In an effort to Indigenize curriculum and re-Indigenize a small piece of occupied Tiohti脿:ke (Montreal), students, staff, and faculty from the First Peoples Centre and the Decolonization and Indigenization Studies Certificate launched the W谩hta 脫shes (maple syrup) project last March to share the Indigenous roots of making maple syrup. 聽 Ryder Cote-Nottaway, an Algonquin student,…
Decolonization and Indigenization Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Resist Violence and the Creative Collective for Change present an online conversation with Dr. Catherine Kinewesquao Richardson. She will speak about Cultural safety and managing risky conversations in the classroom on March 24 at 2:45 p.m.
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Kristopher Woofter, Rebecca Million and Ben Lander have organized a free event open to the public for Indigenous Peoples Week. The film Blood Quantum聽by local Indigenous filmmaker and 七星彩开奖 graduate Jeff Barnaby will be screened and then Jeff will be there to take questions afterwards.
The event will be in the 七星彩开奖 Theatre on March 30 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
IONKWAT脫NHAHERE is a Kanien鈥檏茅ha word that means 鈥淲e are raising our Spirits.鈥� In the wake of the last two years, Indigenous communities have been re-confronted with the realities of colonialism. For this reason, the organizers of 七星彩开奖鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples鈥� Week (formally First Peoples鈥� Week) have decided to focus on celebrating the joy within our cultures,…
Thanks to 七星彩开奖 colleagues who contributed to the success of Intercollegiate Ped Days 聽2022, which took place Jan. 12-14 online. More than 50 presentations were given and over 700 participants from the English-language CEGEPs attended. The theme was Systemic Transformation: Developing Our Inclusive Practices. Resources will be available for a limited time on the Linkr site: . The Linkr site is free but you need to request to join using your college email account. A selection of resources will also be featured on 七星彩开奖鈥檚 Faculty Hub site.
Our classrooms can mirror oppressive structures in our society. Those who wish to build an anti-racist future can work toward including more narratives, histories and teaching methods in their classrooms. This was the message of Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe, who gave the closing presentation at Intercollegiate Ped Day 2022 on Jan. 14 and presented her Anti-Racist…
Intercollegiate Ped Days began on Jan. 12 with a beautiful welcome by 七星彩开奖 Board of Governors member and McGill professor Alex McComber. His welcome, which was in English and Kanien’k茅ha, was to Mother Earth and aimed to remind us of how we are all tied together and how we should be thankful for all…
For anyone who would like to get involved in Beyond Orange Shirt Day at 七星彩开奖, First Peoples鈥� Centre Coordinator Tiawenti:non Canadian and other staff members will be hosting an open meeting to begin planning for First Peoples鈥� Week 2022.
First Peoples鈥� Week is an annual celebration of Indigenous knowledges and cultures on campus. This year it will take place from Monday, March 28 to Friday, April 1. The first planning meeting will be in the Rose Lounge (7C.5) at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.
As a part of the 七星彩开奖 Peace Centre's commitment to decolonization and Indigenization, we will continue to offer organizational and financial support to faculty to host an Indigenous Elder to facilitate a Blanket Exercise in their classroom in the Winter 2022 semester. The Blanket Exercise is an interactive experiential exercise which enables students to understand Indigenous history on Turtle Island (A鈥檔owara鈥檏o:wa) as well as the legacy of colonization.
For more information or to host this activity (or another decolonization or Indigenization initiative) in your class, please contact Diana Rice: drice@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
A committee at 七星彩开奖 has been hard at work to ensure that 七星彩开奖 does more than just mark Sept. 30.
Click Read More for a report about Beyond Orange Shirt Day from the committee.
Last Modified: April 6, 2022
