Panel Event: Reflecting on the Legacies of Residential Schools: What it means for our present and our futures

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at YorkU | Panel Discussion Reflecting on the Legacies of Residential Schools: What it means for our present and our futures Taking place virtually, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. Moderated by AVP Indigenous Initiatives, Susan Dion, featuring York community members.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apuvOEjBaHg

Guest Lecture by Dr. Paulette Steeves titled Reclaiming and Rewriting Indigenous Histories of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas). 

Reclaiming and Rewriting Indigenous Histories of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).  Archaeologists have denied the early histories of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island for over a century. The commonly held archaeological theory frames the First People as recent immigrants to the Americas who crossed the Bering land area from Asia around 12,000 to 15,000 years […]

Networking Breakfast featuring Dr. Paulette Steeves, with Indigenous graduate students and faculty.

By special invitation only.

Scholars’ Hub @ Home | Dancin’ Feet: Harlem and basketball in the 1920-30s

Dr. Danielle Howard, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design The New York Renaissance basketball team, an all-Black professional team, emerged within the social and cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Playing basketball during the epicenter of Black entertainment, this talk highlights a history […]

Black Excellence & Grit Speaker Series | Frank Stones

The York University Indigenous Alumni Network (YUIAN) together with the Black Indigenous Varsity Student-Athlete Alliance (BIVSAA) are pleased to present the November session of the Black Excellence & Grit Speaker Series. Please join us on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 for a conversation with York alumnus Frank Stones (BA ’08) who will share his personal story […]