Date & time
Thursday, April 9, 2026
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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Henri P. Habib Distinguished Speaker Series on Peace, Conflict and Global Politics
An evening with Kenneth Deer, LLD 15
Speaker(s)
Kenneth Deer, LLD 15
Cost
Complimentary
Organization
University Advancement
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Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room H-1220
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This event will feature a presentation by Kenneth Deer, LLD 15 entitled: A Haudenosaunee Perspective on Conflict and Peace.
Kenneth has been deeply involved with the United Nations and brings a distinctive Indigenous perspective on issues related to diplomacy and international relations
The Henri P. Habib speaker series features major political figures and was created in honour of professor Habib who founded the Department of Political Science at Loyola College in 1961.
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including those with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require disability-related accommodations, please contact alumnievents@concordia.ca by April 2 to allow us time to coordinate your request.
Kenneth Deer, LLD 15
Kenneth Deer is a Mohawk, one of the six Nations of the Haudenosaunee which includes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora Nations in North America.
A former High School Councillor and High School Principal, he advocated for Indigenous Peoples control over their own education and is a founder of the First Nations Education Council in Quebec.
Deer has been active in promoting and defending the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the UN system for over thirty years. He participated in the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which drafted the original text of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and in the Working Group on the Draft Declaration, which elaborated and edited the Declaration prior to its adoption by the UN General Assembly in 2007.
Deer coordinated the Indigenous Peoples Preparatory Meetings in Geneva since 1994 which were important for Indigenous representatives to prepare and strategize for meetings at the UN in Geneva. He continues to be engaged at the UN in the role of Chief Executive Officer of Indigenous World Association, an NGO that has consultative status with the United Nations.
Deer is also a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee appointed by the Grand Council in Onondaga in 2016. He has promoted the legacy of Deskaheh, Levi General, at the UN as a symbol of the efforts of Indigenous Peoples to have a voice at the international level.
He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples by Secretary General Ban Ki Moon from 2008 to 2014.
He was the founder and Publisher/Editor of the Eastern Door Newspaper, an award winning weekly newspaper from 1992 to 2008 serving the community of Kahnawake.
He received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in Canada for Media and Communications in 2010 and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Concordia University for his lifetime achievement in 2015.