Who We Are

Most non-profits, charities, or grassroots movements have a public educator, a community engagement officer, an outreach coordinator. Someone to facilitate difficult conversations and hold space for the discomfort, the questions, and the growth that arise from them. This is adult education

Adult educators encourage folks to question their assumptions in a process of reflection and discovery. This work is critical, and we believe that the folks doing the work need support, resources, and connection to excel.

Righting Relations aims to respond to the needs of our network, whether that means a resource, a toolkit, or a gathering. Some of our work to date includes: re-establishing the traditional Clan Mother system of guidance throughout Wabanaki territory; shifts in policy and practise within Edmonton and Regina Food Banks; a Settler Reflection workshop series in Hamilton; and healing circles for Residential School survivors in the East and for Black activists in Montreal.

Our core funding is provided by the Catherine Donnelly Foundation, with additional project funding from sources across Canada.

Righting Relations is not a registered charity, so we cannot receive donations ourselves, but if you want to support our work, we recommend making a donation to one of our partners, supporters, and collaborators. You can find a full list here.

Of course! Getting involved with Righting Relations can range from signing up to our mailing list or following our social media, to becoming a member, to getting involved with organizing at the Hub, Circle, or National level. How you take part is entirely up to you, and can change over time.

We are always looking to grow our regional support! If you’d like to see whether there is interest in starting a local Circle, we recommend starting by connecting with the Hub Coordinator for your area - their contact information can be found here, or in their Hub Portal. If you’re not sure which Hub to contact, you can also send a general inquiry to info@rightingrelations.org

We aim to make most Righting Relations resources accessible under a Creative Commons license: CC-BY-SA 4.0. This means you can use them as long as you acknowledge their creator and share them under the same use license.

Sometimes we might use a different license to protect cultural knowledge or lived experiences, or we might share an external resource. Please check the Rights of Use tag on each resource before using or sharing it.