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ABOUT IWC

Indigenous Women Climb is a virtual and Land-based volunteer community dedicated to self-determination and representation of Indigenous Women/non-binary and Two-Spirit climbers in the outdoors.

Our work is to ensure Indigenous land/place based knowledge systems, protocols and governance practices exist in our relations to the outdoors.

There is room for you here

During these unprecedented times, it seems that more than ever our local and global communities are ready to take up the important work to unpack complex themes of power, privilege, colonization, and commit to personal transformation towards

anti-oppressive, anti-racist

and Land-based knowledge systems.

TO INSPIRE

Inclusion does not mean leadership, transformation or meaningful change. Indigenous Women climb works to move beyond inclusion and support Indigenous leadership, self-determination and culturally reflective opportunities in climbing. Our work supports Indigenous Youth Climbing groups and hopes to cultivate and support the next generation of culturally grounded, strong and courageous Indigenous climbers.

To educate

Learning is an ongoing relational process. Indigenous Women Climb is committed to the cultivation of learning opportunities, consultations, work-shops and relationship-building. Content includes: Place, Power and Privilege in the Outdoors, Critical Self-Location & Identity in the Outdoors, Beyond Inclusion and Towards Transformative Leadership, Unpacking Colonization in our communities, Indigenous Land-based methods and Relations to One another and the Outdoors, Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Racist practice and work relations, Understanding Indigeneity in the Outdoors.