The SeedZine is a community- and artist-led publication. We are a group of social and climate justice activists interested in tapping into diverse ways of expression and storytelling. The SeedZine is a project stemming from Climate Justice Montreal (CJM). CJM is a community organizing group based out of Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang pursuing environmental and climate justice through education, mobilization, and collective action in solidarity with directly affected communities. We acknowledge that the issues around climate justice are inherently linked to larger systems of oppression (such as capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy) and we are committed to addressing and highlighting these injustices in our organizing.

The Herd Archive is a student led publication who’s mission is to provide a space where student creatives can build, share and learn more about the collective experience of young individuals in our ever-evolving society. In this first edition, I talk about the fading tradition of Amazigh Tattoing. Tattoos represent a sense of identity and cultural symbol in many Indigenous communities around the world. The body becomes your canvas to show who you are to the rest of the world. As I looked into the tradition of facial tattooing, I felt it would be appropriate to share a disappearing art and pay homage to my ancestors. I have recreated different forms of facial tattooing found within Amazigh culture. I've also taken my own spin on a few of them by choosing my own symbolism. All of the designs are hand-painted and captured by me.

This edition of “Untangling the Colonial Mind” looks into the decolonization process from students participating in the Indigenous Spiritualities course at the University of Ottawa. Taking the idea of Living and Coexisting well, students submitted diverse pieces of the understanding and awakening to new Indigenous ways of thought. Living and Coexisting well is an interpretation of the Aymara Suma Qamaña. The literal translation would be ‘Live Well’ but the epistemological interpretation is much more complex and it has been translated into all kinds of phrases and sentences. However, when consulting with different Aymara Elders we understood that this is a philosophical expression that encompasses the Andean way of being alive. Living with all other human nations that populate this planet of ours is a crucial part of being Aymara. Also, developing healthy relations with all that surrounds us, the non-human nationalities (animals, birds, fish, micro-organisms, living systems like forests or rivers, as well as other forms of life beyond our planet) is also a propensity we have as Aymara people. This sets out the proper context to assert that we want to live well and coexist peacefully with everything that makes up this universe.