For the Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series, the Indigenous Studies Program seeks to enrich the McGill Community by inviting an Indigenous Knowledge Holder to spend a week at the university to share their scholarship, work, and advocacy. Indigenous Knowledge Holders – whether they be wampum belt holders, storytellers, artists, activists, hereditary leaders, or academics– encompass generations of knowledge embedded within the cultural and epistemological worldview of Indigenous communities that span generations. This Series seeks to act as a bridge between that knowledge and the institution while placing an emphasis on Indigenous community collaborations and partnerships through academic events, workshops, and community presentations.
Skawennati
The 2019 Indigenous Knowledge Holder is Skawennati, she is a Kahnawake-born artist whose work addresses history, the future, and change from her perspective as both an urban Mohawk woman and a cyberpunk avatar. She is co-director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace at Concordia University.
Learn more about Her keynote entitled My Life As an Avatar here, the screening of her machinima here, or if you are interested in joining the beading circle on Friday click here.
Indigenous Network
- Meet Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: New Writer in Residence
- Speaker Series: How to Do Anti-Racist and Decolonial Work Within the Academy and Beyond McGill Department of English
- Indigenous Alumni Ardith Walkem appointed in BC Supreme Court
- Robin Gray Guest Lecturing in the Department of Sociology on January 22nd
- Meet Caroline Monnet: McGill’s First ISCEI Artist in Residence
