We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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UOIT event highlights critical role of universities in fostering reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples

March 14, 2016

Haida eagle feathers (image courtesy of Mammomax7432 @DeviantART).

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has declared “all Canadians have a critical role to play in advancing reconciliation in ways that honour and revitalize the nation-to-nation Treaty relationship.”

On Thursday, March 17, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Social Science and Humanities will host The Role of Universities in Reconciliation. This special panel discussion brings together key leaders and thinkers in the education sector to foster a lively, thoughtful, engaging discussion about how universities can and should respond to the TRC’s clarion call. The panel includes UOIT President Tim McTiernan.

When: Thursday, March 17 at 2:30 p.m.

Where: Regent Theatre, 50 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario

Speakers:

Kirsten Anker, Assistant Professor, McGill University
Phil Fontaine, Former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
Carl James, Director, York Centre for Education and Community, York University
Kelly LaRocca, Chief, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
Tim McTiernan, President and Vice-Chancellor, UOIT
Natalie Oman, Assistant Professor, FSSH, UOIT
Suzanne Stewart, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Shirley Williams, Professor Emeritus and Elder, Trent University

Moderator: Thomas McMorrow, Assistant Professor, FSSH, UOIT.

This event is sponsored by the Michael Starr Seminar Series in Public Policy.

Media contact:

Patricia Pickett
Communications and Marketing
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
905.721.8668 ext. 6710
patricia.pickett@uoit.ca

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