Teaching and Learning after TRC: An Indigenous Feminist Lens with Dr. Kim Anderson

Event Date: 
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 2:30pm EST
Event Location: 
LI 5014
Event Contact Name: 
Anna Chief
Event Contact Phone: 
807-766-7221
Event Contact E-mail: 
Teaching and Learning after TRC: An Indigenous Feminist Lens with Dr. Kim Anderson 
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm - LI 5014

Dr. Kim Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph.

As an Indigenous (Métis) scholar, she has spent her career working to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous families in Canada. Much of her research is community partnered and has involved gender and Indigeneity, urban Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous masculinities, and Indigenous feminism.

Her single-authored books include A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood (2nd Edition, Canadian Scholars, 2016) and Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings and Story Medicine (University of Manitoba Press, 2011).

Recent co-edited books include Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration (with Robert Alexander Innes, University of Manitoba Press, 2015), and Mothers of the Nations: Indigenous Mothering as Global Resistance, Reclaiming and Recovery (with Dawn Lavell-Harvard, 2014).

Open to Lakehead University Faculty and Staff

 

 

Treaties Recognition Week Opening Ceremony

Event Date: 
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
Agora
Event Contact Name: 
Anna Chief
Event Contact Phone: 
807-766-7221
Event Contact E-mail: 

Treaties Recognition Week ~ Opening Ceremony

Monday, November 4, 2019 

11:00 am 

AGORA 

Opening- Elder Gerry Martin

Welcoming remarks- President M. McPherson

Keynote- Councillor Tannis Kastern, Fort William First Nation

Everyone is welcome to join us for an opening prayer and address followed by a short introduction about Treaties Recognition Week.

All welcome

 

 

Halloween Tea & Treats

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 

Halloween Tea & Treats 

Thursday, October 31, 2019

12 noon to 1:30 pm

Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007

Join us for some spooky treats. 

Canada Revenue Agency Career Information Session

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 11:30am EDT
Event Location: 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8084
Event Contact E-mail: 

CRA Career Info Sessions

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 ~ 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007

 

Check out this opportunity

The CRA’s Indigenous Student Employment Program offers Indigenous students valuable job experiences, and potential careers.

Join the CRA for a pizza lunch

Date:  Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Time:  11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location:  Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge

For more information and to apply for a job, go to www.canada.ca/cra-indigenous-students

We look forward to meeting you!

 

Miijim Noongom

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 

MIIJIM NOONGAM ~ Please join us for lunch! 

Tuesday, October 22nd ~ 12 noon to 1:30 pm

Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007

EVERYONE WELCOME!!! 

Feast Your Spirit

Event Date: 
Monday, October 21, 2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 

Feast Your Spirit 

Join the Canadian Roots Exchange, Youth Team, in Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge at 12:00 p.m.  Elder Gerry Martin will share teachings followed by a Sacred Fire at 12:30 p.m. at the fire pit by Lake Tamblyn. 

Everyone welcome!

Sweat Lodge Ceremony

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 3:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Lakehead University Sweat Lodge Site
Event Contact Name: 
Yolanda Twance
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 

Sweat Lodge Ceremony

Thursday, October 24th, 2019 ~ 3 pm

Lakehead University Sweat Lodge Site

Elder GENE NOWEGEJICK, will be conducting a Sweat Lodge on Thursday, October 24th, 2019 starting at 3:00 p.m. at the Lakehead University Sweat Lodge site. 

Women should wear long skirts and a t-shirt. Men should wear shorts. Be sure to bring a towel. Participants are encouraged to bring the Elder a tobacco offering which is available at ACSS (UC1007). Women who are on their moon time must not participate in the Sweat Lodge Ceremony or handle ceremonial items.

For more information contact Yolanda Twance, ACSS Coordinator at 807-343-8084 or acss1@lakheadu.ca.

Language Through Art & Storytelling

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 4:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
The Study @ Lakehead University
Event Contact Name: 
Jerri-Lynn Orr
Event Contact Phone: 
807-346-7709
Event Contact E-mail: 

Language Through Art & Storytelling

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019

4:30 pm to 7:00 pm

The Study @ Lakehead University

Please join us in recognizing the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages!

Come out and celebrate Indigenous Languages through art and storytelling.

Kiaya Drake and Dallas Fisher will share their songs, while you will have the opportunity to paint your interpretation of the songs.

Please sign up: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-year-of-indigenous-languages-l...

For more information, contact: Jerri-Lynn Orr at 807-346-7709 or nap@lakeheadu.ca

 

Sponsored by:  Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and Faculty of Education

 

 

LOVE POEMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007
Event Fee: 
no ree
Event Contact Name: 
Aboriginal Cultural & Support Services
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 
 
Love Poems for the End of the World 
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 - 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge - UC1007

In this workshop join two-spirit poet, Smokii Sumac, author of you are enough: love poems for the end of the world (Kegedonce Press, 2018), while he introduces love poems of all kinds, and helps you learn to write your own! Smokii's expertise in the love poem began through his own 2-year process of writing daily haiku and posting on social media. Over that time, he found himself writing haiku verses on gender, Indigenous ceremony, his cat, transitioning, changing his name, his crushes, grief, loss, and dating. Throughout all of it, he realized that at the heart of every poem, is love. And when we find ourselves where we are now, with a growing climate crisis, with racism and hatred being emboldened through elections, with so much loss and pain, the only answer that Smokii can see is choosing to love. And what's the best way to spread love? There are many great ways, of course, but for Smokii, it's always been the love poem. He's written love poems to his car, to his mother's great great grandmother, to his partners, his friends, and his cat! And now he wants to help you spread the love! Whether you are feeling sexy, asexy, (or maybe both!), aromantic, or into romance, whether you want to write a love poem to your favourite smoked meat sandwich, or vegan brownie, or to the land you were born from, or the ocean you haven't seen in years, or maybe you have a crush or wedding vows to write! Whatever your pleasure, all are welcome to come share what you love, who you love, where you love, why you love, and when, on the page. (please bring a notebook and pen)

Bio: 
Smokii Sumac is a proud member of the Ktunaxa nation, a PhD Candidate at Trent University, and a faculty member at College of the Rockies, where he teaches Indigenous Studies.  He is also a poet, releasing his debut poetry collection you are enough: love poems for the end of the world in December 2018 with Kegedonce Press. Smokii is has performed across the country, including at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2017) and at the Queer Arts Festival (2018). As a two-spirit and transgender educator, Smokii has also facilitated workshops for various organizations and groups, including as a knowledge holder at the Trent Elder’s Gathering (2018). 
 

Make your own ORANGE SHIRT DAY beaded felt pin.

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Lakehead University Agora
Event Fee: 
no fee
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact Phone: 
807-343-8085
Event Contact E-mail: 

In preparation for ORANGE SHIRT DAY, join us to make a beaded felt pin.

Dates: Thursday, September 26th

            Friday, September 27th

Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Lakehead University Agora

On September 30th wear an orange shirt in the spirit of reconciliation and to honour Residential School survivors and all those impacted by Residential Schools. 

Orange Shirt Day is a day set aside to honour residential school survivors and all those impacted by Residential Schools.  In the spirit of reconciliation, everyone is asked to wear an orange shirt on this day.

The idea for this day came from Phyllis (Jack) Webstad’s story of having her new orange shirt taken away from her on her first day of Residential School. 

Today it’s an opportunity for communities to come together to re-affirm their commitment to reconciliation.

To learn more, visit:  http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ 

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