Walking Through Worlds Carrying Ancestral Bundles: An Indigenous-Black Pathway (Racism & Mental Health Speaker Series)
Reaching into the difficult corners of anti-Black-Indigenous racism, sexism, and violence through the Indigenous method of story, learn how ancestral bundles can heal trauma and clear the paths for future generations. We are delighted to have guest speaker Tasha Beeds, Inaugural Visiting Scholar at Carleton’s Ānako Indigenous Research Institute, join us for this event. Tasha Beeds will provide a presentation, followed by a Q&A period. This session is part of Carleton University’s Racism & Mental Health Speaker Series hosted by the Office of Quality Initiatives, the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities, and the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives.
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Online – attendance information will be sent after you register
Registration: To register, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
This session is part of our ongoing work to foster Carleton’s institutional commitment to Anti-Racism, Indigenous Initiatives, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity, and to promote an engaged, informed and supportive culture on campus. To find out more, we invite you to check out Carleton University’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and Kinàmàgawin – Carleton’s Indigenous Strategy.
About the Speaker
Tasha Beeds is an Indigenous scholar of nêhiyaw, Scottish-Metis, and Bajan ancestry from the Treaty 6 territories of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She activates as a mama, a kôhkom, a poet, a Water Walker, and a Midewiwin from Minweyweywigaan Lodge, out of Roseau River FNs and Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. Tasha’s collective work highlights and celebrates Indigeneity while promoting Indigenous nationhood and sovereignty. She further advocates for active care and protection of Creation based on carrying ancestral legacies forward for future generations. She was invited to return for a second year as the Ron Ianni Fellow at the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law where she is teaching with the Indigenous Legal Orders Institute on many of the themes reflected in her life work. She is further honored to be the inaugural Anako Indigenous Research Institute Visiting Scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa, a limited term Lecturer in Indigenous Studies Department at the University of Saskatchewan, and a Na’ah Illahee Sovereign Futures Indigenous Environmental Leader.
Tasha has walked approximately 7000 kms for the Water. She led her first two Water Walks this past summer for Junction Creek (135 km) in Sudbury, Ontario and for the North Saskatchewan River (1100 kms), with the support of many, continuing her late teacher and mentor Josephine-Ba Mandamin’s legacy in addition to that of other Anishinaabe women such as Liz Osawamick and Shirley Williams. She will Water Walk for the Saskatchewan River and for Water in the Sudbury Region for another 3 years.
Registration
To register for this virtual event, please fill out the form below. The link to join the event will be emailed to you closer to the event date. Please note that this event is intended for Carleton University faculty and staff.