Jan. 21, 2021
Learn about traditional Indigenous women’s voices today at noon
2021 ii’ taa’poh’to’p Elders Teaching Series launches
Freshly gathered sage. Sage is an important component of ceremony and Indigenous protocol
If this past year taught us anything, it is the value of staying resilient in the face of significant challenges that require timefor reflection, compassion and adjustment.
The 2021 Elders Teaching Series, launched today by the ɫ’s ii’ taa’poh’to’p Indigenous Strategy, infuses the spirit of Indigenous voices and perspectives, offering knowledge and oral teachingsto connectaudiences to the spirit of sharing and exploring new ways of knowing. The Office of the Vice-Provost (Indigenous Engagement)invites the campus communityto participate ina series of online webinars featuring Traditional Knowledge Keepers, scholars and community leaders as they offer insights on resilience and healing from anIndigenous perspective.
- Photo above: Freshly gathered sage. Sage is an important component of ceremony and Indigenous protocol. Photo courtesy Shawna Cunningham, Indigenous Engagement
The Elders Teaching Series focuses on traditional knowledge, lived experiences and approaches to healing. It discusses cultural well-being, intergenerational trauma, and Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being. The series provides a public platform for sharing traditional knowledge as part of ɫpath forward towardtransformative reconciliation and building good relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
The first event, titled Indigenous Women’s Voices, features stories of traditional Indigenous women’s roles and how women can walk forward with power and pride. Moderated by Dr. Jennifer Leeson, PhD, the event features panellists Una Wesley, a Stoney Nakoda Elder; Tsuut’inaElderDianeMeguinis; andSaulteaux Spiritual Healer and Cree ElderVinnia VanOverdyk.
The event goes online today from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Upcoming webinars hosted by the Office of Indigenous Engagement
Women's Voices is the first of several scheduled events as part of the Elders Teaching and Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture series. Please join us for these upcoming online sessions hostedby ii’taa’poh’to’p, the ɫ’s Indigenous Strategy.
Elder’s Speaker Series
Topic:Indigenous Ways of Healing
Date:Feb 11, 2021 (time to be announced)
Moderator:Dr. Adam Murry, PhD (Faculty of Arts)
Featured speakers:EldersReg (Hon. LLD'01) and RoseCrowshoe–Piikani Nation,andVirgilStephens – Stoney Nakoda Nation
To be discussed: Teachingsof restoration and resiliency, as well as additional traditional knowledge.
Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series
Date:Mar. 18 (time to be announced)
Host:Dr.Michael Hart, PhD,vice-provost (Indigenous engagement)
Featured speaker:Dr. Paulette Regan, PhD, director of research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and author of Unsettling the Settler Within.
Topic:The role of allies in transformative reconciliation in Canada.
ii’ taa’poh’to’p, the ɫ’s Indigenous Strategy, is a commitment to deep evolutionary transformation by reimagining ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being. Walking parallel paths together, “in a good way,”UCalgaryis moving towardgenuine reconciliation and Indigenization.
For more information about the Indigenous Strategy and upcoming events, please visit theOffice of Indigenous Engagementwebsite.
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