Date & time
Friday, November 7, 2025
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Workshops & seminars, Meetings
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Conflicting World Views
Speaker(s)
Kariwentha Lee Scott & Karonhiaktatie David McComber
Cost
This event is free.
Organization
Contact
Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room 629
Accessible location
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This workshop is part of the Contemplative Practices Summit series.
A world view is, or seems to be different depending on where a person comes from, how a person thinks, or has been trained to think. The unfortunate thing is that much of the thought process and energy seems to revolve around destruction of the land rather than stewardship of it. It is hopeful that this session will give the participants an opportunity to reflect upon how they might see the world. As educators, grad students and maybe parents and grand parents, the manner in which information is disseminated from what I see as more egocentric rather than holistic, can change a way of thinking about the world and maybe even personal belief systems. It's tough to change a person's mind, but tougher still to change their heart. Our relationship with our mother, the earth seems to be at a tipping point. People are not separate from the land, air and water. We cannot exist without these. Maybe new relationships to the land can begin to be fostered.
Facilitators’ bio
Kariwentha Lee Scott: She is passionate about the wellness of women and girls.
Over the years, she has initiated community learning opportunities including Satatenó:ronk (Care for Yourself), Konwati’shatstenhsherawis (Women supporting Women), and participated in Oheró:kon (Girls Rite of Passage) along with other women. All in the hope to expand awareness of female transitions/rites of passage from girl to womanhood and the power to be themselves.
These included the development and delivery of important yet practical pieces of cultural knowledge and the female cycle.
She has completed both the Barbara Brennen School of Healing and the Wilderness Fusion 4yr. programs along with other Hands On modalities including Cranial Sacral Therapy.
David McComber: She:kon. My name is Karonhiaktatie and I am from Kahnawake, which is part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. I'm a husband, father and grandfather and am a retired high school teacher. I continue to be active in education in our community, working part-time at the First Nations Adult Education center, helping to teach trades to our youth. I'm also part of Iontionhnhéhkwen Wilderness Skills, whose goal is to share skills and raise awareness with the intention of fostering and deepening a relationship with the land.
This program is funded by Quebec's ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, through contributions from the Canada-Québec Agreement on Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction.