Indigenous News Archive
Indigenous
The Indigenous Student Centre Hosts Its 16th Annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering
October 11, 2022 —
We sat down with Elder-in-Residence Carl Stone to learn some of the history behind Elders Gathering at the UM, his involvement and to learn about what to expect by attending the two-day event.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty community marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 11, 2022 —
Hundreds of people from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community – and from across UM campuses – wore orange shirts on Sept. 29 and participated in events to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Indigenous
Growing up in the centre of the Arctic and carrying Inuit teachings
October 7, 2022 —
Learn about Inuk Elder Martha Peet and how she's carried Inuit teachings throughout her life
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduate nursing students partake in Reconcili-action workshop
October 3, 2022 —
On Sept. 6 and 7, graduate nursing students participated in Reconcili-action Begins with Education: Turtle Island Project Experiential Exercise for Graduate Nursing Students. The workshop took students through the history between Indigenous Peoples and settlers, beginning before European settlers came to Turtle Island to present-day reconciliation efforts.
Students
Learn on, from and about the land in the Land and Water program
October 2, 2022 —
Applications are now open for the Land and Water program, which offers immersive urban land-based experiences, and engaging online workshops and activities facilitated by Indigenous elders, knowledge holders, artists and others.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Every Child Matters
September 28, 2022 —
On September 29, hundreds of Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students, staff and faculty will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Bannatyne and Fort Gary campuses honouring residential school survivors, acknowledging systemic racism in the health care system and the important role health-care professionals play in providing equitable mental, physical and emotional health care to every patient.
Indigenous student-athlete shows community that movement is medicine
September 27, 2022 —
The Reconciliation Run, organized by Indigenous student-athlete Tréchelle Bunn, is scheduled to take place on September 30 in Birtle, MB. Registration is still open with an option to participate virtually for those not able to make the trip to Birtle on Friday.
Research and International
Reckoning with the history of public schooling and settler colonialism
September 26, 2022 —
Part of the “complex truth” behind reconciliation is understanding that public schooling has also played an important role in settler colonialism in Canada.
Indigenous
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events
September 23, 2022 —
There are many opportunities to engage in a day of reflection leading up to and on the day itself both at UM, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and off-campus.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Delivering truth in the name of Reconciliation
September 23, 2022 —
Responding to Call to Action #19, Wanda Phillips-Beck studied the health care policy known as “out for confinement".