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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The colossal, three-storey red brick building is surrounded by farm fields and prairie wetlands, overshadowing everything else on the outskirts of the Muskowekwan First Nation, a Saulteaux community in southeastern... More
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Much has changed since Laura Hall, Carleton's newest Indigenous faculty member, graduated from the university in 2002. She's a mother of twins now, a professor of sociology and, these days, is striving for Indigenous rebirth and renewal in ways that might challenge the activism of her... More
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Carleton University alumna, former Ravens water polo star, and Canada Sports Hall of Famer Waneek Horn-Miller spoke to the CBC’s Beyond the Win about her experiences during the 1990 Oka... More
Monday, April 12, 2021
What can the process of musicians collaborating in response to an art exhibition teach us about the potential for music to amplify social themes? What constitutes ethical community-engagement in... More
Monday, March 8, 2021
The Centre for Indigenous Initiatives (CII) and Health and Counselling Services at Carleton University are proud to announce that Rylee Godin has received the 2021 Indigenous Practice Award from the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. This award honours excellence in advancing culturally-congruent counselling and... More
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
If it’s true what Ernest Hemingway said, that the world breaks us and makes us strong in the broken places, then Inuit in Canada are primed to lead us into an uncertain future. That is if those in power, who have controlled or silenced Inuit voices for decades, stop talking and... More
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Kwey Kwey, Boozhoo, Sek:on, Taanshi and Ulaakut, Dear Carleton Community Members, You are invited to the second annual Kinàmàgawin Symposium, which will be streamed online on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The day-long symposium includes keynote speakers, panel discussions and Inuit cultural performances—all focused on this year’s theme: The... More
Monday, July 20, 2020
The Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles are online resources that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous voices in their classroom to help students better understand Indigenous perspectives, history and politics in Canada. The Bundles are one aspect of Carleton’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s... More
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Kwey Kwey, Boozhoo, Sek:on, Dear Carleton Community Members, Our hearts are full as we are now able to share with you the new Centre for Indigenous Initiatives website. The launch of our website coincides with the establishment of the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives as an independent unit, distinct from the Department of Equity and... More
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Carleton’s Chemistry Prof. David Miller is a member of the Sioux Lookout Zone Children’s Environmental Health study team which has been awarded the 2020 Health Canada, Health Environmental and Consumers Safety Branch ADM Award of Excellence in the science... More
Monday, June 15, 2020
Marie-Odile Junker, a professor at Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies, had a dream years ago where, sad about the disappearance of Indigenous languages worldwide, she finds a teepee occupied by Indigenous Elders who beckon her... More
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Carleton University has released Kinàmàgawin, a revitalized long-term Indigenous strategy with 41 Calls to Action to make Carleton a more welcoming space for current and future Indigenous students and faculty... More
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