Online Event
U of T’s Orange Shirt Day
Join us for a virtual event on Orange Shirt Day, a national movement in recognition of the experiences of survivors of residential schools in Canada. In the spirit of reconciliation and healing, Canadians are asked to wear an orange shirt on this day to acknowledge that every child matters. Whether you are working or going to school online or in-person, wear your orange shirt on September 30 to show your solidarity with Indigenous people!
PEFAL Information Session
The Office of Indigenous Initiatives is providing a PEFAL Information staff to all U of T staff and students. This information session will provide an overview of PEFAL, share ideas and best practices, and facilitate partnerships between interested applicants.
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation – Part 1
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningThis is a virtual session. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class. Please note there is a Part 1 and 2, and it is recommended you attend part 2 to get more of a wholesome context to this session.
FNH Presents: Paint Night with Teddy Syrette
Online EventFirst Nations House Indigenous Student Services Presents: Paint Night with Teddy Syrette Teddy Syrette (Ozhawa Anung/Yellow Star, They/Them) is a 2-Spirit Anishinabe person, from Baa-waa-ting/Batchewana First Nation. They grew up in Rankin Reserve. O-zha-wa A-nung graduated from Sault College with a diploma in Social Service Work - Indigenous Specialization [...]
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation – Part 2
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningThis is a virtual session. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class. Please note there is a Part 1 and 2, and it is recommended you attend part 2 to get more of a wholesome context to this session.
Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningThis 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.
UTM IC Presents: Cooking with the Wholesome Conscious (virtual)
Alexandria Bipatnath, Founder of the Wholesome Conscious is a Holistic Health and Wellness Practitioner who is not only limited to medicine and its healing properties, but also in nutrition, physical activity, and spirituality. Come virtually cook with us! Participants will receive assistance with recipe items to attend this event. Participants must be available to pick-up these supports from the UTM Indigenous Centre.
UTM IC Presents with Everbead: Medicine Bag Making (virtual)
Join the UTM Indigenous Centre and Darci Everson in a Medicine Bag Making workshop. Participants will learn how to make a traditional Medicine Bag and will learn about the four sacred medicines. Workshop materials will be provided to attend this event. Participants must be available to pick-up Medicine Bag Kits from the UTM Indigenous Centre.
Reconciliation Walking the Path of Indigenous Allyship
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous TrainingThis is a virtual session. Instructions will be provided closer to the day of class.What does it mean to be an ally to Indigenous peoples? And is it even possible to call yourself an ally or is more correct to say that one can only aspire [...]
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 1 (Staff & Faculty Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous Training This is a Virtual Session. 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. [...]
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 2 (Staff & Faculty Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous Training This is a Virtual Session. 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. [...]
Orange Shirt Day 2022
Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHonour the experiences of residential school survivors by joining a University-wide event to recognize Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Students, librarians, faculty and staff may register to attend this event in-person or watch the livestream.
Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgments (Staff & Faculty Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous 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 [...]
Canceled CANCELLED – Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 2 (Staff & Faculty Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous 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 [...]
Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation Part 2 (Student Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningU of T Indigenous Training This is a Virtual Session. 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. [...]
Talk: A Celebration of Spirit with Richard Van Camp (In-person & Virtual)
Teaching Lodge, Earth Sciences Courtyard & Virtually via ZoomPlease join us for this good visiting keynote with Tlicho author and storyteller Richard Van Camp who will share the interviews he's conducted with Indigenous Elders who have passed into Spirit and have returned sharing their recollections and what they learned in the Spirit World. Richard will also share [...]
Listening Party with Mayan Elder Bartolo on Indigenous Waves (In-person & Radio)
Map Room Studio at Hart HouseJoin Jenny Blackbird and Jennifer Sylvester on Indigenous Waves 89.5 CIUT with Mayan Elder Bartolo at the Map Room Studio at Hart House. Indigenous Waves is a celebration of Indigenous cultures; locally, nationally and globally. Through music, storytelling, interviews, panel discussions, art, and humour we explore the diversity of Indigenous Peoples. Jenny [...]
Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgements (Staff & Faculty Training)
Virtual Learning - Remote LearningThis 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.