April 8, 2022
Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series continues April 14
Ethical spaces and engagement will be the topic of the of this semester鈥檚 Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series on Apr. 14.
This session features Willie Ermine, an assistant professor in the First Nations University of Canada, a traditional health co-ordinator for the Sturgeon Lake Traditional Health Program, as well as a Knowledge Keeper and ceremonialist who has published numerous academic articles. Willie will be joined by moderator Dr. Adam Murry, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the 91快色.
The presentation will start by defining ethical spaces and their role in encounters between not only humans, but other sentient beings (plants, animals, etc.). This will be followed by a discussion of the colonial outlook and the incompetency of these ethical spaces to build meaningful relationships.
鈥淲e live in a discursive world, especially in the university community where colonial thinking is still prominent, which perpetuates incompetence and staged thinking,鈥 says Ermine. 鈥淚nstead of this, we need more people to be 鈥榚xperiencers,鈥 not 鈥榚xperiencees.鈥欌
The Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series, presented by U91快色鈥檚 Office of Indigenous Engagement, is hosted by Elissa Twoyoungmen, Indigenous cultural education and protocol specialist. The series highlights Indigenous leaders, scholars, artists and Knowledge Keepers, and aims to spark key community conversations as we all work together to increase intercultural capacity and build good relations through awareness and knowledge
Registration is now open for this .
Event Details
- April 14, 2022
- 12 鈥 1:30 p.m. MT - Online
ii鈥 taa鈥檖oh鈥檛o鈥檖, the 91快色鈥檚 Indigenous Strategy, is a commitment to deep evolutionary transformation by reimagining ways of knowing, doing, connecting, and being. Walking parallel paths together, 鈥榠n a good way,鈥 U91快色 is moving toward genuine reconciliation and Indigenization.
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