Carleton to Host Rheal Brant-Hall Memorial Lecture on Confronting Colonial Violence in the Academy
Carleton University’s School of Social Work in the Faculty of Public Affairs will host the annual Rheal Brant-Hall Memorial lecture, Confronting Colonial Violence in the Academy, presented by Prof. Sheila Cote-Meek.
When: Monday, March 5, 2018, at 6 p.m.
Where: Room 5050, Minto Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering Building, Carleton University
Info: This event is free and open to the public.
Media are invited to attend the event.
Despite changes to educational systems, Indigenous peoples still confront what Cote-Meek calls “colonial violence” when they enter sites such as post-secondary educational spaces. In this talk, Cote-Meek will draw on her own experiences, as well as the work that formed the basis of her book, Colonized Classrooms: Racism, trauma and resistance in post-secondary education, to explore how Indigenous peoples negotiate colonized spaces.
About Sheila Cote-Meek
Prof. Cote-Meek is Anishinaabe from the Teme-Augama Anishnabai. She is a full professor in the School of Rural and Northern Health and is cross-appointed to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine at Laurentian University where she is also the associate vice-president, Academic and Indigenous Programs. As the senior lead on Indigenous initiatives, her responsibilities include leading Indigenous academic developments across disciplines. She has played a lead role in the development of the Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, the Master of Indigenous Relations program and the Maamwizing Indigenous Research Institute at Laurentian University. A leader in Indigenous education, Cote-Meek has focused on systemic changes that impact Indigenous learners in post-secondary education. In 2016, she was nominated as an Indigenous Role Model for the Council of Ontario Universities Future Further Campaign and was the recipient of a YWCA Women of Distinction Award in 2013.
About the Rheal Brant-Hall Memorial Lecture
This lecture is offered annually in honour of Rheal Brant-Hall, who worked with the School of Social Work’s former off-campus program. A valued colleague, teacher and friend, Brant-Hall worked tirelessly and primarily with off-campus Indigenous students. Sadly, she passed away suddenly in 2000. In her honour, the School of Social Work planted a Flowering Crab Tree on campus and erected a plaque whose last line reminds of the colleague, friend, and “Gentle Spirit,” that was Brant-Hall. The school is honoured to continue celebrating her life thorough this annual speakers’ series.
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