I4DM (DEFINITIONAL MATRIX)
The Definitional Matrix revised in 2022, now called the I4DM​, identifies 4 broad categories for organizations: Indigenous benefiting, Indigenous informed, Indigenous Partnerships and Indigenous-led. Download the matrix and explore the I4DM questions as a starting point to orient where you exist in relation to others. 

​Any use of, or reference to, the I4DM must credit its original source: The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (2022).

This matrix is meant to be shared and used to support the learning journey of organizations with the purpose of supporting the self-determination and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples. In the spirit of reciprocity, accountability and integrity, we are offering a two pager of guidelines for use to provide further context and considerations about the use of the I4DM. We expect organizations to take the definitional matrix in its full form, read and understand the preamble, the matrix and the questions.

WE GET TO BE WELL

Written by: Njoki Mbũrũ
The Circle is committed to engaging the wisdom of young leaders throughout our work and we are aware that there is a diversity of Indigenous peoples globally that self identify and define in a variety of ways. We extended an invitation to Njoki L Mbũrũ as someone that is connected to other territories and lands and is working to transform the sector in a diversity of ways. We invited her to join, listen and reflect on the conversations and abundance of stories shared at the Fall Feast to be able to share these with you all. Hopefully you enjoy these reflections as much as we did and we encourage you to share it with others that participated at the Fall Feast in October. 

Njoki is a grandchild of subsistence farmers who grow a variety of local fruits, vegetables, and trees in a beautiful village in Kenya’s Rift Valley region. She graduated from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in International Development (June 2020). Informed by her experiences over the past years living in Kenya, Germany, and Canada, as well as her observations of the evolving political and environmental landscape in her birthplace, Njoki feels drawn to pursue a career in public policy, with a focus on advancing Indigenous land rights, community food security, and social impact investing. She is a Black settler living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations

​Healing Justice: Rematriation of our time, bodies and spirits

​Hosted by The Circle on Philanthropy, in discussion with Indigenous Climate Action's team members, Melina Laboucan Massimo and Pearl Gottschalk (Lujan). Hear about why wellness and collective care is needed in our lives, communities, and movements. Together we will learn what Healing Justice is and why it’s critical to invest in these practices to sustain transformation and resilience. The Circle hosts and honoured guests will center the nourishment of Indigenous peoples and uplift those on the frontlines, encouraging abundance for wellness.Show less

White Dominant Culture & Something Different | Worksheet

The Circle's Year in Review
Presented at the 2021 Annual General Meeting
The PhiLanthropic Year
PhiLab x The Circle
WINTER - SPRING 2021

We’re excited to share that our collaborative edition of the PhiLanthropic Year, in collaboration with PhiLab is published! Curating this piece was an opportunity to grow, to learn, and to invite the settler-philanthropic sector to read, listen, colour & SHARE!
​Special thanks to Katherine Mac Donald for her editorial, curation and design work. Gratitude to all who contributed their wisdom to this piece.
Funding the Future - Feminist Philanthropy in Practice
in partnership with PFC, EFC, CFC & Equality Fund
MARCH 2021
Philanthro .... WHAAAT? 
A Philanthropy 101 Session with Kris Archie
In partnership with NATOA
WINER 2021

Racial Equity & Justice in Philanthropy Funder's Summit

SUMMER 2020
Dorla Tune & participants of the pre-summit session: Shifting Structures in Black Philanthropy 
Designed by: Joey Cheung
Artists: katia hernández velasco & Yaimel López Zaldívar
​Designed by: Joey Cheung

​Graphic Recordings:

*not all summit sessions had graphic recorders present - decisions on which sessions were recorded were made my session speakers and the #REJPFS Organizing Team

June 22 2020

Facilitator: Dorla Tune
Graphic recorder: Adriana Contreras

June 23 2020

Speakers: Chief Janice George, Lori Villarosa, Paulette Senior, Sara Lyons & Kris Archie
Graphic recorders: Tiaré Jung & Adriana Contreras
Speakers: Dorla Tune, Djaka Blais-Amare, Kris Archie & Vi Nguyen 
Graphic recorders: Tiaré Jung & Adriana Contreras
Yanique Redwood, Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Hanifa Kassam, Tim Fox & Mark Gifford
Graphic recorder: Michelle Buchholz
Daisee Francour, Liz Liske, Gerri Nakirigya Lutaaya, Mohamed Huque & Kris Archie
Graphic recoder: Tiaré Jung

June 24 2020

Speakers: Bina M Patel, Kris Archie & Vi Nguyen
Graphic recorder: ​Adriana Contreras
Speakers: Eriel Deranger, Eugene Kung, Sonja Swift, Wanjiku Gatheru & Mark Gifford
Graphic recorder: Michelle Buchholz
Speakers: Aneil Gockhale, Zahra Ebrahim, Ross Curtner, Bailey Greenspon & Norman Young
Graphic recorder: Adriana Contreras
Speakers: Jara Dean-Coffey, Vu Le, Kris Archie & Vi Nguyen
​Graphic recorder: Michelle Buchholz
Speakers: Chief Janice George, Jess Bolduc, Kevin Huang 黃儀軒, Kris Archie & Vi Nguyen
Graphic recorder: Michelle Buchholz

Reflections from The graphic facilitators

Tiaré Jung
Michelle Buchholz
Adriana Contreras
EMERGING TRENDS IN PHILANTHROPY FOR FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT COMMUNITIES IN CANADA:
A Focus on Manitoba