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Friday, October 27, 2023

Brian Maracle-If universities really cared about Onkwehonwe Languages

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

Azrieli School of Architecture Hosts Indigenous Feast with Elders and Knowledge Keepers

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

Creating Indigenous performance process with Floyd Favel

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

Ānako Welcomes Visiting Scholar Floyd Favel!

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

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Mi’kmaw astronomer and physicist Hilding Neilson on the colonization of astrology

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

Indigenous star-lore expert Wilfred Buck dazzles Carleton community with astronomical insights

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

Kahente Horn-Miller, AVP Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research Receives Leadership Award

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 and discussion

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

Tasha Beeds; Storying Methodology and Theories

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 Research Talk 

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

Friday, March 4, 2022

Film Screening Event: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again

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

TRC and SSHRC Partnership Announcement

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