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Friday, October 27, 2023
Brian Maracle is an accomplished author and Kanyen’keha (Mohawk) language advocate. In addition to his many writing accomplishments, he also co-founded Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa, a community-based adult language immersion program. Brian visited Carleton University to conduct a Research Talk on October 19,... More
Friday, April 28, 2023
On April 3 and 4, 2023 the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (ASAU) hosted its first annual Indigenous Feast with support from the Ānako Indigenous Research Institute. The Feast included a two-day workshop that opened space for architecture students and other members of the Carleton community to learn from Indigenous elders and... More
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
The Ānako Indigenous Research Institute hosted a Research Talks on March 27, 2023 with Visiting Scholar Floyd Favel titled “Storytelling; Towards an Indigenous Performance Process.” Favel used performance, storytelling, poetry and video to explore his topic of research. The research talk was hosted virtually through Zoom and was moderated... More
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Visiting Scholar Floyd Favel, band member of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, is joining the Ānako Indigenous Research Institute for eight months beginning in the 2023 winter term. Favel is a fluent Cree speaker, traditionalist, cultural activist, theorist, playwright, essayist, journalist, actor, and theatre director. He is also... More
On Feb. 13, Prof. Hilding Neilson from Memorial University gave a public talk titled “Space is Park of the Land: Indigenous knowledges, light and satellite pollution, and the future of space exploration.” Through this presentation, Neilson addresses concerns about how light pollution, satellites and exclusion from decision-making tables... More
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway into science education. There is something intrinsically fascinating about the world beyond our Earth, but western teaching skews heavily to theories and philosophies from the Eurocentric “founders” and... More
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research) Kahente Horn-Miller has received a significant leadership award for her ongoing work on Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous governance and consensus-based decision-making. Prof. Horn-Miller is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Intellectual... More
Friday, March 18, 2022
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again Film Screening, panelist discussion Filmmaker Courtney Montour discusses her research process in the creation of her film. Her research resulted in her gaining access to never-before-seen footage of Mary Two-Axe Earley and visits with Mary’s friends and family. She describes the methods she used to gather... More
Monday, March 14, 2022
Inaugural visiting scholar Tasha Beeds: Storying Methodology and Theories: An Indigenous Grassroots Academic Perspective Monday, March 14, 2022 Join Visiting Indigenous Scholar Tasha Beeds in a discussion on Indigenous grassroots academic research approaches. In this talk, Tasha will share some of her experiences as an Indigenous land and water... More
Friday, March 4, 2022
Inaugural Visiting Scholar, Tasha Beeds Storying Methodology and Theories: An Indigenous Grassroots Academic Perspective On Monday, March 14, 2022, join Visiting Indigenous Scholar Tasha Beeds in a discussion on Indigenous grassroots academic research approaches. In this talk, Tasha will share some of her experiences as an Indigenous land and... More
Ānako Indigenous Research Institute presents Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again, a film by Courtney Montour. Join us on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 6:00-8:00 ET Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against... More
Thursday, February 3, 2022
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