BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250813T162831EDT-17253jeKwX@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250813T202831Z DESCRIPTION:The 8th Annual Indigenous Awareness Weeks\n\nIndigenous Awarene ss Week privileges Indigenous voices on campus\, offeringthe opportunity t o learn aboutIndigenous issues and promote greater knowledge and understan ding about the Indigenous peoples in 'Canada.' The week aims to raise awar eness and initiate an exchange of ideas on First Nations\, M茅tis and Inuit topics within the 91社区 community.\n\n\n \n\nSchedule of Events\n\n聽\n\nI AW Launch: Honour Where you Stand\n\nSeptember 17\, 4-7:30pm\n\nBallroom\, Faculty Club (3450 Rue McTavish)\n\nCome celebrate our Indigenous communi ty and success at the launch surrounded by beautiful local Indigenous artw ork. This is one of the special initiatives that was organized this year f or the launch event. The historical paintings in the Faculty Club will be taken down for the evening to give space to celebrate the beauty of local Indigenous artwork. Our promotional material this year is also a represent ation of local Indigenous art by Tekaronhiahkwa Margaret Standup (links to more info on her work below).\n \n Keynote address will be delivered by Jan elle Kasperski\, Indigenous Education Advisor & IAW organizer. Insight on the special initiatives of this year's IAW will be discussed as well as in formation on upcoming events. Traditional singing accompanied by water dru ms and rattles will be the featured performance by local members of the Ka hnaw脿:ke community. Refreshments and hors d鈥檕euvres will be served in the networking hour. We look forward to seeing you there!\n\nFacebook event\n \nGet your free ticket\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nJodie-Lynn Waddilove - Indigenous Pol itical & Legal Issues\n\nSeptember 18\, 3-4:30pm\n\nMoot Court\, New Chanc ellor Day Hall- Faculty of Law (3644 Peel St)\n\nDISCUSSING INDIGENOUS POL ITICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE:\n \n Including experien ce with:\n -The Ipperwash Inqiury\n -MMIWG Inquiry\n -The Independent Street Checks Review\n \n PLEASE RSVP:laura.davis3 [at] mail.mcgill.ca\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nDismantling Racism in Healthcare and Education: Panel Discussion\n\nSeptember 19\, 10:30am-12pm\n\n3630 Rue University\n\nA Pane l Discussion with Indigenous Health Professionals and Allies. Join Tania D ick (Kwakwaka'wakw Nurse)\, Wanda Gabriel (Mohawk Social Worker)\, Suzy Go odleaf (Mohawk Psychologist)\, and Dr. Saleem Razack (Pediatric Intensive Care Physician) to discuss solutions for creating a safe learning and heal ing environment with Indigenous peoples.\n \n Presented by the Indigenous He alth Professions Program during Indigenous Awareness Week. In partnership with Social Accountability and Community Engagement Office\, Ingram School of Nursing and the School of Social Work at 91社区.\n \n Refreshments and c offee will be served.\n \n *We acknowledge this date as the day of Yom Kippu r. The panel discussion will be available online for community members who are unable to attend the live discussion.\n \n Tune in to this event LIVE\n Facebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nTurtle Island Reads Launch Event & Storytelli ng Workshop\n\nSeptember 19\, 4:30-7:30pm\n\nThomson House Ballroom (3650 McTavish)\n\n聽\n\nThe Turtle Island Reads initiative celebrates stories wr itten by Indigenous authors. Now in its third year\, the objective of TIR is to connect readers with Indigenous stories.\n \n Each year\, we choose th ree books of fiction written by an Indigenous author as well as three advo cates who will act as a 'champion' for each book.\n \n Nantali Indongo\, hos t of CBC Radio One鈥檚 The Bridge\, will reveal this year鈥檚 Turtle Island Re ads books\, authors and advocates. There will be a special performance by the women鈥檚 singing and drumming group\, ODAYA. We will also be announcing the shortlist for the 2018 CODE Burt Award for First Nations\, Inuit\, an d M茅tis Young Adult Literature.\n \n The event will also offer a storytellin g roundtable discussion\, which will take place from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The roundtable features educator and filmmaker Tharionente Barnes (Kanien鈥檏eh谩 :ka)\, authors Cherie Dimaline (M茅tis)\, Rosa Rosa Washee (T鈥檒icho Dene)\, Jessica Deer (Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka ) Journalist\, CBC Indigenous Unit\, Montrea l.\n \n The launch event on September 19 is part of 91社区's annual Indigeno us Awareness Week celebrations.\n \n The Turtle Island Reads initiative is a partnership between CBC Montreal\, 91社区's Indigenous Education Advisor\ , the Faculty of Education at 91社区\, LEARN\, Quebec Writers' Federation\ , and CODE (NGO)\n \n A book table will also be set up as of 5:30pm for book signing & book sales with Good Minds Books\, Brantford\, ON\n\n聽\n\nFaceb ook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nIn Solidarity and Support\n\nSeptember 20\, 2-4pm \n\nThomson House Ballroom (3650 McTavish St.)\n\nJOIN THE BLACK STUDENTS NETWORK AND THE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS ALLIANCE AS WE ENGAGE IN AN EVENING OF SOLIDARITY\n \n This event will be a panel/roundtable discussion with self- identifying (Black & Indigenous) panellists:\n \n Kyle T. Mays\, Ph.D.\, Ass istant Professor\, Department of African American Studies & American India n Centre at the University of California\, Los Angeles\n \n Latisha Reddick\ , Graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School and is currently articling at Gowl ing WLG (Canada) in the Toronto office.\n \n This will be a full day of soli darity events. The panel/roundtable discussion will be followed by a CLOSE D arts event for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous and People of Colour). Separate FB event will be posted for this Open Mic Arts night. The ambition behind our joint planning was to create a space for conversation around solidari ty\, support\, intersectionality and the difficulty in finding your identi ty. How do we stay true to our identity and also hold space in solidarity and support of other groups who need it?\n\n聽\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nTo Be\, In Solidarity and Support: Open Mic Night\n\nSeptember 20\, 4- 7pm\n\nThomson House Ballroom (3650 McTavish)\n\nCLOSED EVENT TO BIPOC (BL ACK\, INDIGENOUS\, AND PEOPLE OF COLOUR).\n \n Join us for a lovely evening of poetry\, song\, stories and much more. This is the second portion of th e In Solidarity and Support - Panel/Roundtable discussion event for Indige nous Awareness Weeks 2018.\n \n After an afternoon of in depth (and sometime heavy) conversation about what solidarity means to us\, let's also releas e and recharge together at this open mic night. This will be a safe space for BIPOC folks to listen\, speak\, and celebrate in solidarity and suppor t. Snack buffet will be present and Thompson House beverage services will be available.\n \n Please contactjanelle.kasperski [at] mcgill.caif you woul d like to sign up as a performer/speaker.\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\n First Peoples' House 17th Annual Pow Wow\n\nSeptember 21\, 11am-4pm\n\nLow er Field\, 91社区\n\nJoin us under the big tent to catch the Gr and Entry at 11:00am on 91社区鈥檚 Lower Field. It will be a full day of tra ditional dancing\, drumming\, and singing. This is an excellent opportunit y to browse artisan vendors\, learn about student groups\, and connect wit h Indigenous organizations.\n The Pow Wow is free and open to the public!\n No tickets or registration needed\, just come on over to the lower field a nd check things out.\n \n Interested in being a vendor\, coming to dance\, o r drum? Have any questions? Contact the First Peoples' House atfirstpeople shouse [at] mcgill.ca\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nOutdoor Film Screeni ng w/ IGSF- WAKE UP! Hard Femme Intimacy\n\nSeptember 24\, 6:30-8:30pm\n\n Lower Field\, 91社区\n\nOUTDOOR BIKE POWERED FILM SCREENING: 'W AKE UP! HARD FEMME INTIMACY'- A Screening of 2-Spirit Indigenous Short Fil ms\, followed by a conversation with Tio'tia:ke based Dayna Danger abd Ber ic Manywounds\n \n (check the IGSF website or Cinema Out of the Box Facebook page for exact location details)\n /igsf/events\n http s://www.facebook.com/mobilecinemamontreal/\n Co-presented by the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality and Feminist Studies\, 91社区\, Indigenous Awarenes s Week\, Mediaqueer and Cinema Out of the Box. Part of 鈥淭he Arts of Trans\ , Gender Diverse and Two-Spirit Lives鈥漒, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\n釔冡搫 釔冡懄 釔娽晲釗囜悆釕 釔冡摫釖搨釙 釔娽捇釖 釗瘁搰釞翅悐釖愥懄 鈥 Inuit Women in the Arts\n\nSeptember 25\, 5-6: 30pm\n\n91社区 Indigenous Studies Program (3643 Peel St.)\n\nJoin us for a panel featuring some of the most distinguished contemporary Inuit women i n 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)\, N ina Segalowitz (釗傖搰 釗拹釗椺晻釕︶攨)\, and Beatrice Deer (釔贬悐釕愥悐釘 釕庒悈).\n \n Light refres hments will be served.\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nOur Peoples Will Be Healed - Film by Alanis Obomsawin\n\nSeptember 27\, 12-1:45pm\n\n1st floo r\, Faculty of Education (3700 McTavish St.)\n\nOur People will be Healed nfb\, 2017 Alanis Obomsawin (dir.)\, 97 minutes\n \n Our People Will Be Heal ed is Alanis Obomsawin鈥檚 50th film. This 2017 film\, reveals how a Cree co mmunity in Manitoba\, has been enriched through the power of education. Th rough the work of community members\, language speakers\, teachers\, and m usicians the students at the the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Reso urce Centre in Norway House have powerful experiences that build a strong sense of identity and pride of self.\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nOn Co ming Home- Stories from a 2S Adoptee w/ Smokii Sumac\n\nSeptember 27\, 5-8 pm\n\n215W Arts Building\n\nIn this Indigenous Awareness Week talk\, Ktuna xa poet and PhD Candidate\, Smokii Sumac\, will share stories of his many journeys 'home\,' as an Indigenous adoptee and two-spirit person\, in cere mony\, with chosen family\, within his nation\, and to his homelands. Whil e stories of loss and devastation tend to forefront today's conversations on Indigenous issues\, Sumac argues that we must seek out and share narrat ives of returning\, remembering\, and what Gerald Vizenor calls 'survivanc e' in order to learn to restore and celebrate the relationships that colon ization seeks to destroy: relationships with the land\, our bodies\, our s elves\, families\, communities\, nations\, knowledges and ceremonies. With a background in Indigenous literary studies\, Sumac weaves thoughtful ana lysis of Indigenous works such as Cherie Dimaline's the Marrow Thieves\, J eff Barnaby's Rhymes for Young Ghouls\, and Linda Hogan's Solar Storms wit h deeply personal and moving stories of his own experiences learning what it means to come home.\n \n Bio\n Smokii Sumac is a proud member of the Ktuna xa nation located in what is currently southeastern British Columbia. They are a PhD Candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University where their research centres on 鈥渃oming home鈥 as a Ktunaxa adoptee and two-spirit per son. Smokii identifies as queer\, transmasculine\, two-spirit\, a poet\, a nd uncle\, and auntie and a cat person. They accept he/him/his or they/the m/theirs pronouns. Smokii鈥檚 work has been published in Write Magazine\, an d under his former name* (he is a man of many names) in Canadian Literatur e\, Aanikoobijigan //Waawaashkeshi (a project by Anishinaabe/M茅tis artist Dylan Miner)\, and on coffee sleeves in local Peterborough coffee shops as one of the winners of e-city lit鈥檚 artsweek contest in 2014. Smokii curre ntly shares his time between Ithaca\, NY where he lives with one of his fa milies\, and Nogojiwanong (Peterborough\, Ontario). He also teaches Ktunax a 100: Intro to Ktunaxa Cultures online through College of the Rockies.\n \nFacebook event\n\n聽\n\n\n \n\nCommodication of Spiritual Items\n\nSeptemb er 28\, 4-6pm\n\nThomson House Ballroom (3650 McTavish St.)\n\nAs part of Indigenous Awareness Week (IAW) 2018\, we will be hosting a panel discussi on involving members of both the Indigenous and Tibetan communities intend ed to foster dialogue and knowledge exchange. The topic of the panel will be 'Commodification of Spiritual Items' and Dismantling Commodification\, Reclaiming Spirituality in Everyday Life.\n \n Our panel will be multi-gener ational and multidisciplinary in order to ensure that a diversity of persp ectives are represented. We will engage with the topics of commoditization and depoliticization of spiritual aesthetics in both Indigenous and Tibet an communities. We will address how objects that carry spiritual significa nce\, such as prayer flags\, dreamcatchers\, mandalas\, and headdresses\, work themselves into settler colonial imaginaries and become repurposed as benign objects of beauty. As the panel will explore\, the appropriation o f sacredness is rooted in systems of oppression which impede both groups鈥 self-determination. By making these processes known\, we hope to work towa rds strategies that could be used for effectively reclaiming these practic es and spaces.\n \n The panel will consist of 4 panelists (of which Khando L angri will serve as moderator for the Q&A portion of the event). Each pres enter will speak on the sub-topic of their choice for approximately ten mi nutes. Two prepared questions will then be presented by the moderator\, an d a ten-minute open panel discussion will follow.\n\nFacebook event\n\n聽\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180928 SUMMARY:Indigenous Awareness Week URL:/dise/channels/event/indigenous-awareness-week-289 744 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR