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DESCRIPTION:McGill University’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to in
 crease awareness at McGill about Indigenous peoples in Canada. The week ho
 nours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including the Métis\
 , the Inuit and First Nations. The week also offers an opportunity to coll
 aborate with community partners and draws active participation from McGill
  students\, faculty and staff.\n\nThe week is organized by the Social Equi
 ty and Diversity Education Office at McGill University.\nSEDE's Indigenous
  Education Program seeks to develop a broad-based educational campaign by 
 providing Indigenous-specific programming and opportunities for bridge-bui
 lding among diverse members of the McGill community.\nFor more information
 \, please contact the Indigenous Education Advisor\, Allan Vicaire.\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday September 23\, 2013 \n\nOPENING CEREMONY\n12:00
 PM – 3:00PM\, Ballroom\, Thomson House\, 3650 McTavish Street\nThe Opening
  Ceremony for the 3rd annual Indigenous Awareness Week will begin with a w
 elcoming address and blessing from McGill’s elder Alex Sonny Diabo. The wa
 rm welcome will be followed by traditional Inuit throat singing by Nina Se
 galowitz and Taqralik Partridge. Finally\, our keynote speaker\nTeresa Edw
 ards\, Director of Human Rights and International Affairs for the Native W
 omen’s Association of Canada\, will be presenting the realities and curren
 t issues faced by Indigenous women across Canada\, ranging from healthcare
 \, to domestic violence\, to missing and murdered women.\nOpening Ceremony
  Schedule:\n\n12:00PM – 12:30PM: Lunch Buffet\n12:30PM – 1:00PM: Welcoming
  Address and Blessing\n  1:00PM – 1:20PM: Inuit Throat Singing\n  1:20PM –
  2:10PM: Challenges and Barriers for Indigenous Women with Michèle Audette
 \n  2:10PM – 2:30PM: Closing Remarks\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nTeresa Edwar
 ds is a Mi’kmaq woman\, a member of the Listuguj First Nation\, and the mo
 ther of three wonderful children. Her traditional name is Young Fire Woman
 . She has worked formore than 20 years to advance the needs and rights of 
 Aboriginal Peoples\, with a particular focus on addressing Aboriginal wome
 n’s human rights.\nIn 2004\, she worked with the Native Women’s Associatio
 n of Canada (NWAC) to secure funding for the Sisters In Spirit initiative\
 , aimed at raising public awareness about the growing number of missing an
 d murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. She has travelled to more than 100 
 First Nations’ communities within Canada and to international fora to enga
 ge people in identifying ways to address all forms of violence\, including
  trafficking in humans\, Nation-building and re-building\, human rights aw
 areness and implementation\, education andeconomic development and many ot
 her socio-economic issues.\nIn her current role as the Director of Interna
 tional Affairs and Human Rights\, and internal Legal Counsel for the Nativ
 e Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)\, Teresa is dedicated to promoting 
 gender equality in such forums as the United Nations (UN) and regional org
 anizations such as the Organization of American States (OAS)\, where Indig
 enous issues are advocated for collectively with other Indigenous Peoples.
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday September 24\, 2013\n\nKANIEN’KEHÁ:KA ONKWAWÉN:NA 
 RAOTITIÓHKWA LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CENTRE TOUR \n9:00AM - 1:00PM\, Kahnawa
 ke Cultural Centre\n\nJoin us on a tour of the Kahnawake Cultural Centre’s
  permanent exhibit which showcases the rich culture and history of Kanien’
 keha:ka. Beginning with the foundation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to
  the 1990 Oka Crisis\, the permanent exhibit features key cultural and his
 torical events that best explain who the Kanien’kehá:ka people are.\nSpace
  is limited. Register by e-mailing asp.sede [at] mcgill.ca \n\nRESTRUCTURI
 NG THE INDIGENOUS-CROWN RELATIONSHIP IN CANADA: THE PROMISE OF INDIGENOUS 
 MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE\n2:00PM - 4:00PM\, Ballroom\, Thomson House\, 3650 M
 cTavish Street\n\nOne of the most important political challenges facing th
 is country is the strained relationship between Indigenous communities and
  the federal\, provincial\, and territorial governments of Canada. Althoug
 h Canada has tried a variety of ways to better engage and establish strong
 er relationships with its Indigenous peoples\, these efforts have largely 
 failed\, resulting in widespread distrust and conflict.  Recent trends\, h
 owever\, offer some hope. In this presentation\, Christopher Alcantara\, a
 n award-winning professor from Wilfrid Laurier University\, will discuss h
 ow the emergence of Indigenous multilevel governance may provide an innova
 tive and achievable model for repairing the relationship between the Crown
  and Canada’s Indigenous populations.\nChristopher Alcantara is an associa
 te professor in the department of political science at Wilfrid Laurier Uni
 versity. His main research interests are in the fields of Indigenous-settl
 er relations and politics\, territorial governance in the Canadian north\,
  federalism and multilevel governance\, public policy and administration\,
  and more recently\, Canadian voting behaviour.  He has written two books\
 , Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada (UT
 P: 2013) and Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights (
 MQUP: 2010)\, the latter of which was coauthored with Tom Flanagan and And
 re Le Dressay. He has published numerous articles in the Canadian Journal 
 of Political Science\, Canadian Public Administration\, Electoral Studies\
 , Public Choice\, Publius: Journal of Federalism\, Regional and Federal St
 udies\, and Urban Affairs Review among others. His research was a finalist
  for the Donner Prize in 2011 and the McMenemy Prize in 2013\, and has won
  the J.E. Hodgetts Award for best article in the Canadian Public Administr
 ation journal\, as well as the David Watson Memorial Award for 'the paper 
 published in the Queen's Law Journal judged to make the most significant c
 ontribution to legal scholarship.”\n\n\n\n\nWORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY KANATA\n
 4:00PM - 6:00PM\, Room 5001\, Brown Building\, 3600 McTavish Street\nDescr
 iption TBA.\n\nUNDERSTANDING MOHAWK: LANGUAGE AND HISTORY\n6:00PM - 8:00PM
 \, Room 430\, 3610 McTavish Street\n\nDiscover and learn Mohawk. The sessi
 on will provide opportunities to learn basic Mohawk and understand the his
 torical evolution of the language and its recent revitalization program in
  Kahnawake. Guiding the session will be Akwiratékha Martin\, Mohawk Langua
 ge Instructor from the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & 
 Cultural Centre.\nAbout the Speaker:\nAkwiratékha Martin is Kanien'kehá:ka
  from Kahnawà:ke and has been teaching Kanien'kéha for the past 9 years. A
 long with teaching\, he has also been a translator and/or voice dubber for
  several APTN television shows\, such as By The Rapids\, and Finding Our T
 alk. He has recently worked for Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed 3 as Kanien'ké
 ha Language Consultant. He is currently employed at Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawé
 n:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center in Kahnawà:ke.\n\n\n\nWedne
 sday September 25\, 2013\n\nMCGILL'S VISION: INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM\n1
 1:00AM - 12:00PM\, Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor)\, SSMU Building\, 3480 McT
 avish Street\nSince the early 2000s\, efforts have been made to develop an
  Indigenous Studies program at McGill University. On November 27th 2012\, 
 a forum was held jointly by the Students’ Society of McGill University and
  the Social Equity and Diversity Education Office. This forum was held to 
 consult members of the McGill community on their vision for an Indigenous 
 Studies program.\n\n\nDREAMCATCHER MAKING WORKSHOP (STAFF AND FACULTY ONLY
 )\n12:00PM - 2:00PM\, Arts Council Room\, Room 160\, Arts Building\n\nExpl
 ore your creative side and discover a part of First Nations traditional cr
 aft: the Dreamcatcher. The workshop will be led by Marie-Celine Charron fr
 om the Naskapis First Nation of Kawawachikamach.\n\n\nTRADITIONAL HOOP DAN
 CING WORKSHOP\n2:00PM - 4:00PM\, Lower Campus\n\nThe Indigenous Student Al
 liance wants the McGill community to join them on the Lower Field for an i
 nteractive workshop on Indigenous hoop dancing. This will be an opportunit
 y to get moving and discover traditional First Nation dancing.\n\n\n\nLAW 
 VS. JUSTICE: HOW THE COURTS ARE PREPARING THE WAY FOR ONE LAST\, FATAL\, R
 OUND OF TREATY NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN CANADA\n5:30PM - 7:
 00PM\, Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (Room 100)\, New Chancellor Day Hall\, 364
 4 Peel Street\nIn interpreting section 35 of the Constitution Act\, 1982\,
  the Supreme Court of Canada has laid out a framework that relies heavily 
 on outmoded concepts of colonial law.  The Court has expressed a preferenc
 e that the major work of reconciling Canadian sovereignty with Indigenous 
 sovereignty should be done at the negotiating table.  The Court has also e
 mphasized “consultation” as the appropriate way for government to deal wit
 h conflicts between resource extraction and the historical claims of Indig
 enous peoples\, but said that Indigenous peoples in those consultations ca
 n never simply say “no”.\nIn an era of mounting pressure to squeeze every 
 ounce of economic value from Indigenous land\, on an often breathtaking ti
 metable\, this Supreme Court doctrine condemns Canadian First Nations to t
 ake part in one last round of “Treaty” negotiations\, where the stakes are
  sky-high\, the cost of failure is potentially catastrophic\, First Nation
 s’ negotiating position has been undermined\, and they may simply not have
  the resources to have lawyers and negotiators at the tables for as long a
 s it takes.\nAbout the Speaker:\nMary Eberts joined Hensel Barristers as c
 ounsel in 2013\, after completing her term as Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Hu
 man Rights at the University of Saskatchewan. She has litigated in trial o
 r appellate courts in most of the jurisdictions in Canada\, in the Federal
  Court and Court of Appeal\, in the Supreme Court of Canada\, and at inque
 sts and administrative proceedings\, appearing as counsel in many leading 
 cases. She has been litigation counsel for the Native Women’s Association 
 of Canada for over twenty years\, and was a co-founder of the Women’s Lega
 l Education and Action Fund (LEAF).\nMary Eberts writes and lectures\, nat
 ionally and internationally\, on constitutional and Charter law\, Indigeno
 us law\, and human rights. Ms. Eberts received her legal education at West
 ern University and the Harvard Law School. She has been a faculty member a
 t the Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto\, and held the Gordon Henders
 on Chair in Human Rights at the University of Ottawa. Before opening a spe
 cialized litigation practice in 1994\, she was a partner at Torys in Toron
 to. Ms. Eberts grew up in southwestern Ontario\, near Lake Erie\, and is a
  mother and grandmother.\n\nOrganized by The Wallenberg Conference\, honou
 ring Raoul Wallenberg\, the Swedish diplomat whose actions saved the lives
  of thousands of Jews in Hungary during the Second World War.\n\n\nThursda
 y September 26\, 2013\n\nKAIROS BLANKET EXERCISE\n10:00AM - 12:00PM\, Room
  200\, Coach House\, 3715 Peel Street\n\nAn interactive exercise on the re
 lationships between the Crown and Canada’s Indigenous populations\, from t
 he settlers’ arrival to modern times. Participants are guided through cent
 uries of denial of Indigenous nationhood and the gradual appropriation\, r
 elocation\, and removal of Indigenous peoples and territories.\nThe exerci
 se begins with blankets spread across the floor\, which represent land occ
 upied by Canada’s Indigenous populations. As participants are guided throu
 gh centuries of negotiations\, treaties\, decrees\, and other interactions
  with European settlers\, the blankets on which they stand are slowly remo
 ved\, until only a few participants remain on a small area representing wh
 at little remains of Indigenous territory today. The exercise will then be
  followed by a talking circle.\nThis event is hosted by Allan Vicaire\, In
 digenous Education Advisor\, and Paige Isaac\, Coordinator of the First Pe
 oples’ House.\nSpaces are limited. Register by e-mailing asp.sede [at] mcg
 ill.ca \n\n\n\n\n\nDREAMCATCHER MAKING WORKSHOP (STUDENTS ONLY)\n12:00PM -
  2:00PM\, Arts Council Room\, Room 160\, Arts Building\n\nExplore your cre
 ative side and discover a part of First Nations traditional craft: the Dre
 amcatcher. The workshop will be led by Marie-Celine Charron from the Naska
 pis First Nation of Kawawachikamach.\nSpaces are limited. Register by e-ma
 iling asp.sede [at] mcgill.ca \n\n'WHO MAKES THE CALL?' A PANEL ON INDIGEN
 OUS IDENTITY\n1:15PM - 3:15PM\, Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor)\, SSMU Buildi
 ng\, 3480 McTavish\nCenturies of colonization through government policies 
 have blurred the line between Canada’s Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal popul
 ations. Today\, Indigenous identity is a complex and multifaceted topic wi
 th different points of view to distinguish between Indigenous and non-Indi
 genous peoples.\nWho has the right to define what it means to be an Indige
 nous person? Also\, how important are language\, ancestral territory\, and
  culture in identifying oneself as being Indigenous? Is blood percentage a
  valid metric in determining this? Is Indian/Inuit status necessary to con
 sider oneself Indigenous? Our panelists will address these questions and e
 xplore the complexity of this controversial and engaging subject.\nModerat
 ing this discussion will be Indigenous rights activist Ellen Gabriel. Pane
 lists will include:\n\nMohawk activist Cecile Charlie\,\nAboriginal artist
  Skawennati Fragnito\,\nand McGill’s Michael Loft from the School of Socia
 l Work.\n\n\n\nWAPIKONI MOBILE: PREMIERE OF SHORT FILMS\n7:00PM – 8:30PM\,
  Théâtre J. Armand Bombardier\, McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke Street West
 \n\nJoin us for an exclusive screening of short films directed by First Na
 tions youth.  The Wapikoni mobile is a travelling audiovisual and music tr
 aining studio that reaches more than 300 First Nations youth annually from
  across the province and provides them with valuable experiences in film a
 nd music creation.\nRaymond Caplin\, filmmaker of the short film animation
  In Your Heart from the Mi’gmaq First Nation community of Listuguj\, will 
 present his new short film and hold a Q&A session.\n\n\nFriday September 2
 7\, 2013 \n\nKANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE\n9:00AM - 11:30AM\, Room
  102\, New Chancellor Day Hall\, 3644 Peel Street\n\nOn a July day in 1990
 \, a confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village 
 of Oka\, Quebec\, into the international spotlight. Director Alanis Obomsa
 win spent 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off be
 tween the Mohawks\, the Quebec police and the Canadian army. This powerful
  documentary takes you right into the action of an age-old Aboriginal stru
 ggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades. Follow
 ing the film\, we will be joined by Elder John Onawario Cree who will disc
 uss the aftermath and effects of the Oka Crisis on the Kanehsatake Mohawk 
 community\, then and now.\nAbout the Speaker:\nJohn Onawario Cree\, Bear C
 lan Faithkeeper\, Haudenosaunee\, was born at his grandmother Marjorie’s h
 ome in Kanehsatake\, Mohawk Territory and raised by his grandparents.  He 
 has worked in the United States as a Tree Surgeon\, as an aircraft refuell
 er and Aircraft Refueller Supervisor at Mirabel Airport and Trudeau Airpor
 t. He then became a bus driver for the Kanehsatake Education Centre for ma
 ny years.  In 2005\, Onawario was  hired as a Grandfather (Elder) to work 
 with Indigenous inmates through Corrections Services Canada\, from the min
 imum to the Super Maximum Special HandlingUnit in Ste. Anne des Plaines\, 
 Quebec. He is now retired but is often called upon to do retreats\, openin
 gs\, Sweat Lodge Ceremonies and Healing and Talking Circles and enjoys act
 ively participating in conferences. Onawario has been happily married to h
 is wife Linda for 43 years. They are very proud parents of a daughter and 
 three sons\, and grandparents to four grandsons and five granddaughters. O
 nawario still manages to do what he loves best – growing the “Three Sister
 s” - Indian white corn\, beans and squash\, traditional Grandfather tobacc
 o and in the Spring\, making maple syrup on his land in Kanehsatake.\n\n\n
 \nINDIGENOUS HEALTH FOR FIRST NATIONS\, INUIT AND MÉTIS\n2:00PM - 4:00PM\,
  Room 14\, Leacock Building\n\nWhen we think of the health and well-being 
 of Canada’s First Nations\, Inuit and Métis populations\, many questions i
 nevitably arise. How does Indigenous health compare to non-Indigenous heal
 th? Where is Indigenous health headed? How can we incorporate healing thro
 ugh nature and culture into the practice of healthcare? How can we impleme
 nt strength-based approaches to healthcare programs and policy in Canada? 
 Simon Brascoupé\, Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University\, will
  be giving a presentation on the status of healthcare for First Nations\, 
 Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.\nAbout the Speaker:\nSimon Brascoupé\, 
 Anishinabeg/Haudenausanee – Bear Clan is a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishina
 beg First Nation\, Maniwaki\, Quebec. Simon Brascoupé is an Adjunct Resear
 ch Professor at Carleton University\, and an Adjunct Professor in the Depa
 rtment of Indigenous Studies at Trent University in Peterborough\, Ontario
 .  He was recently awarded a Certified Aboriginal Professional Administrat
 or (CAPA) from the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada (AF
 OA). He has a B.A. and M.A. from State University of New York at Buffalo\,
  where he is also completing his Ph.D.  He has a research interest in land
 -based healing\, traditional medicine\, and traditional knowledge. He cond
 ucts research and writes on cultural competency and safety. He published a
 n article\, Cultural Safety – Exploring the Applicability of the Concept o
 f Cultural Safety to Aboriginal Health and Community Wellness\, in the Jou
 rnal of Aboriginal Health. He teaches Indigenous Studies at Carleton Unive
 rsity.  Previously Simon Brascoupé was Chief Executive Officer\, National 
 Aboriginal Health Organization\; Director\, Primary Health Care Division\,
  First Nations and Inuit Health Branch\, Health Canada\; and Director\, Ab
 original Affairs Branch\, Environment Canada. He has written and worked in
  the field of traditional knowledge and intellectual Property Rights and i
 s on Trent University’s Ph.D. Indigenous Knowledge Council.  \n\n\nCOMMUNI
 TY SOCIAL & FEAST\n5:00PM – 7:00PM\, Native Friendship Centre of Montreal\
 , 2001 Saint-Laurent Blvd\n\nCome together and partake in the closing cere
 mony of the 3rd Annual Indigenous Awareness Week. Socialize\, eat\, sing\,
  dance\, and share your experiences of the past week.\nIndian tacos will b
 e served. Dancers are encouraged to bring traditional regalia.\n
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Indigenous Awareness Week
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/event/3rd-annual-indigenous-awareness-we
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