National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Film Screening Keele Campus (Hebron Relocation + Honour to Murray Sinclair)

Please join us in honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024. This film screening will feature two short films: Hebron Relocation (15 minutes) and Honour to Murray Sinclair (29 minutes), followed by a brief reflection and discussion with Laina Bay-Cheng, vice-president of equity, people and culture. Hebron Relocation Through touching conversations with community members, […]

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.