Date & time
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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Symposium on Indigenous Land-Based Educational Practices
Perspectives on Climate Action
Cost
This event is free.
Organization
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
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This symposium centres Indigenous environmental leaders, Knowledge Keepers, scholars, and educators whose work is grounded in community-led and land-based educational approaches to climate response. Participants from Concordia University and beyond are invited to critically and collectively reflect on and advance Indigenous-led climate action.
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
See the full schedule below:
| Schedule | |
|---|---|
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Symposium Opens |
| 10:15am - 10:30am | Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen with Atsenhakèniate Lazare |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm | Indigenous Land-Based Educational Practices and Perspectives on Climte Action with Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, Rebecca Webster, and Eriel Tchekwie Deranger |
| 12:30pm - 1:45pm | Lunch and Learn AT SHIFT |
| 1:45pm - 2:00pm | Break |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Kanien'kéha Language Revitalization & Cultivating Intergenerational Land-Based Knowledge Sharing with Ieronhienhá:wi McComber |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm | Moose Protection and Anishnabe Governance with Waba Moko (Shannon Chief) |
| 4:15pm - 4:30pm | Closing with Kahérakwas Donna Goodleaf |
Organized by the Office of Decolonizing and Indigenizing Curriculum and Pedagogy, Centre for Teaching and Learning.
In partnership with Indigenous Climate Action, SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, 4th Space, and First Nations Regional Adult Education Centre, Kahnawake.
Funded by Chamandy Foundation and Indigenous Climate Action.