In-Person
Painting Workshop with Tristan McTague
UTM Tipi and Teaching LodgeUTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives, in partnership with the Sexual & Gender Diversity Office and UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, invites members of the UTM community to a painting workshop with Anishinaabe artist Tristan McTague. Due to space restrictions within the teaching lodge, attendance will be capped at 20 [...]
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 1 (Staff & Faculty Training)
U of T Indigenous Training This session is in-person. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class. Culture is expressed in the worldviews of peoples from different backgrounds, lived experiences and histories. It is fostered through ones’ unique identification with ones’ values, beliefs, languages, and traditions. For [...]
Identity through an Indigenous lens: 2SLGBTQ+ People with EJ Kwandibens
UTM Tipi and Teaching LodgeUTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives in partnership with the Office Sexual & Gender Diversity invites you to a keynote speaking session with EJ Kwandibens. When: Wednesday, June 12th 12:00 - 3:00 PM EST Where: Tipi and Teaching Lodge, Located down Principal’s Road (next to pond) About the facilitator: EJ Kwandibens, [...]
Full Moon Fire Ode’miin Giizis (Strawberry Moon)
33 Willcocks St. Earth Sciences Centre (Courtyard is South of the Building)Join us at First Nations House for our Full Moon Fire at the Earth Sciences Courtyard. Please drop by at any point, 4 sacred medicines are available. Families are welcome. Friday June 21st, 2024 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: 33 Willcocks St. Earth Sciences Centre (Courtyard is South [...]
Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgements (Staff & Faculty Training)
This is a virtual session. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class. Many Canadian Institutions including the University of Toronto do land acknowledgements before meetings, before convocations and at seminars and conferences, but why do we do them; what is their purpose and are they an effective tool of reconciliation and decolonization. The fear is that land acknowledgements have become largely performative and rote stripping them of their potential to bring about change. These are some of the questions and topics that will be explored in this one and half hour session, Indigenous Land Acknowledgements.
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 2 (Staff & Faculty Training)
U of T Indigenous Training This is session is in-person. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class. Culture is expressed in the worldviews of peoples from different backgrounds, lived experiences and histories. It is fostered through ones’ unique identification with ones’ values, beliefs, languages, and traditions. [...]