Hide Scraping

Event Date: 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
957 Oliver Road (Lot 5) Niijii House
Event Contact Name: 
Denise Baxter

🪶 HIDE SCRAPING DAYS! 🪶
Come join us for community, learning, and hands-on hide work!

📅 Tuesday, Dec. 2 & Wednesday, Dec. 3
🕚 11 AM – 2 PM
📍 Lakehead University — 957 Oliver Road (Lot 5)
🏘️ NIIJII House

Everyone is welcome. Bring your curiosity, your friends, and your good energy!

 


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Hide Scraping

Event Date: 
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
957 Oliver Road (Lot 5) Niijii House
Event Contact Name: 
Denise Baxter

🪶 HIDE SCRAPING DAYS! 🪶
Come join us for community, learning, and hands-on hide work!

📅 Tuesday, Dec. 2 & Wednesday, Dec. 3
🕚 11 AM – 2 PM
📍 Lakehead University — 957 Oliver Road (Lot 5)
🏘️ NIIJII House

Everyone is welcome. Bring your curiosity, your friends, and your good energy!


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Critical Approaches to Health and Well-Being (2026 winter course - delivery change)

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 11:30am EST to Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 2:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Online (Zoom)
Event Fee: 
Please contact Student Central for course fee. They can be reached at 1-800-465-3959 Monday to Friday from 10:00am-4:00pm. You can also submit an online inquiry from their webpage, https://www.lakeheadu.ca/studentcentral/#connect.

The Mode of Delivery has Changed for the Following Course: INDI-2713-WDE: Critical Approaches to Health and Well-Being

is now offered on zoom for Winter 2026
 
 
Time: Thursdays, 11:30 am to 2:30pm (Eastern Time/ Thunder Bay)
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Judge
 
Course Description: In much of the western world, biomedicine has emerged as the dominant, or officially, legitimized health-care system. In the process, Indigenous ways of providing for the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples have been not only marginalized but devalued and undermined, leading some scholars to conclude that biomedicine has become part and parcel of the "pathologizing colonial discourse" of the western world. Topics of discussion include diagnosis and treatment of disease, access to health-care providers, language and the transmission of information, knowledge hierarchies, and the ethnocentric basis of western science.
 

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Indigenous Perspectives: The Power of Water

Event Date: 
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom + Moodle
Event Fee: 
No cost (webinar is free)
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Sanchez
Event Contact E-mail: 
jsanch13@lakeheadu.ca

Indigenous Perspectives: The Power of Water

Indigenous Perspectives: The Power of Water – An Introduction

📅 May 6 – June 8, 2025 |


⏰ Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00–4:00 PM PST
/Pacific Standard Time or 4:00pm - 7:00pm EST/    
                 Eastern Standby Time in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario

📍 Hybrid Course (Zoom + Moodle)



🧑‍🏫 Facilitated by: Dr. Darlene Sanderson & Dr. Juan Sanchez

🎓 Hosted by: Pacific Peoples’ Partnership, University of Northern British Columbia &
               Bishop’s University
📚Partners: Bishop’s University, University of Northern British Columbia,
               University of Windsor, Lakehead University, Museum of Anthropology

This unique webinar-based course explores Indigenous values, laws, and teachings surrounding water. 
Through storytelling, readings, reflection, and digital storytelling assignments, participants will explore their water memory and deepen their connection to Indigenous water knowledge systems. 
This course honors the ancestral rights of Indigenous Peoples and centers relationality, reciprocity, and community learning.
 

Please fill out the registration form below to participate in the course or attend select webinars.

Please note that this course will not count for credit unless you are a registered UNBC student. 

Students from other educational institutions will receive a certificate of participation from Pacific Peoples' Partnership.

 
REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/nPvjUxvNyYgVmKiB9

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BE(AD) THE CHANGE

Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 11:30am to 2:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
The Agora (Thunder Bay campus)
Event Fee: 
There is no cost for this event.
Event Contact Name: 
Elaine, Administrative Assistant (Department of Indigenous Learning)
Event Contact E-mail: 
indigenouslearning@lakeheadu.ca
Join us for dialogue and beading following a panel discussion on the proposed Deep Geological Repository. 
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ~ EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
 

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Bringing Our Children Home Initiative

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm EST
Event Location: 
CASES Atrium
Panel Discussion 
 
The research team for the Bringing Our Children Home Initiative will talk about their work and the protocols that were established by the Survivor Committee to guide and direct the research. The goal is to gather evidence about the experiences of children who were taken to Pelican Lake Indian Residential School including survival testimony especially to identify/find children who went missing or died. 
 
 
 
Panelists 
 
Barbara Ruotsalainen, Initiative Director, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.
 
Lauren Augustine is a Community Researcher, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.
 
Fern Chisel is a Community Researcher, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.
 
Denise Baxter is the Vice Provost of Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University and a member of Marten Falls First Nation
 
Juan Sanchez Martinez is a professor in the Department of Indigenous Learning.
 
Kristin Burnett is the Chair of the Indigenous Learning Department and a historian.
 

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ID Clinics and Action-Based Research

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 10:00am EST
Event Location: 
Ingenuity Connections Theatre FB 2023 (CASES Building)
Pannel Discussion 
The Thunder Bay ID Action Group (coalition of 25 community agencies, Lakehead University researchers, and Lakehead University Legal Clinic) fills a service vacuum in Thunder Bay by hosting ID Clinics. In conversation with our community partners, we highlight the need for community based and action-oriented research.
 
 
 
Panelists
 
Katie Watson is the Advocacy Director at Roots Community Food Centre and the Co-Chair of the Thunder Bay ID Action Group. They host monthly ID clinics at Roots Community Food Centre.
 
Rodi-Lynn Rusnick-Kinisky, LL.B. is the Director of Lakehead University Community Legal Services (LUCLS). She hosts regular ID clinics and assists other members of the Thunder Bay ID Action Group.
 
Chris Sanders is the Chair of Sociology at Lakehead University and the Co-Chair of the Thunder Bay ID Action Group. He assists with ID Clinics and works with community partners to advocate for systemic change.
 
Kristin Burnett is the Chair of the Indigenous Learning Department and a member of the Thunder Bay ID Action Group. They organize ID Clinics outside of Thunder Bay and work to address the systemic barriers facing people who require PID to access basic services and supports.
 
As part of this work, Burnett and Sanders carry out research to advocate for systems change.
 
 

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Upcoming 2025 Summer Course (Indigenous Artivism)

Event Date: 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 10:00am EDT to Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Online (Zoom)
Event Fee: 
Please contact Student Central for affiliated fees. They can be reached at 1-800-465-3959. Miigwech.

INDI-4301-ADE / SOCJ- 5302- ADE: Indigenous Artivism

Start Date/Duration: July 2nd to August 13th, 2025
Monday to Thursday, 10:00 am to 1:00pm (Online/Zoom)
Instructor: Dr. Juan Sánchez

 

Course Description: At the confluence of creativity and advocacy, Indigenous artivism envisions equality and land ethics. The main objective of this course is to suggest links between Indigenous peoples from Turtle Island (North America), and Abiayala (Latin America) through contemporary Indigenous artivist embroidery, muralism, hip-hop lyrics, performance, video and oraliture. Some of the readings and videos will be in translation from Spanish and Native Languages. Interviews with the authors/artists and communities will enrich the discussions about personal experiences and specific local issues. This course may be interesting to the programs of Indigenous Learning, English, Languages and Literatures, American Studies, International Relations, Visual Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, among others.

For the Pdf version of the poster, please click here.

 


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The Northwest Climate Gathering

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Bora Laskin Education Building, 2nd Floor, LAIR Gallery and Room 2001

 The Northwest Climate Gathering brings community together in solution focused solidarity. On October 16 of 2024, over a hundred people Gathered around the theme You Are Not Alone. In partnership with LAIR Galleries, ten Artists in Residence took part. This exhibit is their response to that experience.

 

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Upcoming Course: Summer 2025 (Indigenous Artivism)

Event Date: 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 10:00am EDT to Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Online/Zoom

INDI-4301-ADE / SOCJ- 5302- ADE: Indigenous Artivism

Start Date/Duration: July 2nd to August 13th, 2025
Monday to Thursday, 10:00 am to 1:00pm (Online/Zoom)
Instructor: Dr. Juan Sánchez

Course Description: At the confluence of creativity and advocacy, Indigenous artivism envisions equality and land ethics. The main objective of this course is to suggest links between Indigenous peoples from Turtle Island (North America), and Abiayala (Latin America) through contemporary Indigenous artivist embroidery, muralism, hip-hop lyrics, performance, video and oraliture. Some of the readings and videos will be in translation from Spanish and Native Languages. Interviews with the authors/artists and communities will enrich the discussions about personal experiences and specific local issues. This course may be interesting to the programs of Indigenous Learning, English, Languages and Literatures, American Studies, International Relations, Visual Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, among others.


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