The University of Saskatchewan is holding the Graduation Powwow 2012 on Wednesday May 30th in the Bowl on the University Campus. The Powwow recognizes graduating Aboriginal students from the University of Saskatchewan and from high schools across the province.
Jared Brown, a 22 year old Sociology student, has been elected President of the University of Saskatchewan Student Union (USSU). As the first Aboriginal USSU president, he hopes to improve Aboriginal retention rates and improve partnerships.
University of Saskatchewan's Facilities Management Division (FMD) will be hosting a presentation on Wednesday May 9, 2012 at 7:00 PM in Room 146 of the Arts Building regarding construction of the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre. Architect Douglas Cardinal will be sharing details of the project with the public.
University of Saskatchewan researchers have partnered with the communities of Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation and Montreal Lake Cree Nation, University of Regina and First Nations University of Canada to study First Nations respiratory health. The $1.5 million study will observe conditions and develop methods that will promote lower rates of respiratory illness.
The University of Saskatchewan's Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, Women's and Gender Studies, and the University Library are sponsoring, Even The Rain, a story of Bolivian people protesting water privatization. The presentation takes place Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon. Doors open at 6:30, screening at 7:00 with a panel discussion to follow at 9:00. Free admission.
The University of Saskatchewan College of Law, the Native Law Centre and the Aboriginal Law Students Association are hosting, Kawaskimhon 2012, National Aboriginal Rights Moot. It will be held March 3-4, 2012 with the opening ceremony and reception taking place at the College of Law Student Lounge and Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan with most other events taking place at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. Please check the schedule for details.
The Aboriginal Students' Centre, at the University of Saskatchewan, is the location chosen by the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan (AACS) to host an Exploratory Process Dialogue Session on November 29th, 2011 from 1:00 - 3:00PM. Issues open for discussion include, but are not limited to: Indian registration, Band membership, Aboriginal citizenship, etc.
The University of Saskatchewan is offering in 2011-2012, Term 2, Native Studies 430.3 Pictorial Histories of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan. This class will inform students about the residential school experience in Saskatchewan from the perspective of policy makers, who ran and worked in the schools, and the survivors. The class takes place Tuesdays from 9:00AM-11:50AM. Please note that there will be a Truth and Reconciliation Commission Saskatchewan National Event taking place in Saskatoon in June 2012.
On Campus News (ocn) on November 18th, 2011 (Volume 19, Issue 7) reports that as part of the Academic Innovation Initiatives, recently announced by the University of Saskatchewan's Provost Committee on Integrated Planning (PCIP), the new Office of Aboriginal Engagement was set-up to make it easier for faculty to connect with communities and vice versa. Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, who was named the director of the Office of Aboriginal Engagement at English River, is "excited" and sees the move as an "important bridge between First Nations and Métis communities and the U of S".
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Dr. Arthur J. Ray will be discussing his new book Telling it to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court, on Tuesday, November 22nd from 7:00-9:00pm. It will be held at the University of Saskatchewan in the Physics Building, Room 103.
Elder-in-residence, Randall Tetlichi, will be in attendance at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, until mid November 2011, giving talks about the north, living off of the land and offering people the chance to learn about parts of Canada, other than where they come from.
Dr. Manu Meyer, the John Ranton McIntosh Visiting Scholar, will be presenting a lecture on Thursday, October 20th, from 1:30 - 3:50 PM, in Room 271 Thorvaldson Building (Airplane Room), at the University of Saskatchewan. Everyone is welcome.
The University of Saskatchewan Graduation Powwow 2011 will take place on Wednesday June 8th at the Physical Activity Complex (PAC). Everyone is welcome and admission is free.
The University of Saskatchewan Native Studies Department is proposing to change their name to Indigenous Studies in order to more accurately reflect the activities of intellectual inquiry.
The Indigenous Land Management Institute will have Land Management workshops from March - October 2011. The first workshop scheduled, on the topic of Soil Management, is March 31, 2011. Workshops will be held at the University of Saskatchewan English River Business Centre, located at 323 – 2555 Grasswood Road East in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Workshops are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and begin at 1:30 p.m. Please sign up two weeks prior to any of the workshop you wish to attend. For more information or to sign up for a workshop contact: Indigenous Land Management Institute, Tel: (306) 966-6474.
University of Saskatchewan students rallied to support a proposal for a new Aboriginal Student Centre. About 50 students, faculty and concerned citizens were at the University of Saskatchewan, in Convocation Hall, Wednesday for the rally. Students say it's time to get serious about funding the centre, which aims to centralize Aboriginal student services in one location.
The University of Saskatchewan will celebrate Aboriginal Achievement Week on campus, March 14 to 18, 2011. Events will showcase Aboriginal culture and excellence in research and academia on campus. The events throughout the week are open to all students, staff and faculty of the University of Saskatchewan as well as community members from Saskatoon and beyond. Some of the activities, such as the opening Pipe Ceremony and the Sweatlodge, will be very spiritual and sacred in nature. Other events are more academic or educational in nature (e.g. film screenings, panel discussion) and some are very physical (e.g.jigging, lacrosse).
Lindsay Knight, an inspiring Aboriginal woman who is working on her master's degree at the University of Saskatchewan, is also a talented rapper bettern known by her recording name Eekwol. A radio interview with Eekwol, intended to increase awareness of the success that can be achieved by Aboriginal women, will air on CFCR 90.5 March 15th at 7:00pm. It can also be heard on-line at www.cfcr.ca
For more information, please contact: aed322@usask.ca
As part of Aboriginal Achievement Week and the Indigenous Peoples and Justice Speaker Series http://www.usask.ca/ipjp/speaker_series.htmlWanda McCaslin, Research Officer at the Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, will give a speech entitled "Reviewing Relationships of Respect: Judicial Sentencing of Hating Actions" March 16th from 7:00-8:00 pm.
Lindsay Knight, an inspiring Aboriginal woman who is working on her master's degree at the University of Saskatchewan, is also a talented rapper bettern known by her recording name Eekwol. A radio interview with Eekwol, intended to increase awareness of the success that can be achieved by Aboriginal women, will air on CFCR 90.5 March 15th at 7:00pm. It can also be heard on-line at www.cfcr.ca
For more information, please contact: aed322@usask.ca
Plan on attending a Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling event on Wednesday March 2, 2011 at the Neatby-Timlin Theatre on the University of Saskatchewan campus. This event will feature the talented musician and storytelling team of flutist Jason Chamakese and hand drummer Robert Gladue. Mark your calendar so you will be sure not to miss this event promising enjoyment for both children and adults.
The University of Saskatchewans Indigenous Peoples Justice Program will shut down next year causing Aboriginal education to suffer unless the program’s content can be incorporated into other courses. The university is hoping to incorporate the program’s content of Aboriginal-Indigenous knowledge into other political science, sociology, and law courses.
The Student Teachers Anti-Racism Society (STARS) presents EraceISM: Anti-racism in Action, in recognition of the United Nation's international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. Dr. Emma LaRocque, professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, will be the keynote speaker.
The conference will take place Saturday, March 26th at the U of S, in the Education Building Rm. 1004 from 9:30-3:30.
Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg have donated 55 Inuit sculptures including a stone and antler carving, by Christine Aaluk Sivanertak of Naujaat (Repulse Bay), entitled "Mother and Child with Bear Spirit" to the University of Saskatchewan. The sculptures will be on permanent display in the Agriculture Building.
The new assistant dean of Aboriginal affairs, Kristina Fagan, will play an important leadership role in developing and implementing policies and practices to improve rates of student success among Aboriginal students within the College of Arts and Science.
University of Saskatchewan history professor Jim Miller has received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Gold Medal for Achievement in Research. He has received this for his dedication to academic study in the field of Aboriginal relations between Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people in Canada. His current work centres on reconciliation for residential school survivors.
Joan Greyeyes, the special advisor on Aboriginal initiatives at the University of Saskatchewan , spoke at the IPORTAL Open House on January 25th, 2011. The iPORTAL celebrated 25,000 live electronic records, which according to Ken Ladd, the Associate Dean at the Library, "reflects the pride and strong commitment the university library has in supporting Aboriginal engagement: relationships, scholarship, and programs".
The University of Saskatchewan Library is celebrating the 25,000th live record on the Indigenous Studies Portal (iPortal) January 25th, 2011. The celebration will open at 9:30 a.m. in the Library Learning Commons area, located on the ground floor of the Murray Library.
The opening will begin with a prayer, hand drummers, and an announcement by Dean Vicki Williamson, and other speakers will follow. Cultural teachings will begin at 10:00, with Elders Walter & Maria Linklater. At 11:45 a.m. in the Link Gallery, located on the first floor, there will be drummers and dancers, followed at noon by a lunch. In the afternoon, in Room 161, there will be demonstrations by Deborah Lee, the iPortal Librarian, on the iPortal database.
Dr. Danièle Behn Smith will be presenting, "Lessons from my Elders: How Traditional Healers Shape my Practice" on Monday, January 31, 2011. The presentation will be held in the SaskTel Theatre at the Royal University Hospital from 7pm - 8pm.
Danièle will be sharing how her approach to Western medicine has transformed because of the lessons she received from traditional healers.
The University of Saskatchewan, College of Education is accepting applications for a joint, tenure track appointment, at the Assistant Professor level, across the Departments of Educational Administration and Education Foundations. The position will commence July 1, 2011.
For more information, click here.
"Hookers. a documentary" by filmmaker Marcel Petit, presents stories of five Aboriginal women who worked the sex trade in Saskatoon. The film can be viewed on January 11, 2011 at 7pm in ARTS 241 at the University of Saskatchewan.
Fourth-year U of S Aboriginal students are encouraged to attend a presentation by Kelly Lendsay, President and CEO of the Aboriginal Human Resource Council. He will be promoting Inclusion Works '11, which is Canada's only national Aboriginal recruitment fair.
The presentation will be held January 13, 2011 at Edwards School of Business, Rm. 243 from 4pm-5pm.
The application deadline for students is January 15, 2011.
Earlier this month the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan, and the Aboriginal Financial Officers (AFOA) of Canada signed an agreement indicating their intent to work together to establish academic programs that will be delivered by the Edwards School to support Aboriginal people. The agreement gives students with an Aboriginal Financial Management (AFM) diploma from the (AFOA) the option of entering the BComm program at the University of Saskatchewan with advanced standing, meaning it will take them less time to finish their BComm degree.
The U of S Murray Library will be presenting a National Film Board video titled, Reel Injun. The film will show on November 25th, 2010 at 7:00p.m. in room G3 of the Murray Library.
The Residence Fellows Program presents, Treaty Nation / Urban Voice on Thursday, November 4th, at 7:00 p.m. in Qu'Appelle Hall at the University of Saskatchewan.
Rob Innes will discuss First Nations perspectives to Treaty 4 & 6, and Eekwol will be looking at hip-hop and aboriginal issues.
CANCELLED - Due to weather conditions Joseph Boyden will not be able to make this presentation!
Joseph Boyden, first Aboriginal author to win the Giller prize, and author of "Three Day Road" and "Through Black Spruce", will be presenting a lecture on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 1:30 at Convocation Hall, in the College Building, at the University of Saskatchewan. He will also discuss his newest release, Louis Riel & Gabriel Dumont.
According to Marie Battiste, academic director of the University of Saskatchewan Aboriginal Education Research Centre, a three-year research project will investigate and record teachings, spirituality, oral traditions, arts and other aspects of the humanities of the Mi’kmaq of Atlantic Canada with the goal of bringing indigenous traditions to the forefront of academic programming.
Please scroll to page 9 to locate the article titled "Curriculum of Tradition".
The 1st annual Cultural Gathering hosted by the U of S Indigenous Student's Council will be held October 14-15, 2010 on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Registration is free and activities will include: pipe ceremony, sacred teachings, teepee teachings, arts and crafts, indigenous laws, elder teachings, feast/round dance, and starblanket raffle.
In order to improve the campus experience of Aboriginal students, the Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE), which is comprised of about 60 education leaders from across Canada, began to work on an accord. Over a three year period a document began to take shape that would guide the creation of a more inclusive learning environment for Aboriginal students.
To read the Accord on Indigenous Education, visit: http://www.usask.ca/education/aboriginal/downloads/ACDEIndigenousAccord.pdf
Funding problems have stalled a University of Saskatchewan project that aims to centralize aboriginal student services and resources into a prominent building designed by one of Canada's foremost architects. The Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre, designed by renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, was approved by the U of S board of governors in 2006, but donors have been slow to support the project.
About $5 million of the estimated $15 million price tag has been raised to date and possibly $2 million could be added from the $12 million U of S alumus Karim Nasser and his family donated to the university in February, University of Saskatchewan President Peter MacKinnon said.
The University of Saskatchewan Departments of Native Studies and English present, Curating Beyond The Chief, by Robert Warrior on Monday, Sept. 27, at 7:00 p.m. Professor Warrior is the Director of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and professor of American Indian Studies, English, and History. An enrolled member of the Osage Nation, he is the author of The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction, American Indian Literary Nationalism (with Craig Womack and Jace Weaver), Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (with Paul Chaat Smith) and Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions. He is currently serving as President of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.
The Aboriginal Education Research Centre (AERC) at the UofS is seeking a doctoral student to join a research project entitled Animating Mi'kmaw Humanities in Atlantic Canada based at the UofS.
The research project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and is expected to run from 2010 to 2013, with a potential for it to extend into 2014 if necessary.
The application deadline is September 30, 2010.
For a description of the job and details on responsibilities, skills, and qualifications click here.
The Aboriginal Education Research Centre (AERC) at the UofS is seeking to hire an undergraduate student to join the Canadian Prevention Science Cluster (CPSC) as a Research Assistant.
The CPSC provides students with educational and professional experience, and offers mentorship from other graduate students, researchers, and educators across Canada.
The application deadline is September 30, 2010.
For a description of the job and details on responsibilities, skills, and qualifications click here.
The Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program (IPRMP), offered through the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, is designed to train land managers to examine basic environmental, legal, and economic aspects of land and resource management. They are looking for Teaching Assistants for the next module. The posting for the positions, and the applications deadline, is Wednesday September 15 at 12 noon. These postings are restricted to current U of S graduate students and so a NSID(Network Services ID) and password are required to access the information.
The University of Saskatchewan Centre for Continuing & Distance Education (CCDE), through their Indigenous Peoples Program, is offering a seminar titled, "Working as an Engineer in Saskatchewan." The course will run from September 8th, 2010 - December 1st, 2010. The deadline for application is August 14th, 2010.
The University of Saskatchewan and the Aboriginal Students Centre are holding the First Annual Graduation Powwow. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 16th at the Griffiths Stadium, in PotashCorp Park, on the University of Saskatchewan Campus. Grand entry will proceed at 10am and 6pm.
Since 2010 has been proclaimed the “Year of the Métis”, a display following the events of the 1885 Northwest Resistance has been put up in the link of the Main Library - Murray Building, at the University of Saskatchewan. The display includes selections from the University of Saskatchewan's Library - Special Collections. The University acknowledges the Métis and Aboriginal students on campus and hopes the display can be educational for all.
The University of Saskatchewan is accepting applications for the Integrated Master of Education program. This program is designed for students to integrate courses in Aboriginal and Anti-racist education, adult and lifelong learning, and foundations of education. Application deadline is May 15, 2010 for the September admission and November 1, 2010 for the January 2011 admission.
The defunct Aboriginal Graduates Students' Association is being reconstructed as the Indigenous Graduate Students' Council (IGSC) thanks to the hard work of Omeasoo Butt, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan. The name has been changed from Aboriginal to Indigenous to be more inclusive. Butt hopes the council will be a lobbying voice, represent the Indigenous voice on campus and offer peer support to Indigenous graduate students.
The Indigenous Peoples and Justice Programs annual lecture series at the UofS welcomes speaker Penelope C. Sanz, who will lecture on, "Mining a Sacred Mountain. Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A Human Rights Impact Assessment - Philippine Report."
The lecture takes place Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm in the Arts Building room 208.
The College of Dentistry at the University of Saskatchewan and the National School of Dental Therapy have been participating in a clinic pilot project that places dentistry students in rural and remote settings. The project aims to enhance the students clinical experiences by providing them with clinical and cultural competencies outside of the urban dental clinic setting, and at the same time providing Aboriginal communities access to oral health care.
The four northern sites include, Sandy Bay and Cumberland House in northern Saskatchewan, Rankin Inlet in Nunavut, and Rae-Edzo in the Northwest Territories.
Michael French from Shell Canada is presenting an informational luncheon titled, "Employment & Internship Opportunities," in the Aboriginal Students' Centre at the University of Saskatchewan on Monday, March 22, 2010 from 11:30-1:00p.m.
Pizza will be provided at the presentation for those signed up for the session.
A new facility called the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre will provide expanded space for the Aboriginal Student Centre currently located in Marquis Hall at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2006, a preliminary approval of $5.5 million did not meet the construction costs to build the facility, but a recent multi-million dollar donation from K.W Nasser will aid the construction project go ahead, perhaps this year at a projected cost of $15 million.
The University Council, at the University of Saskatchewan, which is responsible for overseeing and directing the academic affairs of the University, is considering the establishment of a committee dedicated to considering aboriginal issues and affairs.
Brett Fairbairn, University of Saskatchewan Provost and Vice-President Academic, intends to start a conversation on the institutional imperative of aboriginal engagement across campus. This year, his priority is the three imperatives woven throughout the university’s second integrated plan – innovation in programming, internationalization and aboriginal engagement. “It’s the provost’s job to figure out what to do about those, and to ensure that they get the attention they deserve.”
February is Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month. The Indigenous Studies Portal at the UofS Library, in collaboration with Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples (LSSAP) Committee, are organizing two storytelling events performed by Metis poet, writer and educator Rita Bouvier on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. This year's storytelling theme is based on the Saskatchewan government's declaration of 2010 as "Year of the Metis".
The storytelling will take place in the Neatby-Timlin Theatre (or Arts 241) at the UofS from:
1:00p.m.-2:00p.m. (children)
2:00p.m.-3:00p.m. (adults)
We are pleased to announce that the iPortal now has over 20,000 live records. A thesis titled Not Just Another Thug: The Implications of Defining Youth Gangs in a Prairie City (2009) by Robert Henry, an Education student at the University of Saskatchewan, makes the 20,000th live record.
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