Online Event
Panel: Centering Kinship with Black and Indigenous Communities in Research
This is a virtual event.We are delighted to extend an invitation to the first event of the OISE BIPOC Thesis Group Summer Event Series: Centering BIPOC Kinship in Research Practice. This virtual panel, entitled “Centering Kinship with Black and Indigenous Communities in Research,” will feature Black and Indigenous Identified Ph.D. candidates who have [...]
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. [...]