September 21st, 2022
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…
August 24th, 2022
On Friday Sept. 30, the Dawson community will observe Orange Shirt Day – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As a young child at a residential school in 1973, Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem鈥檆 Xgat鈥檛em First Nation in British Columbia, was wearing a brand-new orange shirt on her first day of…
Plans for Orange Shirt Day leading up to Sept. 30
June 1st, 2022
This fall, Dawson will host several events leading up to, and in observance of Sept. 30, Orange T-Shirt Day-National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
A dedicated team of students, faculty, professionals, and support staff, in consultation with Indigenous advisors, will organize these events with the goal of providing learning opportunities and raising awareness about decolonization and the importance of this day.
Support (resources, ideas, suggestions for speakers) is available for faculty who would like to include the theme of residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Report, or other decolonization topics in their course.听
听To request support, or to contribute your ideas or your time to the organization of events, please contact Diana Rice听drice@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
Students who founded IndigeSTEM peer tutoring project recognized by Forces Avenir
May 4th, 2022
Currently, Rotshenn贸n:ni Two-Axe and Kayla Spencer-Young are two of a handful of Indigenous students in Dawson鈥檚 Science Program.
Rotshenn贸n:ni and Kayla wanted to encourage and support their fellow Indigenous students who may be interested in Science. They came up with an idea last semester that has won them the local award and put them in the running for the provincial award, which will be announced at an event in Quebec City in September.
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Red Dresses needed for May 5 MMIWG2S Day
May 4th, 2022
On May 5, the First Peoples鈥� Centre will be commemorating the National Day of Awareness and Action for MMIWG2S. They are asking for your help in gathering red dresses (all sizes 鈥� child and adult) for an exhibit. If you have any dresses to donate, please bring them to the First Peoples鈥� Centre (3E.15) before 12 p.m. on Thursday. If you鈥檇 like to participate or help in other ways, please contact Billi-Jo Poirier or Jessica Quijano through MIO.
April 6th, 2022
In an effort to Indigenize curriculum and re-Indigenize a small piece of occupied Tiohti脿:ke (Montreal), students, staff, and faculty from the First Peoples Centre and the Decolonization and Indigenization Studies Certificate launched the W谩hta 脫shes (maple syrup) project last March to share the Indigenous roots of making maple syrup. 听 Ryder Cote-Nottaway, an Algonquin student,…
Talk with Dr. Catherine Kinewesquao Richardson March 24
March 23rd, 2022
Decolonization and Indigenization Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Resist Violence and the Creative Collective for Change present an online conversation with Dr. Catherine Kinewesquao Richardson. She will speak about Cultural safety and managing risky conversations in the classroom on March 24 at 2:45 p.m.
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Screening of Blood Quantum March 30
March 23rd, 2022
Kristopher Woofter, Rebecca Million and Ben Lander have organized a free event open to the public for Indigenous Peoples Week. The film Blood Quantum听by local Indigenous filmmaker and Dawson graduate Jeff Barnaby will be screened and then Jeff will be there to take questions afterwards.
The event will be in the Dawson Theatre on March 30 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
March 23rd, 2022
IONKWAT脫NHAHERE is a Kanien鈥檏茅ha word that means 鈥淲e are raising our Spirits.鈥� In the wake of the last two years, Indigenous communities have been re-confronted with the realities of colonialism. For this reason, the organizers of Dawson鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples鈥� Week (formally First Peoples鈥� Week) have decided to focus on celebrating the joy within our cultures,…
Resources from Intercollegiate Ped Days 2022
January 19th, 2022
Thanks to Dawson colleagues who contributed to the success of Intercollegiate Ped Days 听2022, which took place Jan. 12-14 online. More than 50 presentations were given and over 700 participants from the English-language CEGEPs attended. The theme was Systemic Transformation: Developing Our Inclusive Practices. Resources will be available for a limited time on the Linkr site: . The Linkr site is free but you need to request to join using your college email account. A selection of resources will also be featured on Dawson鈥檚 Faculty Hub site.
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