U of M Native Studies Graduate Student's Association
204 Isbister, University of Manitoba Main Campus Winnipeg, MB, Canada

An opportunity for involvement in making positive changes. :) As you may be aware, after two phases of public engagement throughout 2019, on January 30, 2020, Council passed a motion to adopt the Welcoming Winnipeg: Reconciling our History Policy. This policy was developed to guide the City in making decisions regarding requests to create new, add to or remove/rename historical markers and place names and resolve the absence of Indigenous perspectives, experiences and contri...butions in the stories remembered and commemorated. A process was established for requesting and implementing initiatives to recognize and commemorate various historical people and events. It includes the creation of a Committee of Community Members (CCM) to provide recommendations, for final decision by Council. We are connecting with you today to let you know that we are now accepting applications for the Committee of Community Members! Qualifications for committee members include: Professional or community work that reflects an applicant’s interest and expertise in Winnipeg’s history and the ongoing impacts and legacy of colonization, locally and internationally; Skills, education and experience in specific areas (such as research, project evaluation and policy analysis) that would allow an applicant to contribute to committee recommendations and influence change; Ability to work effectively within a diverse group to collaboratively address a common goal and are willing to work within City of Winnipeg systems and protocols to address municipal issues; and, Ability to attend meetings on a regular basis, the first meeting is tentatively scheduled for August 12, 2020. Applications will be accepted until Friday, July 17th, 2020.

Sending love from NSGSA during these uncertain times <3

Rising Up 2020! Save the Date for our Annual Conference on Indigenous Topics and Knowledge(s).

This Wednesday's Colloquium - all welcome

Please read An opportunity to support an Indigenous UofM student's research! Honorarium also provided: Participants needed: Indigenous students’ experiences with racism on campus.... My name is Iloradanon Efimoff, and I am a doctoral student at the University of Manitoba, studying under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Starzyk. I identify as Haida and European settler. I’m messaging to invite you to participate in an interview on your experiences with racism at the University of Manitoba. The study is called Indigenous students' experiences with racism on campus. I’m conducting these interviews as part of my Ph.D. research. My goal is to develop educational interventions to reduce prejudice toward Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba. Why participate? You’ll help me to understand how students experience racism at the University of Manitoba. Your answers will help guide the interventions I create. I expect the interview will take approximately one hour and participants will receive a $20 honorarium. If you’d like to be involved, please contact me via email at [email protected] and we can set up a time to meet. Háw’aa, thank you, Iloradanon Efimoff