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Thursday, September 19, 2024 11:00to17:00

Join the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the McGill Farmer's Market in highlighting two wonderful vendors: JC Bear and Montour Soaps!

The Market is held on McTavish street on Thursdays.

Instagram/Facebook : @mcgillfarmersmarket

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Thursday, September 19, 2024 16:00to17:30

The momentum for embracing Indigenous philosophies and promoting strategic practices is evident across universities in Canada. Let us commit to these support reconciliatory efforts that work for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples as we learn to walk and grow together. What are some of the strategies that universitieshave engagedin to ensure that Indigenous philosophies and practices that support and lead reconciliation efforts? These critical points will be shared in this talk to support the leadership efforts that Universities are advancing. Dr.

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Friday, September 20, 2024 10:30to17:00

This year's Pow wow at 㽶Ƶ will be hosted at the Tomlinson Fieldhouse. The agenda includes a diverse variety of cultural dancing, song, and vendors, such as: Inuit throat singing, Métis jigging, Intertribals, and a vendor set-up.

Please find the complete program, as well as information for the venue on our posters. Everyone is welcome!

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 15:00to17:30

Talk 1: "Visiting and the Art of Norval Morriseau" with Dr. Carmen Robertson, Professor at Carleton University

Talk 2: "Reflecting on Three Decades of My Art as an Ojibweinini" with Rob Spade, Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Music

A light reception will follow.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 17:30to19:00

Candace Brunette-Debassige (PhD) shares her experience and research on Indigenous women's experiences in academia, emphasizing how their stories as trailblazers advance Indigenous rights and collective educational needs in Canadian universities today.

Dr. Brunette-Debassige is Mushkego Cree iskwew of Petabeck First Nation (Treaty 9) and an Assistant Professor & Director of Indigenous Education at Western University.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 17:00to19:30

“Joyce’s Principle aims to guarantee to all Indigenous people the right of equitable access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services, as well as the right to enjoy the best possible physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.”

Joyce's Principle is a document created by the Atikamekw Nation and Manawan First Nation following the death of Mrs. Joyce Echaquan on Sept. 28, 2020, at the Joliette Hospital Center in Lanaudière, Québec, during which she was subjected to verbally violent and racist statements by health workers.

Classified as: FMHS, Department of Family Medicine, Family Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine, Indigenous, BIPOC; Black; Indigenous; People of Colour; Equity
Thursday, September 26, 2024 10:30to17:30

Join AJ Esquega for two workshops (open to Indigenous students) at 10:30am and 3:00pm.

Workshop #1: Moose Meat Delicacies, Barley Soup, Bannock

Workshop #2: Traditional Gillnet Making

Please note that registration is required. Students may register by emailing firstpeopleshouse [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Registration%20for%20IAW%20Workshop%20w%20AJ)

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Friday, September 27, 2024 12:00to14:00

Join the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education as they launch the ԰ɲԲí: (Our Nice Inclusive Space) on the second floor. A launch with light reception will follow the unveiling.

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Friday, September 27, 2024 16:00to17:30

Panelists will present information and answer questions about the forms and institutions of governance in Kahnawà:ke amongst the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk Peoples). Topics will focus on the traditional and elected systems, as well as their relationship to one another today.

This panel will be on Zoom. Please register for the link.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024toMonday, September 30, 2024

The School of Continuing Studies has three events on and approaching September 30th, as follows:

1. "Indigenous Perspectives on Truth and Reconciliation in Post-Secondary Education" 12:00-1:00pm--

2. Truth and Reconciliation Tabling, 12:00-1:00pm on September 24th and 26th --680 Sherbrooke Lobby

3. "We Were Children" Movie Screening, 3:00-4:30pm, 680 Sherbrooke Room #1041

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Monday, September 30, 2024 13:30to15:30

McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives are pleased to co-host Travis Seymour (FCPA, FCGA, MBA, CAFM), NEO of the First Nations Market Housing Fund for a keynote speech on the topic of reconciliation and building Indigenous sovereign wealth.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 13:00to17:00

In Avativut (our lands) Silavut (our intellect): Inuit Education, Dr. Karla Williamson will discuss advancing Inuit knowledges in post-secondary education.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 17:00to19:30

Dr. Noelani Goodyear- Ka'ōpua (PhD) closes Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2024.

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Thursday, September 19, 2024 09:00toWednesday, October 2, 2024 23:45

View the beaded logo and fall for 㽶Ƶ, specially created in Haudenosaunee beadwork by Niiostoserah Thompson of Small Feather Empire.

The display cases will be available in the main lobby of McLennan-Redpath Library complex during Indigenous Awareness Weeks.

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