Employees are welcome to join us for this virtual professional development workshop with Dr. Donna Kahérakwas Goodleaf, Director, Decolonizing Pedagogy & Curriculum, Concordia University. Dr. Goodleaf will address how a Land Acknowledgement can function in your pedagogy & curriculum design, the role they play in a larger stratagem of of institutional decolonization, use of Indigenous languages and more. This session … Continue reading Orange Shirt Day Workshop on Land Acknowledgements

Wednesday, September 25 at 10am in 5B.16: A screening of the medium-length film The Kablona Keepers (69min) This film is an intimate portrait of the dynamic Indigenous community that succeeded in protecting the remote Sacred Headwaters, known as the Klabona, in northwest British Columbia from industrial activities. Spanning 15 years of matriarch-led resistance, the film follows a small group of … Continue reading Orange Shirt Day Event – A screening of the medium-length film The Kablona Keepers (69min)

Thursday, September 26 at 2pm in 5B.16: A screening of the medium-length film Another Word for Learning (73min) This 2019 documentary examines the disconnect between the contemporary colonial educational system and Indigenous communities, in light of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the painful legacy of the Sixties Scoop. The film spotlights the story of 11 year old … Continue reading Orange Shirt Day Event – A screening of the medium-length film Another Word for Learning (73min)

Sponsored by the Dawson Student Union and served by TLC Kahnawake. Students are invited to taste delicious traditional Indigenous cuisine served in Conrod’s in the Upper Atrium. Friday, September 27 from 10 AM to 12 PM in Conrod’s