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DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, January 30th\, 2023\, the Office of Indigenous Init
 iatives (OII) will launch its first annual Winter Indigenous Speakers Seri
 es. The Series includes four in-person events from January through March. 
 Partnering with various groups on campus\, including the Department of Fam
 ily Medicine\, the Anti-Black Racism Action Plan\, and the Indigenous Stud
 ent Alliance\, the OII aims to bring diverse Indigenous voices to campus i
 n the spirit of collaboration. \n\nPlease find the event schedule below.\n
 \n \n\n \n\nA Visit with Inuk Elder Reepa Evic-Carleton \n\nMonday\, Janua
 ry 30th - 5:30-7:00 pm\n\nOn Monday\, January 30th from 5:30-7:00 pm\, the
  Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the Department of Family Medicine wi
 ll host Inuk Elder Reepa Evic-Carleton (Pangnirtung\, Nunavut) for a light
 ing of the qulliq and discussion led by Inuk Assistant Professor in Family
  Medicine\, Richard Budgell. Together\, they will discuss the meaning of t
 he qulliq\, their work in the health field\, and more.\n\nLocation: The De
 partment of Family Medicine (5858 Côte-des-Neiges\, Montreal)\, Third Floo
 r\n\n \n\nThe Iskweu Project: Addressing the MMIWG2ST+ Crisis in Montreal 
 with Tanisha Gallichon \n\nWednesday\, February 8th - 4:00-5:30 pm\n\nJoin
  the Office of Indigenous Initiatives as they host Tanisha Gallichon\, Pro
 ject Coordinator of the Iskweu Project\, for the 2023 Indigenous Speakers 
 Series. Tanisha will present a talk on her work at the Iskweu Project\, a 
 Montreal-based initiative out of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal ad
 dressing the MMIWG2ST+ crisis. More on Iskweu:\n\n“The Project wishes to r
 espond to an immediate need for assistance expressed by families and loved
  ones in the case of an Indigenous woman or girl (trans\, two -spirit) goe
 s missing. Its aim is reducing and ultimately eradicating the number of mi
 ssing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (trans\, two-spirit) of Queb
 ec\; to offer support and ensure adequate response from institutions when 
 someone goes missing. It seeks to reduce barriers in accessing support and
  receiving an adequate response from institutions that have historically d
 iscriminated against Indigenous peoples.” Read more here.\n\n \n\nReparati
 ons\, Landback\, and the Possibilities of Kinship as Solidarity with Kyle 
 T. Mays \n\nWednesday\, February 22nd - 4:00-5:30 pm\n\nJoin the Office of
  Indigenous Initiatives and the Anti-Black Racism Action Plan Initiative a
 s they host Dr. Kyle T. Mays for a talk titled 'Reparations\, Landback\, a
 nd the Possibilities of Kinship as Solidarity.' Kyle T. Mays (he/him) is a
 n Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa) scholar of urban history/studies\, Af
 ro-Indigenous studies\, and contemporary popular culture. He is an Associa
 te Professor in the Departments of African American Studies\, American Ind
 ian Studies\, and History at the University of California\, Los Angeles. H
 e is the author of 3 books including\, City of Dispossessions: Indigenous 
 Peoples\, African Americans\, and the Creation of Modern Detroit (Universi
 ty of Pennsylvania Press\, 2022) and An Afro-Indigenous History of the Uni
 ted States (Beacon Press\, 2021).\n\n \n\nA Visit with Iakoiehwáhtha Patto
 n \n\nWednesday\, March 8th - 11:30-2:30 pm\n\nOn Wednesday\, March 8th fr
 om 11:30 am to 2:30 pm\, Iakoiehwáhtha Patton will visit First Peoples' Ho
 use to meet with Indigenous students and connect. Iakoiehwáhtha (Iako) Pat
 ton is a Kanien’kehá:ka writer and academic who was born and raised in Kah
 nawake. She is the first female First Nations recipient of the Rhodes Scho
 larship\, the world’s oldest and most prestigious international graduate s
 cholarship programme. She is currently completing her undergraduate degree
  in History of Art\, Anthropology\, and Renaissance Studies at the Univers
 ity of Toronto and is particularly interested in Netherlandish art as it r
 elates to gender and colonialism.\n\nIakoiehwáhtha's visit will take place
  over two lunch sessions. Because the lunch will be catered\, registration
  is required (register here). The first lunch session will take place from
  11:30-1:00 and the second from 1:00-2:30. Lunch boxes from Kahnawake-base
 d Messy Kitchen with a sandwich\, salad\, and beverage will be provided.\n
 \nThis event is part of the Office of Indigenous Initiatives' Winter Speak
 ers Series and is presented in partnership with the Indigenous Student All
 iance (ISA)\, an Indigenous student-led club on campus\, and the First Peo
 ples' House.\n
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SUMMARY:Winter Indigenous Speakers Series
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/indigenous/channels/event/winter-indigenous-speak
 ers-series-346402
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