Events

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Greg Staats, winner of the 2024 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts (GGArts) and a 2024-25 Longhouse Labs Fellow here at the University of Waterloo.

Join Rachelle Besaw, Descendant Member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and veteran of the United States Navy, for her talk on Indigenous Identity and Academia.

Drawing on various scholars, Dr Zoe Todd critiques the push to 'braid' Indigenous and settler paradigms in conservation. As a Red River Métis scholar, Dr Todd advocates for the radical refusal of systems based on white possession and individualism, urging western institutions to embrace Indigenous practices and global anti-imperialist solidarities.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present katherena vermette, a Michif (Red River Métis) award-winning writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In this talk, Dr. Robinson will interrogate the phenomenon of false Indigenous identity claims and their corrosive effects on Indigenous communities. Drawing on personal experience, historical precedents, and critical Indigenous scholarship, he situates these practices within the broader logic of settler colonialism and its drive toward self-indigenization.

Students taking HIST 269, Indigenous Histories in Canada, have spent the term learning about the histories that took us off the path of mutual respect, non-interference, and friendship. Stop by Dana Porter to see their course projects.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Mary Spencer, member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation and WBA super welterweight world champion.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Kim TallBear, professor, author, and expert in historical and ongoing roles of science and technology in the colonization of Indigenous peoples.