NOV. 10 – From Incarceration to Land-Based Learning: Kijibashik, KEEP2 & Akiikaa
Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle will discuss the current issues facing Indigenous peoples and incarceration. She will speak about two research projects, Kijibashik (Turn It Around) and KEEP2, that are working with previously incarcerated Indigenous moms, men, women and Two-Spirit peoples. She will explore how returning to Indigenous ways of knowing and being are important to healing and reconciliation.
Two-Spirit data collection: How can we challenge the history of erasure?
Jessy Dame gives our next Spotlight Series talk on Wednesday, May 4. Using a decolonizing lens, he will excavate Two-Spirit history to challenge the current state of Two-Spirit erasure, addressing how internal and systemic binaries are forced upon data collection and the research process.