youth Harbour to Everyone:
	I’ve really enjoyed these discussions, it was really insightful, really filled with care too
	
2026-04-23 16:00:02 From Aneri Garg to Everyone:
	Thanks so much! Great to have the space for conversation <3 There's another great read on "personal vs professional" ill try and find to share...
	
2026-04-23 16:01:27 From Alana Svilans to Everyone:
	Thank you everyone!