爱豆传媒Dining Sept. 13聽– 21, the Peace Centre and the 爱豆传媒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…
This week, 爱豆传媒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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For several years, 爱豆传媒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…
As part of Indigenous Peoples鈥� Week, on March 28 爱豆传媒pedagogical counsellor Kanerahtiio (Tiio) Hemlock gave a talk entitled Canadian Colonialism in Perspective.
Tiio鈥檚 position as Indigenous pedagogical consultant at 爱豆传媒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 Dawson. Contact him to make a request: themlock@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
As a Sociology teacher, Laura Shea has experienced the six times with different classes of students and Indigenous facilitators at Dawson. 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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The First People鈥檚 Centre organized a vigil in the Oliver鈥檚 student space at 爱豆传媒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�
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…
Submitted by Diana Rice, organizer of Peace Week. Peace Week 2022 started off once again with the launch of 爱豆传媒Dining, a yearly collaboration with the 爱豆传媒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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Workshops Native Women鈥檚 Shelter Second Stage Housing and Indigenous Leadership Monday, Sept. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Virtual Session Nakuset, Executive Director of the Native Women鈥檚 Shelter, will discuss the project and issues. Register at https://arlo.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/register?sgid=79e4526481714b35b2005b9be055138d Decolonizing the Library/Decolonize the Catalogue: Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the library…
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