Sweetgrass Series: Body – Reading with Intention
SWEETGRASS SERIES: Body – Reading with Intention Enhance your learning through the Indigenous framework of three braids with Indigenous Learning Strategist Carol Ducharme. U of T students please register on CLNx. Register for Event
Drop-In Pow Wow Dance
Goldring Centre for High Performance SportJoin John (Waaseyaabin) Hupfield and Deanne Hupfield in a welcoming space to learn and practice pow wow dance. This weekly class is open to all levels and has the goal of nurturing dancers, whether this is your first or hundredth time dancing. This is a great and supportive space [...]
Sweetgrass Series: Spirit – Being SMART with Goals
SWEETGRASS SERIES: Spirit – Being SMART with Goals Enhance your learning through the Indigenous framework of three braids with Indigenous Learning Strategist Carol Ducharme. U of T students please register on CLNx. Register for Event
Drop-In Pow Wow Dance
Goldring Centre for High Performance SportJoin John (Waaseyaabin) Hupfield and Deanne Hupfield in a welcoming space to learn and practice pow wow dance. This weekly class is open to all levels and has the goal of nurturing dancers, whether this is your first or hundredth time dancing. This is a great and supportive space [...]
Drop-In Pow Wow Dance
Goldring Centre for High Performance SportJoin John (Waaseyaabin) Hupfield and Deanne Hupfield in a welcoming space to learn and practice pow wow dance. This weekly class is open to all levels and has the goal of nurturing dancers, whether this is your first or hundredth time dancing. This is a great and supportive space [...]
Ever Deadly: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Faculty of MusicThe Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Office at the Faculty of Music is excited to invite you to a free film screening of Ever Deadly (2022) to commemorate International Women’s Day. We hope you will join us and/or share this opportunity to learn and connect with your U of T networks and [...]
Thomas Fisher Library: Indigenous Languages Open House
Thomas Fisher Rare Book LibraryIn celebration of Indigenous Languages Day, please join us for an open house showcasing materials in Indigenous languages from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Thursday, April 4th 2024. Material will include manuscripts, dictionaries, hymnals, periodicals, and primers in Indigenous languages, including newly purchased material. These are important resources [...]
Haudenosaunee Lacrosse at Hart House Farms
Hart House FarmJoin us at First Nations House as we travel to Hart House Farms to learn Lacrosse through Haudenosaunee Teachings. The Facilitator Kevin Sandy, Cayuga Nation. Wolf Clan, Director/CEO, Haudenosaunee Lacrosse, is Dad to two amazing children Aamisk and Menaywaywyn. Transportation and Lunch will be provided, please share any dietary restrictions [...]
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 [...]
A Conversation with Ted Nolan
Online EventIn celebration of National Indigenous History Month, U of T's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) invites you to tune in online for A Conversation with Ted Nolan on June 11, 2024. In conversation with Tricia McGuire-Adams, an Anishinaabekwe from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek and associate professor at [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Ziibiing Opening Celebration
ZiibiingThe University of Toronto is excited to mark the official opening of Ziibiing (the Indigenous landscape project at Hart House Green) with a celebration for the entire U of T community. The celebration will feature representatives from the Council of Indigenous Initiatives Elders’ Circle, the Indigenous Landscape Advisory Committee, and [...]
Orange Shirt Day: Gathering Our Little Shoes
University CollegeTo commemorate Orange Shirt Day, members of the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Indigenous Research, Teaching & Learning (IRTL) will gather to discuss Indigenous-led, divisional approaches to reconciliation. The work of the IRTL connects to the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the testimony of [...]
2024 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Commemoration
Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHonour the experiences of residential school survivors by joining a University-wide event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Students, librarians, faculty members, and staff can register to attend this event in person or watch the live stream. Orange Shirt Day has been observed [...]