It's not the Waking, It's the Rising: Lakehead University's Social Justice Summit 2019 - May 24-26

Event Date: 
Friday, May 24, 2019 - 9:00am EDT to Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 9:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Lakehead University

The inaugural Social Justice Summit will be held at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario on May 25 and 26. 

Organized by the Social Justice Studies Program at Lakehead University, the conference is multidisciplinary and invites submissions from all graduate and undergraduate students whose research includes a social justice focus (broadly defined). 

This year's presenters are from all across Canada, with students from Lakehead, Adler, McMaster, Memorial, Mount Saint Vincent, OISE, Simon Fraser, St Francis Xavier, U of Calgary, U of Lethbridge, U of Prince Edward Island, U of Saskatchewan, and Western. Research categories include health care, Indigenous experiences, racialized experiences, Canada's North, food insecurity, LGBTQ+ issues, gender issues, and art activism.

Click here for the events program. 

The following events will also be taking place before and during the conference:


In towns throughout Ontario, there are startling reminders of the colonization of Indigenous territories and the displacement of First Nations people. Anishinaabe comedian and activist Ryan McMahon takes us to his hometown of Fort Frances and down its main drag, which is called Colonization Road. Similar streets have similar names in towns and cities across the province, direct reminders of the Public Lands Act of 1853 and its severe impact on First Nations, their treaties and their land in the name of “Canadian settlement.” On his journey through Ontario, McMahon explores the history of these roads, meets with settlers in solidarity and raises significant questions about “reconciliation” and what it means to “decolonize.”

Ryan McMahon will be present to introduce and discuss the film on Friday, May 24 at 7 pm in ATAC 1003. 

Please note this is the UNCENSORED version.

This event is free, and open to the public. Tickets are required: sjsummit.wixsite.com/2019

 



Ryan is an Anishinaabe comedian, writer, media maker & community activator based out of Treaty #1 territory(Winnipeg, MB). He is the host of the film Colonization Road, as well as the Canadaland podcast series looking at the city with “the highest homicide and hate crime rates in the country. A mayor charged with extortion. A police chief who faced trial for obstruction of justice and nine tragic deaths of Indigenous high schoolers.” Thunder Bay. He will discuss the podcast, and his work as a whole.

Saturday, May 25
7 pm
ATAC 1003

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