Indigenous Graduate Student Speaker Series - Clifford Mushquash

Event Date: 
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
via Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact E-mail: 

Indigenous Graduate Speaker Series – Sharing Stories and Learning from Each Other

Clifford Mushquash - Master of Public Health, Indigenous & Northern Health

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 – 1 pm to 2 pm EST

The Indigenous Student Services Centre is pleased to share this inspiring student speaker series. Join to learn about these Indigenous graduate students and their experiences along their educational journey.  

The third speaker in the series is Clifford Mushquash. Clifford is a student in the Master of Public Health, Indigenous & Northern Health.

Plan to join to learn about Clifford’s educational journey.  

Register in advance at:

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kd-ugpjMuHdBQ8loa4TOYvEk_-...

After registering for the event, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

Clifford Mushquash

Clifford Mushquash is Anishnabe and a member of Pays Plat First Nation. Clifford has previously studied business, political science, and public administration.  After working for several years in health and human services, he returned to full time studies in 2016.  In May 2020, he graduated from Lakehead University (Thunder Bay campus) with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and an Honours Bachelor of Social Work.  

Giving back to the community is important for Clifford.  He is a member of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay - Lakehead, the Secretary for the Board of Directors of the John Howard Society of Thunder Bay and District, is a judge and evaluator for Skate Canada, and has recently become a mentor for the Work-Study Program at Outside Looking In, a Canada-wide organization offering mentoring programs to Indigenous Youth.  

Clifford is currently employed in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University as an administrative assistant for the Indigenous Language Teacher’s Diploma Program, which trains fluent language speakers to be language teachers.  He is currently completing a Masters in Public Health with a specialization in Indigenous and Northern Health. 

Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Self-Defence Sessions with Darren Marshall (make-up session)

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 6:00pm EST
Event Location: 
via Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact E-mail: 

Self-Defence Sessions with Darren Marshall

Makeup Date for Self Defense Class missed last week 

Thursday, February 26, 2021 – 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Join Zoom Session

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/96064120097?pwd=YWRwTURsSHo1V3dpQkQ2OWoyQUEzdz09

Meeting ID: 960 6412 0097 Passcode: 536583 

Darren is a 6th Degree Black Belt in Wado Kai Karate and a SAFE certified Self Defense instructor world-wide.

Gain basic skills in self defense and awareness!  

Join Darren every Tuesday for 8 weeks of interactive and fun learning sessions on self defense.

Canada Revenue Agency Indigenous Student Session

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 11:30am EST
Event Location: 
online
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact E-mail: 

Indigenous Student Session

February 16, 2021 - 11:30am-12:30pm

Platform: Pheedloop 

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) – We’re more than just taxes!

We’re a diverse, inclusive and accessible employer that firmly believes that our people are our strength.

Join us for a virtual discussion to learn about upcoming employment opportunities for Indigenous students and future graduates. We will show you the available jobs and how to apply, and will share how the CRA creates a supportive and inclusive work environment where Indigenous employees thrive. The CRA Outreach team will also be discussing the benefits and credits available to students, through income tax filing and how you can volunteer to prepare tax returns in your community.

Did you know that as a new student at the CRA you will be greeted by a fellow Indigenous colleague, and can take part in the Indigenous Employee Network? 

We look forward to meeting you!

Dr. Sean Lessard - "The Red Worn Runners" Wellness and Empowerment

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
via Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

The Red Worn Runners - Wellness and Empowerment

 with Dr. Sean Lessard, Associate Professor; University of Alberta 

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

viz zoom

Sean will explore his early work alongside youth which he entitled the "Red Worn Runners" which has become a central theme that shapes the ways that he continues to work and design programming alongside indigenous youth both in and outside of school places.  This work has led to significant community based program innovations and policy re-design as he continues to advocate for the importance of youth voice and empowerment. 
 
Register in advance for this presentation:
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.
 
Sean Lessard
 
Dr. Sean Lessard is from Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory in Northern Saskatchewan.  He is an award winning writer, international speaker and researcher in the field of indigenous education and youth studies. Sean is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Regina and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta.  His work focuses on indigenous youth empowerment and leadership which has led to the co-creation of Growing Young Movers Youth Development an intergenerational wellness program and research hub. 
 
 
 
 

Jennifer Harper, CEO and Founder of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC ~Helping the World See Indigenous Faces

Event Date: 
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Jennifer Harper Founder & CEO Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC 

Helping the World See Indigenous Faces

The Indigenous Student Services Centre is proud to offer this speaking engagement with Indigenous entrepreneur Jennifer Harper.  Her business savvy and passion has led her to create a worldwide business enterprise.  Join us to hear her story and much more.

Friday, February 12th, 2021 - 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM EST

via zoom

Register in advance for this event: 

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUufuGsrjgrEtEQy_JZuT7V7HKLCzwfglQp

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

EVERYONE WELCOME. 

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J Harper

Jennifer Harper - An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC.  Cheekbone Beauty is a digitally native direct to consumer brand that is helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand while using the concept of a circular economy in the brands ethos and in developing their latest line of products.  Creating a new segment in the beauty industry - Sustainable Socially Conscious Beauty.  

Jennifer Harper has been making a name for herself in the beauty industry for a number of years but has been gaining popularity quickly after being on the hit CBC show, Dragons Den https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/m_pitches/cheekbone-beauty . Cheekbone Beauty is helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand. 

During the development of Cheekbone Beauty, Jenn researched the current makeup landscape as well as charities that are helping close the educational funding gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. After in depth research, the Cheekbone team found the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the connection between their mission and Jenn’s family experience was serendipitous.

Cheekbone Beauty continues to support the FNCFCS today by donating 10% of the profits to Shannen’s Dream. During Cheekbone’s infancy, Jenn endured a heavy personal loss with the suicide of her brother B.J. This loss, though difficult, has remained a driving force behind the desire to see Cheekbone Beauty succeed with its mission, to empower Indigenous youth.

In addition to Cheekbone’s mission, she strives to educate as many people as possible about the Residential School System and the effects it has had on my family and friends through decades of generational trauma. She speaks regularly to university, college and high school students about social entrepreneurship, empathy and the history of her First Nations family. She has also been invited to speak to various entrepreneur groups, women in business associations, Apple Canada and First Nations organizations.

In 2019, Jenn was named ‘Women of the Year’ by Chatelaine Magazine.  https://www.chatelaine.com/living/jennifer-harper-woman-of-the-year-2019/

 

 

Getting to Know - Joshua Whitehead ~ Indigenous Two Spirited Poet & Novelist ~ 2021 Canada Reads Finalist

Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 12:00pm EST
Event Location: 
via zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Getting to Know

Joshua Whitehead 

Indigenous, Two-Spirit Poet and Novelist and 2021 Canada Reads Finalist

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 | 12:00 PM EST

Register in advance to join this event:

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcemhrT4uE9EzdYCtcbpAzZk_n...

 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

 EVERYONE WELCOME!

Joshua Whitehead

Joshua Whitehead (he/him) is a Two-Spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate, lecturer, and Killam scholar at the University of Calgary where he studies Indigenous literatures and cultures with a focus on gender and sexuality. His dissertation, tentatively titled "Feral Fatalisms," is a hybrid narrative of theory, essay, and non-fiction that interrogates the role of "ferality" inherent within Indigenous ways of being (with a strong focus on nêhiyawewin). He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer (Talonbooks 2017) which was shortlisted for the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award and the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. He is also the author of Jonny Appleseed (Arsenal Pulp Press 2018) which was long listed for the Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Indigenous Voices Award, the Governor General Literary Award, the Jonny AppleseedAmazon Canada First Novel Award, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, and won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. Whitehead is currently working on a third manuscript titled, Making Love with the Land to be published with Knopf Canada, which explores the intersections of Indigeneity, queerness, and, most prominently, mental health through a nêhiyaw lens. Currently, Whitehead is premiering his newly edited anthology, Love after the End: an Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction.You can find his work published widely in such venues as Prairie Fire, CV2, EVENT, Arc Poetry Magazine, The Fiddlehead, Grain, CNQ, Write, and Red Rising Magazine. 

Registration Closed - Pine Needle Basket Workshop

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 6:00pm EST
Event Location: 
via zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Virtual Pine Needle Basket Workshop

Tuesday, February 2 -  6 pm to 8 pm - Via Zoom

Join the ISSC and local artisan Helen Pelletier to create a pine needle basket. Learn how to identify a red pine, prepare pine needles and create your own basket. All materials will be provided to make a small basket.

Pre-register at adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca by January 20th . Space is limited

pine needle basket  

Elder In Residence - Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes

Event Date: 
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
via Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Elder In Residence – Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes

Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes, is a member of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation. Beatrice is a traditional women’s dancer who makes her own regalia. She is a grandmother pipe carrier, a sacred circle facilitator, songwriter, singer and drummer. She does teachings on the Medicine Wheel, the Sacred Medicines, and the Seven Sacred Grandfathers and the hand drum. 

To connect with Elder Beatrice Trance-Hynes contact adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca for zoom link.

Indigenous Student Services Centre - Virtual Open House

Event Date: 
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 12:00pm EST
Event Location: 
zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

 Indigenous Student Services Centre

Virtual Open House 

Wednesday, Jan. 13 – 12 pm to 1 pm

Register in advance for this event:

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qd-isqTgsGtMczHUV7Ug2rQNf5U6joSie 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the open house.  

This will be your chance to meet staff, learn about our services, meet fellow students and possibly win a gift card. 

Michif Language Learning Event with Joshua Morin

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Celine Wick
Event Contact E-mail: 

Michif Language Learning Event with Joshua Morin

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Joshua Morin is the Director of Operations at Michif Cultural Connections in St. Albert, Alberta. Josh is a Michif language learner and since the COVID-19 pandemic, has facilitated online Michif language learning classes to bring community and Métis culture to folks across the homelands during these difficult times. Please join for an afternoon of language learning, visiting and community.

Everyone is welcome.

Email adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca to register.

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