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Round Table on Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into the Academy with Elders and Educators at Trent University

This video is of a round table involving Indigenous Elders and educators held at Trent University on November 23, 2018. The topic of the round table was integrating Indigenous Knowledge into the academy. The panellists recognized substantial positive changes have been made at Trent such as the new mandatory half credit in Indigenous Studies for […]

This video is of a round table involving Indigenous Elders and educators held at Trent University on November 23, 2018. The topic of the round table was integrating Indigenous Knowledge into the academy. The panellists recognized substantial positive changes have been made at Trent such as the new mandatory half credit in Indigenous Studies for all students and the continued incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge in the Indigenous Studies PhD program. There was also recognition that more work needs to be done. Issues raised included incorporating more IK into the university as a whole which includes more land based learning, using Indigenous names for places and buildings, and more financial support for bringing in Indigenous elders to teach at the university.

The members of the round table were
• Doug Williams (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg), Elder, Director of Studies Indigenous Studies PhD program, Trent University
• Barbra Wall (Potawatomi), Faculty department of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
• Dawn Lavell-Harvard, (Odawa), Director of First Peoples House of Learning, Trent University
• Coty Zachariah, (Haudenosaunee), Moderator of round table, Trent University Student

Special thanks to Aye Min Latt, Videographer.