You're Invited! (Sold Out!)
Thank you to everyone who has registered for the Gathering! We are currently at capacity and are looking forward to meeting everyone the 8-9th!
Join us for a weekend of learning, sharing and community building at the beginning of a new academic year! This event is open to upper year undergraduate students, graduate students and New Investigators with an interest in Indigenous health and wellness research!
This is a free event to attend and SK-IMN will cover registration and the following costs (see below) for students and New Investigators.
Students in Saskatoon
- Attend for free, food included for Saturday (breakfast, lunch, supper) and Sunday (breakfast, lunch)
- Responsible for own transportation to/from Wanuskewin*
- Optional tipi sleepover (costs covered by SK-IMN) Saturday evening
*If you do not have access to a vehicle, please let us know and we will do our best to set up carpooling.
Students in Saskatchewan (outside of Saskatoon):
- Attend for free, food included for Saturday (breakfast, lunch, supper) and Sunday (breakfast, lunch)
- SK-IMN will reimburse mileage at the University of Saskatchewan rate of $0.4283/km but encourages carpooling for environmental and financial resource reasons
- Students responsible for own food on travel days to and from the Gathering
- Optional tipi sleepover (costs covered by SK-IMN)
- Accommodation for Friday, September 7th covered by SK-IMN (for those driving more than 1 hr/100 km)
- Accomodation for Saturday, September 8th includes the tipi sleepover. All encouraged to participate as it will be a fun evening with cultural programming! In special circumstances, a hotel may be covered on a case-by-case basis.
Schedule
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Keynote |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Break | Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Session 1: Student Cohorts
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Tipi Village | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch | Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Concurrent Session 2: Cultural Activity
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Tipi Village/Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Break | Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Panel 1 Participants: Joseph Neapetung - Phsyiology & Pharmacology |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Supper Keynote: Dr. Roger Maaka |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Move into Tipi Village | Tipi Village | |
7:00 - 9:00 PM |
Evening Programming
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Tipi Village |
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9:15 PM | Bannock Bake + Muskeg Tea or Hot Chocolate | Tipi Village | |
Free Time + Storytelling |
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Move out of Tipi Village | Tipi Sleepover participants | |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Paskwaw South Room | |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Panel 2: New Investigator Panel Participants: Dr. Robert Henry, Sociology, University of Calgary |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Concurrent Session 3: Professional Development
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Tipi Village | |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Break |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Session 4:
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Tipi Village | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
Awi Paskwaw South Room | |
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Sweat (Elder Jake Sanderson)
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Wanuskewin |
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Roger Maaka
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Dr. Roger Maaka is a Professor in Māori and Indigenous Studies at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Te Aho a Māui in New Zealand and the former Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies (then Native Studies) at the University of Saskatchewan from 2003 to 2008. We are excited to have him back in Saskatoon to join us for this weekend!
Dr. Carrie Bourassa
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Carrie Bourassa is a Chair in Indigenous & Northern Health and Senior Scientist at Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury, Ontario and the Scientific Director of the Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Prior to taking the Chair position in October 2016 and the Scientific Director Position in February 2017, she served her communities as a Professor of Indigenous Health Studies at First Nations University of Canada for fifteen years. Dr. Bourassa is an Indigenous community-based researcher whose research interests include the impacts of colonization on the health of Indigenous people; creating culturally safe care in health service delivery; Indigenous community-based health research methodology; HIV/AIDS, HCV among Indigenous people; end-of-life care among Indigenous people; dementia among Indigenous people, Indigenous Water Governance and Indigenous women’s health. Carrie is Métis, belonging to the Regina Riel Métis Council #34.
Workshop and Cultural Facilitators
Beading with Artist Ruth Cuthand
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Artist Ruth Cuthand will be joining us to facilitate two beading workshops on Saturday, September 8th open to 10 participants each. Details to follow.
Métis Sash Weaving with Kate Elliott
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Skills Competition with Randy Morin
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Tipi Sleepover
Pe kapaysik Miykowapi - Come Spend the Night
Come spend the night at Wanuskewin's tipi village! After dinner, students will set up camp and participate in cultural programming, a campfire bannock bake and muskeg tea/hot chocolate. Please indicate on the Eventbrite registration if you are interested, and we'll send you the registration form.
Mini Language Immersion: Cree with Professor Randy Morin
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