The Jeannette McCullough Indigenous Internship Award
Jeannette McCullough was a gifted Shamanic practitioner, educator, healer and passionate advocate of the power of Indigenous knowledges and ways of being, to bring wholeness to all our relations – human and more than human. Jeannette passed away suddenly in 2016, leaving a huge legacy in the hearts and minds of many. As well as her wise counsel and support for the work of the Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience (AIR), Jeannette left yet another gift – the money raised from the sale of her many and precious books.
With these funds we are establishing The Jeannette McCullough Indigenous Internship Award. In keeping with AIR’s aims and Jeannette’s work, this fund will support recipients (scholars and practitioners) to learn about and contribute to AIR’s work of Indigenous, intercultural and intergenerational approaches to human-ecological wellbeing. Each recipient will receive $5,000 towards living expenses and tuition whilst undertaking a specific project with AIR that complements their learning. Based at one of AIR’s affiliated organizations and linked to our intergenerational resilience hubs their learning will also be nurtured by AIR’s international community.
In alignment with AIR’s support for the UNESCO sponsored 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages internships awarded for 2019 will focus on “Food sovereignty, waterways and the re-generative capacity of Indigenous languages”. The recipient/s will work with AIR’s intergenerational resilience hubs to develop an interactive digital platform conveying emerging stories of decolonization, language regeneration and food sovereignty.
How you or your organization can help: In the coming months AIR is working to develop this fund, ensuring its sustainability in coming years. Building on the bequest of $1500, our immediate goal is to raise a further $3,500 towards the first Indigenous internship. Beyond that, our next goal is seed a second Indigenous Internship to the value of $5,000, alongside working to raise further funds to make this a permanent award.
Contributions to the The Jeannette McCullough Indigenous Internship Award fund can be made:
- With a cheque made out to the Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience and posted to Kikila Perrin, (Board Member), AIR, C/O Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Canada;
- Via paypal or credit card through visiting AIR’s website intergenresil.com
- Or in discussion with Dr Lewis Williams, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Unless they choose to remain anonymous, we wish to recognize all sponsors for their contributions via AIR’s website and newsletter.
