Hosted by the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement, the Kinàmàgawin Symposium addresses timely topics relevant to Indigenous peoples. It empowers students, staff, and faculty at Carleton to further their own knowledge and become a positive force for change.
The name Kinàmàgawin, which means Learning Together, is also used for the Kinàmàgawin report published by the Carleton University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee in 2020. In the following years, progress reports were also released: 2022 Kinàmàgawin Progress Report, 2024 Kinàmàgawin Progress Report, and the 2026 Kinàmàgawin Progress Report.
Previous Symposium Events
2026 Symposium
- Topic: Indigenous peoples working within, against, and beyond colonial institutions while continuing to carry community, responsibility, relationality, and resurgence
- Keynote Presenters: Duncan McCue, Sgt. Chantal Larocque, and more to come
2025 Event
- Topic: Indigenization – How to use Design Thinking with Indigenous Community to find our Truth for Systems Disruption, Innovation, Imagination and Course Correction in an effort to Reconcile
- Keynote Presenter: Marilyn Poitras
2024 Symposium
- Topic: Connecting to Indigenous Spirituality: Learning from the Land, Community, and Culture
- Keynote Presenters: Shannon Chief, Ron Indian Mandamin, Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge), and Elder Barbara Bruce and Elder Charlotte Nolin
2023 Symposium
- Topic: Accessing the Academy: A Four Directions Approach
- Keynote Presenters: Dr. Chantal Fiola, Dr. Verna St. Denis, Paula MacDonald, and Tera Beaulieu
2022 Symposium
- Topic: Surviving the Pandemic: Indigenous Approaches to Wellbeing
- Keynote speakers: Dr. James Makokis and Dr. Raven Sinclair
2021 Symposium
- Topic: The Inuit Relocations: Intergenerational Impacts and Inuit Resilience
- Keynote speakers: Martha Flaherty and Sheila Watt-Cloutier
2020 Symposium
- Topic: Indigenous Identity and Sovereignty
- Keynote speakers: Pam Palmater and Darryl Leroux