Treaties Recognition Week at Lakehead University - Nov. 5 to 9, 2019
“Treaties Recognition Week is the first week of November every year. Treaties Recognition Week was introduced in 2016 to honour the importance of treaties and to help Ontarians learn more about treaty rights and treaty relationships.
Ontario is covered by 46 treaties. See a map with the full list.”
https://www.ontario.ca/page/treaties
Lakehead University respectfully acknowledges its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous people.
Lakehead Thunder Bay is located on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. Lakehead Orillia is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. The Anishinaabeg include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.
Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses, and is committed to a relationship with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples based on the principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation.
As a response to Call 57, “We call upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to provide education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills- based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism”, we are hosting several opportunities for student, faculty and staff to engage in continuing their learning next week.
Orillia Campus
Monday, November 4, 2019
Opening and Treaties 101
Alumni Commons
10 am - 11am
Everyone is welcome to join us for an opening prayer and address followed by a 15-minute Introduction to Treaties workshop followed by a Q & A Discussion over light refreshments.
KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Heritage Place Campus
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
All welcome!
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Land Acknowledgement Discussion
Heritage Place Info Table in Main Hallway 10am - 12noon
Tipi 3pm - 4pm
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Culture Night Film Screening: Trick or Treaty
OA1033
7pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Community Panel Discussion
OA2014
6pm - 7pm
Friday, November 8, 2019
Coffee and Conversations
Simcoe Hall Main Hallway
10am - 12noon
Open to all campus students, staff, and faculty to discuss key points from the
week over a cup of coffee.
Doing Research in A Good Way
10 am - noon
OA3007
Registration
This workshop, co-facilitated by Rebecca Heffernan, Research Services, and Denise Baxter, Vice Provost, Aboriginal Initiatives, will explore how to get started in doing research in a good way with Indigenous communities and organizations. It will cover formal frameworks for engaging with communities, co-creating knowledge, and sharing research data and the results of research (e.g. OCAP principles, TCPS2 Chapter 9). The workshop will also explore the more informal but equally important aspects of relationship building that underlie these formal frameworks: dos and don'ts in approaching Indigenous organizations/communities for research partnerships, differences in Indigenous and western/mainstream cultural understandings of research and knowledge creation, and ensuring relational accountability throughout the research process.
Light refreshments will be served.
To attend, please RSVP to Rebecca at orillia.research@lakeheadu.ca
Thunder Bay Campus
Monday, November 4, 2019
Opening Ceremonies
11 am
Agora
Opening- Elder Gerry Martin
Welcoming remarks- President M. McPherson
Keynote- TBD, Fort William First Nation
All welcome
Understanding Treaties Presentation
12:00 pm (noon)
PA 3008, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Elder Gerry Martin
Book Display
Chancellor Paterson Library
Monday to Friday
Book display on the main floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library with resources pertaining to Treaties.
All Welcome
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
ACSS - Treaties Plinko
11am to noon
Agora
Join ACSS in the Agora to learn more about Treaties
Come and win some prized and test your knowledge!
LUNCH & LEARN: Duty to Consult & Accommodate
12 noon to 1:00 pm
Faculty Lounge
Join Robert Pierre, Economic Development Manager of FWFN, as he discusses important aspects of Duty to Consult & Accommodate.
https://fwfn.com/departments/duty-to-consult-accommodate/
RSVP Event Brite
Trick or Treaty? Film Screening
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
PA 3006 (Paterson Auditorium), Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Indigenous Voices on Treaties Film Screening
Noon to 1:30 pm
ACSS Aboriginal Student Lounge (UC1007)
Open to all students, staff and faculty
Refreshments providedNisga’a Dancing in Both Worlds Film Screening
12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
PA 0019, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Treaty Information Table
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge – UC1007
Teaching and Learning after TRC: An Indigenous Feminist Lens
Dr. Kim Anderson
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
LI 5014
Open to Lakehead Faculty and Staff
Decolonizing Research Ethics: Challenges & Possibilities
7:30 pm
CASES Atrium
Open to public
Friday, November 8, 2019
Book Launch
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
The Study
Authors Dr. Kim Anderson, a distinguished Indigenous scholar and Rene Meshake, an accomplished Anishinaabe storyteller and artist will be joining us to share the launch of their book, My Soul in Story.
Light snacks and refreshments provided.
RSVP EVENT BRITE- BOOK LAUNCH
Chancellor Paterson Library, Education Library, Law Library, and Orillia Library
Each of the 3 libraries in Thunder Bay: Chancellor Paterson Library, Education Library, and Law Library, as well as the University Avenue branch of the Orillia campus wishes to acknowledge Treaties Recognition Week. Each of the libraries invites students, faculty, and visitors to examine the many resources they will have on display. Resources will include books pertaining to treaties in Canada as well as resources designed to help teach the history of treaties within the elementary and secondary school classroom. The displays will also include a variety of informative handouts that pertain to treaties such as bibliographies and bookmarks.
Main library website https://library.lakeheadu.ca to access library resources
Education Library https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/education?group_id=14994
Law Library https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/lawlib?group_id=14995
And Orillia Campus Library https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/hllib?group_id=15039
A helpful research guide with information on Treaties:
https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/indigelearning/treaties
Everyone is welcome to stop in and browse the resources on display
See more from the library in the Communication Bulletin
Classroom Resources for Professors and Instructors
We have included a link to a brief PPT that all faculty may consider using during their classes the week of November 4-8, 2019 as they acknowledge the traditional lands that our learning occurs on. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rqtSZXhYxr3SZ8QZyi1B6HW1G7kZUSBxnCRMKXFermg/edit?usp=sharing
We ask that you consider opening your classes with a land acknowledgement as an acknowledgement of Treaty Recognition Week
A short video to share with your class on Treaties:
Heritage Minutes: Naskumituwin (Treaty) (1:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVVD9yYCKiI