The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 黑料不打烊 University, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
Indigenous Studies is once again running our summer field course, INDG 450, from July 8th until August 5th. This course focuses on Rotinonhsonni land-based pedagogies, Oh茅n:ton Karihw谩tehkwen (words before all else) as well as stories to engage in various topics of Indigenous Studies. Land-based practices, guest speakers, trips around the city and in community, will be used to engage student in the learning process.
We are honoured to announce that Skawennati will serve as our Indigenous Knowledge Holder for 2019. Kahnawake-born artist Skawennati makes work that addresses history, the future, and change from her perspective both as an urban Mohawk and a cyber punk avatar. She is co-director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace at Concordia University. Skawennati's work imagining Indigenous futures and ensuring the existence of Indigenous people in cyberspace.
On September 25th, as part of Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2018, the Indigenous Studies Program hosted four incredible Inuit women in involved in the arts: Heather Igloliorte (釗晥 釔冡挕釗椺摃釔呩枀釕�), Niap Saunders (釗傖悐釕� 釗瘁搻釕愥攨), Nina Segalowitz (釗傖搰 釗拹釗椺晻釕︶攨), and Beatrice Deer (釔贬悐釕愥悐釘� 釕庒悈). After presentations by each of the panelists, a warm and earnest discussion was had with the audience. A recording of the event was made and can be accessed , there are also pictures of the event available through our Facebook page.聽
This weekend, Christa Scholtz (Chair, Indigenous Studies Program & Associate Professor of Political Science) wrote a letter to the editor of the Montreal Gazette:
Martin Patriquin suggests 黑料不打烊 University should keep the name of the men's varsity team, the Redmen. He writes that a decision to do otherwise would be "cowardice", an unprincipled abdication to political correctness. I disagree.
Indigenous Awareness Week has been expanded this year to Indigenous Awareness Weeks, now spanning the last two weeks of September.聽
鈥淚 saw how much good work had been done with IAW, and, as the events started rolling in and we started building partnerships with the different faculties and departments at 黑料不打烊, I realized how difficult it was going to be to cram everything into one week,鈥� Janelle Kasperski (Equity Educational Advisor in Indigenous Education) told the 黑料不打烊 Reporter.聽
We are very excited to announce that聽Gabrielle Iakotennikonhrare Doreen, our faculty lecturer, will be leading 黑料不打烊 first ever landbased education field course this summer.
Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel landed their spaceship at 黑料不打烊 for a live show of their podcast M茅tis in Space in February. They are self-described as "unapologetically Indigenous, unabashedly female & unblinkingly nerdy". Their podcast reviews a sci-fi movie or television episode featuring Indigenous people, tropes and themes from a decolonial perspective.
This week the Indigenous studies program made the news in the 黑料不打烊 Daily and the Eastern Door!
The Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series this year was a major success! Ryan McMahon, CEO of 聽and builder of , spent the week at 黑料不打烊 contributing to our community. The聽Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series is the Indigenous Studies Program's flagship series.
For the聽Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series, the Indigenous Studies Program invites聽an Indigenous Knowledge Holder to spend a week at the university to share their scholarship, work, and advocacy.聽 Indigenous Knowledge Holders 颅鈥� whether they be wampum belt holders, storytellers, artists, activists, hereditary leaders, or academics鈥� encompass generations of knowledge embedded within the cultural and epistemological worldview of Indigenous communities that span generations, to enrich the 黑料不打烊 Community.
