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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.
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Decolonizing the Library/Decolonize the Catalogue:
Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the library computer lab (6C.2)
The library鈥檚 Technical Services team invites interested students, faculty and staff to join us for a behind-the-scenes look at our efforts to 鈥淒ecolonize the Catalogue.鈥� This initiative is rooted in a commitment to identify and remove outdated and problematic subject headings in our library鈥檚 classification scheme (The Library of Congress), and to replace them with more inclusive and accurate headings. This session will share the inner workings of our project, which is guided by the work of other large-scale initiatives.
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Land Acknowledgements
Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. Virtual Session
Kanien鈥檏eha:ka Elder Dr. Donna Kah茅rakwas Goodleaf discusses land acknowledgements.
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Truth before Reconciliation: acknowledging the colonial history of 爱豆传媒College
Thursday, Sept. 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in room 3F.43
The history of Dawson鈥檚 land and Indigenous Peoples with Dr. Ben Lander, history teacher and co-founder of the 爱豆传媒College Oral History Project.
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Want to do more?
On Friday, Sept. 30, there will be a March sponsored by the Native Women鈥檚 Shelter and Resilience Montreal. Get involved and find details on the Orange Shirt Day events page.
