Please note: The office is no longer offering the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. We will continue to update our webpage as more information becomes available. Additional training opportunities at the University are available through the Human Rights & Equity Office https://www.queensu.ca/hreo/education and the HR Catalogue.
If you have a specific training topic in mind, we would be happy to work with you on developing a workshop or training session.
Walk Talks
A Walk Talk (Akan, 1992) is a reflective, relational, and land-based learning experience rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Through guided engagement with place, participants are invited to deepen their connections to land, self, community, and learning.
Walk Talks create space for reflection, conversation, observation, and meaningful engagement with local lands and waters. Stories, teachings, medicines, and place-based knowledge may be shared depending on the season, location, group needs, guiding themes, and what is encountered along the way.
For more details, please contact the office at indigenous.initiatives@queensu.ca
Land Acknowledgement Support
A land acknowledgment, while considered a standard practice, should always be updated and personalized to fit with your own personal experiences or engagement with the land and Indigenous peoples.
The OII is happy to offer support in drafting a personalized land acknowledgement for your unit, department, or club. Please contact the OII directly to coordinate a meeting or for additional resources.
From Diversity to Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
The From Diversity to Inclusion in the Workplace (DIW) Certificate will help staff understand that to build an environment that promotes diversity and inclusion requires active participation of everyone on campus. This certificate is offered through the HR Learning Catalogue.
Register for Certificate