BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261003T051506EDT-0073c5DOGW@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20261003T091506Z DESCRIPTION: \n\nJoin Indigenous graduate students Michael Mahkwa Auksi (Ki nesiology Sciences)\, Emilee Bews (Department of Integrated Studies in Edu cation)\, Cameron Adams (Indigenous Language Revitalization)\, and John R. Sylliboy (Department of Integrated Studies in Education) for a panel disc ussion on their graduate-level research. Register here. \n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Oneida Professor Michelle Kennedy (Department of Int egrated Studies and Education) and will include a Q&A with the audience.\n \nMore about the panelists:\n\nMichael Mahkwa Auksi is a fourth year docto ral candidate in Kinesiology Sciences at McGill University. In his words\, “Hockey is my game. My life turned on a dime in 2002\, the first time I p layed for my community of Lac Seul First Nation in the Northern Bands Hock ey Tournament. The pinnacle of my career in 2016 was also its end\; repres enting my mother’s country of Estonia in Olympic Qualifications was the pe rfect hockey death”. Mike’s study explores Lac Seul’s hockey origin story\ , which began at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School in 1948. In 1970\, a four-team all-First Nations tournament took place at the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena\, signifying the emergence of community-based hockey in Nor thwestern Ontario. The turn of the millennium through to the present is de noted by Lac Seul hockey players who assertively navigate community-based and mainstream hockey systems. Mike enjoys keeping active\, coffee with fr iends\, and dystopic films.\n\n\nEmilee Bews (she/her) is a member of the Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways. She graduated with distinction from t he University of Calgary in 2022 with a degree in English Literature\, foc using on Indigenous stories and storytelling. She now attends McGill Unive rsity as a McCall MacBain Scholar\, pursuing her M.A. in Education & Socie ty. Her work focuses on strategies to support Indigenous student success t hrough culturally relevant learning opportunities. Additionally\, she work s with the Participatory Cultures Lab within the Education Department\, fo cusing further on decolonizing educational spaces.\n\n\nCameron Adams (He/ Him) is of ininiw and Anishinaabe ancestry and is a member of Berens River First Nation in Treaty 5 Territory. He graduated in June 2023 from the Un iversity of Winnipeg with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degre es. He now attends McGill University as a McCall MacBain Scholar pursuing his M.A. in Indigenous Language Revitalization. In 2021\, he finished work on a Swampy Cree language app. His work is to help document and create re sources in nēhinawēwin (Swampy Cree). During his time at McGill\, he will be working on a Swampy Cree dictionary and learning best practices in lang uage documentation. He is passionate about language revitalization and mak ing space for Indigenous languages.\n\n\nJohn R. Sylliboy is L’nu from the Millbrook Mi’kmaw Community in Nova Scotia. John’s primary focus is to ad vocate and build support for Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ in the At lantic region and nationally. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance.\n\nJohn is pursuing his doctoral stud ies at McGill University at DISE to explore gender\, sexuality and sex by integrating L’nuwey perspectives through Etuaptmumk or Two-Eyed Seeing. Jo hn collaborates on various regional and national health search projects at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. As a research activist and senior consu ltant\, he aims to improve access to health care for Indigenous people\, a dvocate for Indigenous-based curricula and education\, and develop Two-spi rit research ethics and protocols in the region and Canada. John is also p ursuing his deep interest in script writing\, producing documentaries\, an d film.\n\nPublications in relation to Etuaptmumk / Two-Eyed Seeing (E/TES )\n\nSylliboy\, J. (2021) Coming Out is Part of the Life Cycle: A Qualitat ive Study using Two-Eyed Seeing to Understand A Two-Spirits Coming Out Pro cess\, Global Public Health\, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1 993953\n\nSylliboy J. Latimer M\, Marshall EA\, MacLeod E. Communities tak e the lead: exploring Indigenous health research practices through Two-Eye d Seeing & kinship. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2021 Dec\ ;80(1):1929755. DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2021.1929755\n\nSylliboy\, J.\, Hove y\, R. Wisdom through Experience: Humanizing Indigenous People's Engagemen t in Healthcare. Canadian Medical Association Journal. Jan 2020\, 192 (3) E70-E72\; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.190754 Retrieved from https://www-cmaj-ca.prox y3.library.mcgill.ca/content/192/3/E70\n\n\nMore about the moderator:\n\nM ichelle Kennedy is a member of Oneida of the Thames First Nation\, raised in London\, Ontario\, Bear Clan. Michelle completed her BA in Indigenous S tudies and BEd.\, specializing in Junior-Intermediate grades\, at Laurenti an University. She has a Master’s degree in Indigenous Relations\, also fr om Laurentian University\, where her research focused on Indigenous commun ity leadership in the area of violence prevention of Indigenous women and girls. She is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University\, where her doctoral work focuses on Anishinaabe art creation\, curation\, a nd curriculum development. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies and Education.\n\nTo find out more about the 2023 I ndigenous Awareness Weeks\, which this event is part of\, please visit the IAW webpage.\n DTSTART:20230920T213000Z DTEND:20230920T233000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, McGill University Centre Ballroom\, 3480 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Graduate Scholars Panel on Indigenous Research Methodologies URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/indigenous/channels/event/graduate-scholars-panel -indigenous-research-methodologies-350257 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR