VIDEO: Gathering aims to make Truth and Reconciliation a personal process
Speakers and activities focused on the important ways that truth can be told and the reconciliation process be made real and local.
Speakers and activities focused on the important ways that truth can be told and the reconciliation process be made real and local.
The celebration helps interpret the past, present and future of Indigenous peoples at a time when reconciliation remains a work in progress.
This week’s meet-up was sponsored by the college’s Aboriginal Services office.
The statement commits the college to implementing the intellectual and cultural traditions of Indigenous peoples through new curricula and learning approaches.
As part of Cultural Diversity Week at Conestoga College, Aboriginal Services is hosting the Indigenous Music Fest on Friday.
By Keegan Lavigne, Spoke News The Indigenous Education Protocol signing ceremony originally set to take place at Conestoga College on Sept. 24 has been postponed until Oct. 31. The event would have seen three chiefs and Conestoga College’s president, John Tibbits, sign the Indigenous Education Protocol, which recognizes “that Indigenous education emanates from the intellectual and cultural traditions of Indigenous peoples in Canada” and “underscores the importance of structures and … Continued
Every fall Aboriginal Services raise a teepee on the Doon campus.
BY JASON MOTA If you walk into Room 1A103 at Conestoga’s Doon campus, just off of the atrium, chances are high that you’ll come face to face with a wolf. Myeengun Henry is the wise, silver-haired, culture-clad co-ordinator of Aboriginal Services, and when a person as driven as him is put in charge of making change happen, change happens. The Ojibwa native’s very name means wolf – an animal which … Continued
By NICOLE NEMETH Moccasins were the traditional footwear of the First Nations and on March 14 students at Conestoga College were able to make their own pair. Christine Lefebvre, also known as Karonhyakatste, her First Nations name, teaches moccasin workshops at multiple universities, high schools and elementary schools as well as courses in Native culture. She has done five workshops at Conestoga College to date, including the workshops she did … Continued