Join ESG in our endeavour to support the Indigenous community by sharing information and resources. Below, you’ll discover informative materials, tools, and insights to help you understand and embrace your role as an ally. Additionally, we welcome your contributions of valuable information and resources. Feel free to email esgoffice@esgunited.org to submit your resources today!
- The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, produced by Native Earth Performing Arts. Read it HERE.
- Documentary Indian Horse (available on crave)
- What Land is your Cottage Located On? Learn more about Native land here.
Read more. - Awakenings ― We Were Always Here ― Acknowledgment (A film by Jonathan Elliott, 2020) Watch it here!
- Explaining powwow culture: From banned to booming. Learn more!
- Learn About 8 Indigenous Dances. Watch it here!
Books
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
- 21 Things you may not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
- The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
- Unsettling the Settler Within by Paulette Regan
- A National Crime by John S. Millot
- Understanding First Nation The legacy of Canadian Colonialism by Dr Ed Whitcomb
FILMS:
Night Raiders(2021).
- Director: Danis Goulet (Cree/Saulteaux)
- Overview: A dystopian sci-fi thriller grounded in the trauma of colonialism.
Seeds (2024)
- Director & Writer: Kaniehtiio Horn (Mohawk)
- Overview: A darkly comedic home-invasion caper, premiered at TIFF 2024 and returned for Canada’s Top Ten shortlist.
Skitekmujuekatik (At the place of ghosts) (2025)
- Mi’kmaw filmmaker Bretton Hammen
- Overview: a haunting work first seen at TIFF 2025 tells the story of two siblings, their family history and how they can overcome their trauma, through the wisdom and help of their ancestors and their sibling bond. Music by celebrated Indigenous artist Jeremy Dutcher!
Slash/Back (2022). Read more.
MUSIC:
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids
- Jeremy Dutcher
- Aysanabee
- Tribe Called Red
- Tanya Tagaq
- Stirling John
- Logan Staats
- Joel Wood
- Zoon
- Deantha Edmunds
- Andrew Balfour
- Native Women’s Association of Canada ⇒ Donate here.
- Indspire — supports Indigenous post-secondary students ⇒ Learn more.
- Native Canadian Centre of Toronto — local urban Indigenous wellness ⇒ Read here.
- Aboriginal Sport Circle — promotes Indigenous athletics ⇒ Learn more.
- Kehkimin Wolastoqey language immersion school. Read more.
- Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund ⇒ Learn more.
Have we missed your favourite Indigenous Artist? Have a book that we didn’t mention here that as a community, we must have? Have anything at all to add?! Send your suggestions to MJ’s email!
Legacy of Hope Foundation — preserves history of residential schools
Places We’ve Lived: Land, Story, and Spirit
A Monthly Storytelling & Land Acknowledgement Series
Starting Fall 2025, Places We’ve Lived invites ESG congregants to share 3–5 minute reflections on places they’ve lived or loved- acknowledging the Indigenous Peoples of those lands and sharing personal stories of learning, change, and connection.
This initiative is part of ESG’s commitment to reconciliation, radical
inclusion, and vibrant spirituality. It’s about truth-telling, not
comfort- honouring Indigenous stories and the lands that shape us. Reflections will be shared monthly during worship, and optionally online. Support and coaching will be available.
Interested in participating? Let us know by emailing MJ, esgoffice@esgunited.org