|
|
|
|
 |
Next week is Indigenous Education and Treaties Recognition Week at TMU |
|
|
From November 3 to 7, 2025, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) will host Indigenous Education and Treaties Recognition Week (TRW) with a series of events across campus that includes
educational presentations, cultural celebrations and a film screening. Community members are encouraged to participate in programming aimed at deepening understanding of Indigenous experiences, treaty rights and treaty relationships in Canada, all contributing to the broader work toward reconciliation.
|
| View and register for TRW events
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Talking Treaties: A Read-In for Educators and Staff |
|
|
Date: Tuesday, November
4, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: POD-250, Podium Building (350 Victoria Street)
|
|
Faculty, contract lecturers, AAs and staff are invited to join the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for a community read-in to learn about the treaties that cover the territory that Toronto Metropolitan University
(TMU) sits on. We will interactively and collectively read excerpts from several treaties, then discuss our relationship to them as learners and educators. In advance of the session, we ask that participants read Chapter 27 of Chelsea Vowel’s Indigenous Writes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025
Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: POD-250, 380 Victoria St., 2nd floor
Join us at POD 250 on Monday, November 3, 2025, for a candle-making workshop connecting science and Indigenous ways of knowing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: POD-250, 380 Victoria St., 2nd floor
Join us to hear Gabrielle McMann share her experiences while advocating for Indigenous stories on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at POD 250.
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: POD-250, 380 Victoria St., 2nd floor
Join us in learning more about the history of the treaties, oral history and Indigenous perspectives during this presentation by Anishinaabe historian, Dr. Alan Ojiig Corbiere on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at POD 250.
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: POD-250, Podium building (380 Victoria Street, 2nd floor)
Join us for a dialogue with FRC Director Eve Townsend and Professor Riley Kucheran as they explore Indigenous stories and fashion items held at TMU on Wednesday, November 5, 205 at POD 250.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 4 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: POD 250, 31 Gerrard St. E.
Join Two-Spirit Winkte man Kairyn Potts at POD 250 for an engaging presentation on LGBTQ Indigenous identity, digital advocacy and youth empowerment on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 in POD-250.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Upper Gym - Kerr Hall West (KHW-271) 379 Victoria St., (2nd floor)
Join Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund Spokesperson Duke Peltier who will engage us with a presentation that discusses the Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement Process, Indigenous governance, treaty obligations and the road to self-determination on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in the upper gym of Kerr Hall West.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time: 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: Upper Gym - Kerr Hall West (KHW-271) 379 Victoria St., (2nd floor)
Join us for an important and impactful presentation by the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) focused on Indigenous Anti-Human Trafficking on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in Kerr Hall West’s upper gym.
|
|
|
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time: 5 - 10 p.m.
Location: Upper Gym - Kerr Hall West (KHW-271) 379 Victoria St., (2nd floor)
Join us for a heartfelt Memorial Round Dance—a traditional Indigenous ceremony held to honour and remember those who have passed into the Spirit World. Through ceremony, feasting, drumming, singing, and dancing, we come together in a circle of healing, connection, and celebration of life on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in the upper gym of Kerr Hall West.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Learn about Inuit culture with artist Angela Aula as they share their experiences as an Inuit artist and the importance of blending her heritage in her work on Friday, November 7, 2025 through a virtual meeting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 5 - 7 p.m.
Location: POD-250, 380 Victoria St, 2nd floor
Join us at POD-250 for a film screening of “Tkaronto” by Shane Belcourt on November 7, 2025. Tkaronto is a reflective exploration of two Aboriginal 30-somethings, Ray and Jolene, who make an unexpected connection at the rise of a common struggle to stake claim to their urban Aboriginal identity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 11/10/2025 All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted to join our mailing list, .
Our mailing address is:
TMU Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching c/o, Toronto Metropolitan University Central Receiving , 105 Bond Street , Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe.
|
|
|
|
|
