Date & time
Thursday, January 29, 2026 –
Friday, January 30, 2026
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, January 30, 2026
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Workshops & seminars
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Indigenous Futures Research Centre: Symposium
IFRC Annual Research Symposium
Cost
This event is free.
Organization
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
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The Indigenous Futures Research Centre’s (IFRC) annual research symposium features panels, workshops, performances, and artist talks from faculty, students, and alumni of the IFRC.
Guided by the theme, “Practicing the Future”, this year’s symposium considers how Indigenous research and research-creation can actively shape the futures we envision. It offers a moment to exchange ideas, imagine new avenues, and cultivate intergenerational and relational forms of knowledge-sharing. The symposium fosters community-building across disciplines, creating a space where we not only imagine the future but intentionally practice it.
Designed to spark interdisciplinary exchanges and highlight current research, this gathering reflects on the continued emergence and growth of Indigenous scholarship. It celebrates trailblazing accomplishments while foregrounding new and evolving perspectives on Indigenous methodologies. Now in its fourth iteration, this symposium has become an essential event where IFRC faculty and student members alike share their work with one another and with the greater Concordia community.
See the full schedule below:
| Thursday, January 29 | |
|---|---|
| 9:30am - 10:00am | OFFSITE: Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery - Ohèn:ton Karihwatékwen (Words before all else) |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Collective Meaning-Making in Research |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Cross-disciplinary Research Within the First Peoples Studies Program |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch break |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Indigenous Video Games as Research Creation |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | 2Spirit & Indigiqueer Systems of Care |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Keynote with Dr. Suzanne Kite |
| EVENING PROGRAMMING | OFFSITE: INFO HERE |
| Friday, January 30 | |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | OFFSITE: CCA tour with Iako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Deconstructing Pedagogy within the Institution: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Doing |
| 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Workshop: Indigenous Youth Leadership in Research and in Practice |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Keynote with Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi |
| EVEVNING PROGRAMMING | OFFSITE: INFO HERE |
How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca