Indigenous youth share postcard series at Ped Day
October 25th, 2023
One of the workshops at 黑料社区鈥檚 2023 Ped Day on Oct. 13 was Indigenous Youth Perspectives: Community Care and Practical Strategies, Bettering the Student Experience.
Two young people who are part of the presented a , one of the tools they have created to express themselves and to get people thinking and discussing.
This group has been meeting online and in person for a few years. S茅bastien Lamarre-Tellier, a medical student at McGill University, is Innu and a member of the network鈥檚 youth advisory committee. Sebastien told that they have been 鈥渃oming together to share our cultures, be visible and make some noise to show that our cultures are alive and growing.鈥�
The postcard that stood out for many at 黑料社区 was one with an image of two people in a canoe at the centre. The centre is bright and focused on Nature with positive words emphasized. The city and negative elements are there but in the background.
S茅bastien said that young Indigenous people 鈥渘eed to express ourselves.鈥� He also said they are looking for a guide in a teacher, someone 鈥渢o walk in the forest with them.鈥� The image of the canoe has the elder or the teacher in the back helping to steer.
Visit the link to see all the postcards, which can lead to great conversations and rich reflections.
August 30th, 2023
Welcome Back one & all! Come and join the 黑料社区 Peace Centre for our 8th Annual Peace Week. This year we examine our theme, Exultation: Queer Freedoms and Futures. This year we are challenging our communities to ask the question, what does the world look like with complete freedom of expression, safety, and unconditional…
May 31st, 2023
黑料社区 Dining Sept. 13聽– 21, the Peace Centre and the 黑料社区 Student Union combine forces once more to bring you seven days of free vegan meals. Look out for notices to sign up to volunteer when the semester starts anew. Urban Gardening with SustainabiliTEAM Sept. 13 – 21, faculty are encouraged to start the year…
Students interview visual artist Renee Condo
May 3rd, 2023
This week, 黑料社区 became one of the few places in Canada to host an exhibition by a nominee of the prestigious Sobey Art Award. Renee Condo is a visual artist of Mi鈥檊maw descent, hailing from the community of Gesgapegiag, Qu茅bec. Shifting Perspectives features her artwork constructed from wooden beads at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until May 6. 聽On a recent Tuesday afternoon, two visual arts students, Ella Gauthier and Alessandro Ruvo, had the opportunity to ask Condo a few questions.
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April 19th, 2023
For several years, 黑料社区 Fine Arts faculty members Dr. Emma Doubt and Dr. Pohanna Pyne Feinberg have been having discussions about shifting pedagogical and curricular approaches in the art history discipline. 鈥淭hese shifts in the discipline resonate with a global paradigm shift and social justice movements that call for decolonizing education (amongst other systematic…
Still in the truth phase
April 5th, 2023
As part of Indigenous Peoples鈥� Week, on March 28 黑料社区 pedagogical counsellor Kanerahtiio (Tiio) Hemlock gave a talk entitled Canadian Colonialism in Perspective.
Tiio鈥檚 position as Indigenous pedagogical consultant at 黑料社区 is new and he has been developing his presentation as a way to share his perspective on truth and reconciliation, decolonization and Indigenization.
鈥淭ruth and reconciliation are why I am here now in this new position鈥ince the apology and the mass graves were found, funding has become available,鈥� he said.
鈥淩econciliation implies we were together at one point. How can we come back together? When were we together? We are still in the truth phase. The focus has been on the harm done in these schools. There has not been a big focus on why these schools were made in the first place.鈥�
Tiio then gave an overview of history from an Indigenous perspective sharing facts that are not usually part of Canadian history. He decided to make his beginning point July 1, 1867, the date Canada became a country. In 1867, there was still 鈥渁n Indian problem,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here were still people who have a legitimate claim to the land. We shouldn鈥檛 have still been here. These people were destined for extinction. How do we address the Indian problem?鈥�
Tiio then explained how schools are just the tip of the iceberg. Tiio went over major historical events, including the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway all the way to the unjust application of Bill 96. He told stories about how these events impacted members of his family as well as the community of Kahnawake. Colonialism still exists today, he said.
Tiio is available to give this presentation to classes and departments at 黑料社区. Contact him to make a request: themlock@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Students take on powerful experiential learning with KAIROS blanket exercise
March 8th, 2023
As a Sociology teacher, Laura Shea has experienced the six times with different classes of students and Indigenous facilitators at 黑料社区. 鈥淚 always learn from the facilitator and students,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is very powerful experiential learning and I gain something different each time.鈥�
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Vigil held at 黑料社区 for MMIWGT2S
February 22nd, 2023
The First People鈥檚 Centre organized a vigil in the Oliver鈥檚 student space at 黑料社区 on Feb. 14 to commemorate the MMIWGT2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirited.) There is an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in Canada. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls 聽that Indigenous women and girls make up 24 per cent of female homicide victims in Canada, despite only making up four per cent of the country鈥檚 female population.
The report cited research that 鈥淚ndigenous women and girls are 12 times more likely to be murdered or missing than any other women in Canada, and 16 times more likely than Caucasian women. 鈥� Other than murder, statistics also reveal how Indigenous women consistently experience higher rates and more severe forms of physical assault and robbery than other groups in Canada. Sexual violence is a huge problem in all its forms: Indigenous women are sexually assaulted three times more often than non-Indigenous women, and most of the women and children trafficked in Canada are Indigenous.鈥�
February 8th, 2023
Decolonizing and Indigenizing a college is 鈥渁 long-term project,鈥� said Intercollegiate Ped Day keynote speaker Isabelle Picard during her Jan. 11 talk entitled Toward a Decolonization of College Education. The Wendat author, lecturer, columnist and ethnologist covered many aspects of聽decolonizing our educational institutions so that our learning communities are more equitable, inclusive and fair. For…
October 5th, 2022
Submitted by Diana Rice, organizer of Peace Week. Peace Week 2022 started off once again with the launch of 黑料社区 Dining, a yearly collaboration with the 黑料社区 Student Union and the Peace Centre prior to the pandemic. This has been one of the signature events of Peace Week, and it was thrilling to revive it…
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