Indigenous Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism

inist — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:06:00 +0000

Co-Principal Investigators: Dayna Nadine Scott and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2021-2027 Resource conflicts and legal uncertainties have dominated the political landscape over the last decade; conflicts over extraction and its infrastructures have intensified, catalyzing a fierce Indigenous resurgence. As the research team conceived this project, hereditary leaders were blocking a pipeline […]

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Indigenous Art and Curatorial Practice

inist — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:21:00 +0000

Principal Investigator: Lisa Myers Funding: 91��ɫ Research Chair Term: 2021-2026 The research will focus on contemporary Indigenous art considering the varied values and functions of elements, such as medicine plants and language, sound, and knowledge. A project team will be built to consider the culturally specific approaches of contemporary Indigenous media artists, and to understand […]

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Indigenous Climate Change Futures: Envisioning Well-Being with the Earth

inist — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 07:13:00 +0000

Principal Investigator: Deborah McGregor/Co-Investigators: Lisa Myers and Alan Corbiere Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2021-2025. The project aims to define what it means to "live well" from a self-determined Indigenous perspective. Building on previous SSHRC-funded research, the project team will focus specifically on the Anishinaabek concept of mino-mnaamodzawin (well-being with all life) as aframework for […]

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Alectra and EUC establish Alectra Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Undergraduate Awards

paultran — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:28:39 +0000

Alectra Inc. and 91��ɫ’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) announce the establishment of the Alectra Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Undergraduate Awards to provide scholarship opportunities for Black and Indigenous students accepted into an EUC undergraduate program. “We are proud to have Alectra as one of our partners and are very grateful […]

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EUC Seminar Series to discuss the Toronto Purchase

paultran — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:16:22 +0000

The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Seminar Series Polishing the Chain: Treaty Relations in Toronto continues Monday, Feb. 14 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. to discuss “The So-Called Toronto Purchase.” This is the fifth seminar in the Polishing the Chain, 2021-2022 EUC Seminar Series. The event will welcome panel speakers Margaret Sault, acting executive director of intergovernmental […]

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Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars at 91��ɫ

paultran — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:19:37 +0000

Overview Available Fellowships: up to 4 in 2022-23 Amount: min. $70,000/year Duration: 24 months. (Normally July to June. Exceptional start dates may be negotiated) Field: See details below for Faculties seeking candidates for this program. Eligibility: A completed PhD (2017 and after), or PhD completed by December 15, 2022 (with confirmed timeline for defence) Up to two (2) fellowships […]

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No More Arrests? What The Latest Ruling Means For Fairy Creek Protestors

paultran — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:09:12 +0000

The importance of Indigenous knowledge systems Working with First Nations is vital, and in B.C, is the law. The province is legally obligated to consult First Nations on land and resource decisions that may impact them, Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at 91��ɫ and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, tells Refinery29. This is critically important as […]

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Building the capacity for accountable Irish-Mi'kmaq relationships through research

paultran — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:03:42 +0000

What are the links between the past and present impacts of colonization in Éire and colonization in Mi’kma’ki? How might deepening our understandings of these potential links inform accountable and decolonial relationships between the Irish and the Mi’kmaq? Since 2019, Aedan Alderson's doctoral research at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) has allowed […]

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Polishing the Chain: Treaty relations in Toronto

paultran — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:39:31 +0000

What does it mean to be a treaty person in Toronto? Toronto is the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg and Haudenosaunee Confederacies. It is also one of the most culturally diverse cities on Earth. There is a web of historical treaties that were negotiated on these lands - agreements that hold continued relevance and […]

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Climate Action & Sustainable Transitions

paultran — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:37:08 +0000

EUC Research is exploring the thinking, activism and policies that are needed to take action in the climate emergency. We are working with Indigenous communities to define new approaches to, and knowledge of, climate change. We are also critically examining the policies and behaviours that are needed to address environmental sustainability more broadly. The transition […]

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