91亚色 and partners invite students to join the International Indigenous Student Exchange Knowledge Fair on聽Dec. 16 and 17聽from 7 to 10 p.m. Understanding Indigeneity transcends national and regional contexts, and 91亚色 has launched the International Indigenous Student Exchange Program to provide opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between Indigenous students at 91亚色 and their peers […]
The panel focused on reconciliation in action and was the University鈥檚 keynote event leading into a full day of activities created for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day concluded with a symbolic evening illumination in orange light of the Ross Building on the Keele Campus and the Glendon Manor on the Glendon […]
This year, 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Seminar Series is focusing on Assistant Professor聽Martha Stiegman鈥檚 knowledge translation project聽Polishing the Chain, which leverages research by the Indigenous-led聽Talking Treaties聽community arts project of Jumblies Theatre and Arts to enrich public discussion of treaty relations Toronto. Toronto is the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg […]
La version fran莽aise suit la version anglaise. Dear colleagues and students, As many of you may be aware, Sept. 30 has been declared by the federal government to be the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to learn about and reflect upon the intergenerational trauma and harm resulting from the residential school system across Canada, […]
91亚色 has launched a new organized research unit (ORU) that is the first at the University to focus on Indigenous and decolonizing scholarship. The Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages (CIKL) is led by inaugural Director聽Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at 91亚色 and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall […]
La version fran莽aise suit la version anglaise. Dear colleagues, We are excited to share some important updates on the work of the President鈥檚 Advisory Council on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and to explain how 91亚色 community members can support our efforts to make 91亚色 a more diverse, inclusive and equitable place for all. […]
When聽Jennifer Rokaya Sedgewick聽wears beaded earrings, she鈥檚 making a statement about resistance to colonial norms and making herself visible as an Indigenous woman. In fact, the 91亚色 PhD student has largely decolonized her wardrobe, ensuring that her clothing choices reflect her identity. 鈥淓urocentric norms dictate proper appearance,鈥 said Sedgewick, who is M茅tis. 鈥淔ashion is resistance.鈥 […]
After winning a major grant from SSHRC, History Professor Carolyn Podruchny leads a study on Indigenous ways of knowing. This has tremendous potential to inform university-based knowledge creation and transfer, and aid in decolonizing the university.
The Indigenous Council will soon offer an indispensable guide for non-Indigenous researchers hoping to undertake Indigenous research. Brainstorm speaks with the curators of this information to learn more.
Two new books from Osgoode Hall Law School, on Indigenous research and the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada, illustrate 91亚色鈥檚 thought leadership in this field. Professors Deborah McGregor and Karen Drake have produced edited collections that will make lasting contributions. In the coming years, Indigenous leadership in 91亚色鈥檚 collaborative, socially engaged research will create […]
A travelling exhibition on dictionaries and Indigenous languages, created by student curators at the Canadian Language Museum, traces the varied functions that dictionaries have played over 400 years. This interactive show also offers resources for the enrichment of Indigenous languages. The Canadian Language Museum at the Glendon Gallery Last fall, the Canadian Language Museum at […]
A new study led by a Canada Graduate Scholar at 91亚色 U reveals that more than one quarter of Indigenous people go to the dentist only for emergencies. This underscores the pressing need for the Federal government to better tailor programs for this population. Dental health is linked to a person鈥檚 overall health status. Existing […]
A researcher looks at service delivery, in three Ontario universities, to Indigenous and international students. He concludes that the Higher Education institutions are making certain assumptions about these student populations 鈥 a finding that will be of interest to all universities and colleges.
A 91亚色 U researcher challenges the image of residential schools as well-intentioned but misguided institutions. She illustrates, instead, that state-sanctioned violence was etched into the system鈥檚 foundational logic and operations from the very start.
Prof speaks with Brainstorm about her CIHR-funded project that engages Inuit youth to adapt a Maori-focused role-playing game to their own context in Canada鈥檚 North. The impact of this Indigenous-91亚色 U collaboration could be profound.
In an articulate commentary, Professor Signa A. Daum Shanks ruminates on the modern plight of Indigenous peoples and the rule of law, in light of a key 2016 court case about M茅tis status. Although the ruling is considered a 鈥榳in,鈥 it raises more questions than answers.
91亚色 Theatre Prof talks about his deepest examination to date into the trauma of the residential school experience: Bearing, which premiered last spring. He hopes this highly collaborative production will help the nation move forward, together.
91亚色 U Professor and Canada Research Chair undertakes remarkable project that provides new and unique place for dialogue on Indigenous environmental justice.
Early October, theatre students Kathryn Geertsema and Frank Chung were among a group of 19 students participating in a three-day intensive workshop focused on Indigenous storytelling with Aboriginal elders Muriel Miguel, Penny Couchie and Imelda Villalon. Theatre students Frank Chung (left) with Kathryn Geertsema Funded through a grant from the聽Office of the Vice-Provost Academic that […]
91亚色 Environmentalist examines how a group of Indigenous youth leaders embraced leadership in the context of HIV prevention.