RiGHTING RELATIONS
The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) is proud to work in partnership with Righting Relations Canada, a heart-led, pan-Canadian network of adult educators and community organizers working for social change.
Established in 2015 by the Catherine Donnelly Foundation to support adult educators and community organizers across Canada who are often isolated in their work and experiencing burn out, Righting Relations seeks to facilitate dialogue and create space for the practitioners and communities that were most left out of the conversation, focusing on women and gender diverse folks, Indigenous, Black, and newcomer communities, people living with disability, and low-income populations, in all of their diversity.
Over the last five years, Righting Relations has built three key hubs across the country to create regional networks and localized connections that work together to influence change. Their work has led to the re-establishment of the Clan Mother system in the east, established partnerships with Universities such as St. Thomas, initiated changes within the City of Regina on reconciliation, and facilitated shifts in policy and practise within our local food system in Edmonton and Regina.
Through this work, Righting Relations has come to represent and model the relations of the Wampum belt: honouring an equal, Nation to Nation relationship, a shared treaty relationship that centres reconciliation and our duty to the generations that follow.
In 2020, Righting Relations incorporated as an independent non-profit organization, Righting Relations Canada. You can find more information about Righting Relations Canada, including events, projects, and resources, through their updated website and on social media.
THE THREE HUBS
The Western Hub for Righting Relations spans across Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The John Humphrey Centre (JHC) is a proud member of the West Hub. The West Hub of Righting Relations is grounded in the notion of “hearts wide open” and the teachings of the strawberry plant as shared by members of our Grandmothers Council. We are the power of the Circle: a gentle, never-ending connection to past and into future power that slowly reaches for new partners, new works, and new members.
Check out some of the work the Western Hub has done here
If you are from the Western area and are interested in joining Righting Relations, please email us at westhub@rightingrelations.org
The Central hub consists of the Righting Relations circles in Ontario and Quebec. The Central Hub supports Circles and members in Ontario and Quebec. Guided by community and rejecting top-down ways of working, local Circles have formed in Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. By trusting in the circle method, each of these groups has developed and evolved in response to the unique needs and circumstances of its community.
The Eastern Hub Righting Relations community covers New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI. The Eastern Hub of Righting Relations, is inspired by the teachings of Indigenous women who have worked to reclaim, strengthen, and maintain their traditional matriarchal culture and systems of governance. Applying their knowledge, we work to decolonize ourselves and our political, social, and economic structures, leading to the just society we all aspire to.
