Join the Elders from the Office of Indigenous Initiatives for bi-weekly sessions on Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Sessions feature topics on Indigenous teachings and knowledge.

The October 21 session topic will be:

• Healing Journey

Please use our Registration Form to indicate you interest in this and other planned sessions, and we will send you link information to join us online.

"Louis Riel Day is held every year on November 16 across the Métis homelands. November 16 is the anniversary of Riel’s execution in 1885. During that year, Riel led Métis people in the Northwest Resistance, which was a stand against the Government of Canada because it was encroaching on Metis rights and our way-of-life."

For more: https://www.metisnation.org/culture-heritage/louis-riel-day-info/

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1605286948270/1605287188462

For more information: https://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/press-releases/november-7th-inuit-day/

For more information: https://www.queensu.ca/indigenous/indigenous-research-collaboration-day

National Indigenous Peoples Day formerly National Aboriginal Day is a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada.

https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

October 4th is a day to stand with the families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, and bring awareness to these cases. 

Indigenous Climate Justice - Online Symposium via Zoom | November 5th and 6th 2021

Keynote Speakers: Winona LaDuke & Autumn Peltier

Roundtable Discussants: Dr. Kim TallBear, Dr. Karen Lawford, and Tasha Beeds, Ph.D. (c)

The theme of Indigenous Climate Justice brings many important topics together at a conjunctural time. We invite you to this year's symposium to share, learn, teach and mobilize Indigenous traditions, research, knowledge and art towards climate justice. The symposium will be conducted with respect to Indigenous protocols.

 Download Call for Proposals here. 

For more information, visit: https://www.queensu.ca/indigenous/indigenous-knowledge-symposium

Join the Elders from the Office of Indigenous Initiatives for bi-weekly sessions on Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Sessions feature topics on Indigenous teachings and knowledge.

The September 23 session topic will be:

• Truth and Reconciliation 

Please use our Registration Form to indicate you interest in this and other planned sessions, and we will send you link information to join us online.