Roundtable Discussion with Jonathon Dewar and Dr. Mike DeGagne (Organized by McGill’s Aboriginal Sustainability Project)
What: Join us in a roundtable discussion with Jonathan Dewar and Dr. Mike DeGagné, from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, as we explore the themes focused in the book, Cultivating Canada: Reconciliation through the Lens of Cultural Diversity.
The format will be roundtable discussion followed by Soup and Bannock Lunch at the First Peoples’ House.
When: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 12:00pm-2:00pm
Where: 3715 Peel St. (The Coach House), Room 200
For more information, please visit the facebook event page.
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The Native ART – CULTURE Evenings:
Sharing moments with the aboriginal community of Montreal on every first Thursday of each month!
What: This Thursday, November 3rd, we will count with the presence of Geronimo Inutiq. Geronimo Inutiq has been making independent original electronic music and art under the moniker of Madeskimo since the mid- 1990s. Originating from the arctic in what is called Baffin Island, and having spent a good portion of his life in the urban centers of Montreal and Quebec, he takes his cultural experiences in metropolitan centers and indigenous traditions and blends it together into an original style.
When: Thursday, November 3rd beginning at 9pm
Where: Cafe-bar l’Escalier, 552 St Catherine Est.
For more information, please visit the facebook event page.
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The Indian Residential School Experience in Canada: Limitations and Challenges to Healing (McGill’s Aboriginal Law Students Association)
What: This colloquium aims at exploring some of the limitations and challenges that we face in this process of decolonization drawing on the Indian Residential School experience as the background. We will be joined by: Clement Chartier (President of the Metis National Council), Gerald Taiaiake Alfred (full Professor and founding Director of the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria), and Paulette Regan (Senior Researcher, Historical Memory and Reconciliation Project, for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and a Research Fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia).
When: Thursday, November 10th, 2011: 5-7pm
Where: 3644 Peel Street, Montréal, Qc. Room 312-316
For more information, visit the facebook event page.
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The Boreal Forest: Our Land, Our Stories Our Responsibility
What: Come enjoy an evening of Aboriginal leaders sharing their personal stories of living connected with the Boreal forest and a musical performance by aboriginal musician Kathia Rock.
This event is part of an Aboriginal University speaking tour dedicated to celebrating the leadership and commitment of First Nations and Aboriginal communities in the conservation and sustainable development of the Boreal forest.
When: Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 7pm-9pm
Where: McGill University, Stewart Biology Building, Room 1/3
1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue
Montreal, QC
For more information, please visit the facebook event page.
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Indigenous Rights Conference. The Challenge of Respecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Comparing Experiences from Africa, Latin America and North America
What: On behalf of Institute for the Study for International Development:
I am pleased to announce the latest International Conference from McGill University’s Institute for the Study for International Development. The conference is intended to start a process for understanding the complexity of Indigenous rights more fully by bringing together indigenous peoples from Africa, Latin America and North America, along with key actors at the national and international levels actively involved in trying to find practical solutions to problems of poverty, exclusion and victimization faced by indigenous peoples everywhere.
When: Thursday & Friday, November 17-18 2011
Where: McGill Faculty Club and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
For more information, please visit the ISID event page.
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Gathering of Nations: Identity, Citizenship and Culture (Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network)
What: It will shed light on the issues linked to Aboriginal identity and citizenship in a solution-oriented reflection that will aim to empower First Nations’ citizenship and identity and First Nations participation in society. This gathering was designed with the vision for a healthy participation and real contribution of Aboriginal women and their families to promote the well-being and future of their communities in the province of Quebec.
When: November 18 and 19
Where: Delta Hotel, Montreal
For more information, visit: http://www.faq-qnw.org/
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Fall Gathering of the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network
What: Guest Speaker, Adalbert Pimentel, of the Westmount Ville-Marie Station of the service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) will be doing a presentation on safety issues concerning urban Aboriginal people.
When: Wednesday, November 23rd – 8:30am to 4:30pm
Where: TBD
For more information, please contact: reseau.mtl.autochtone@gmail.com.