# Event Details - **Event Name**: Indigenization Post Truth and Reconciliation Commission - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join leading and emerging scholars of Indigenous education for a day of reflection on changes in higher educationAbout this EventIndigenization Post Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThis gathering focuses on changes in higher education since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report. Presenters such as Prof. Annie Battiste (Cape Breton University), Dr. Marie Battiste (University of Saskatchewan), Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige (Laurentian University), Dr. Shawna Cunningham (University of Calgary), Dr. Starleigh Grass (British Columbia Teachers’ Federation), Dr. Jarita Greyeyes (McMaster University), Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Carleton University), Dr. Jaime Lavallee (University of Saskatchewan College of Law), Professor Celeste Pedri-Spade (McGill University), Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule (University of Victoria), Dr. Stephanie J. Waterman (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto), and Dr. Adrianne Lickers Xavier (McMaster University) offer critical insight into how universities are responding to the TRC’s Calls to Action.Agenda🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:40 AMOpening Remarks🕑: 09:45 AM - 11:00 AMSession 1: Students, Student Supports, and Indigenization Host: Moderator: Dr. Stephanie WatermanInfo: Prof. Annie Battiste: The backpack of rights: Indigenous students and the academy; Dr. Starleigh Grass: Recruiting and retaining teachings in the reconciliation era; Alexis Hachey-Brown: They won’t come through the door; Dr. Jaime Lavallee: Rethinking Student Evaluation as Reconciliation; Dr. Adrianne Lickers-Xavier : Food sovereignty and system; Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule: Hesitate, Pause or Engage: How teachers relate to Indigenous education; 🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBreak🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:30 PMSession 2: Indigenous Leaders and IndigenizationHost: Moderator: Dr. Adrianne Lickers-XavierInfo: Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige: Emotional labour and reconciliation fatigue among Indigenous women leaders working in Canadian universities; Dr. Shawna Cunningham: Reconciliation fatigue is a real thing; Dr. Jarita Greyeyes: Indigenization challenges: Indigenous senior university leaders and the clean-up of caustic colonial creation; Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller: The Mother Law and Indigenous leadership; Dr. Celeste Pedri-Spade: Centering the lived experiences of Indigenous women in the academy; Russell Myers Ross: Indigenizing land stewardship: Lessons from the meadow🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PMLunch Info: We are excited to welcome everyone to this event. We have a limited number of complimentary lunch tickets and hope they will be used by students, community members and those with mobility needs whomay need to stay on site during lunch. Those with the means and ability to do so are encouraged to grab a lunch during the break from many quick service restaurants nearby. Options: Relay Coffee, Jackson Square Food court, Electric Diner, Hambrgr King William, Mystic Ramen🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:45 PMSession 3: Transforming the AcademyHost: Moderator: Dr. Candace Brunette-DebassigeInfo: Dr. Marie Battiste: Indigenous knowledge and the Royal Society of Canada; Dr. Jennie Anderson: The Value of Indigenous Intellectual Labour: A review of faculty collective agreements in Ontario; Mskwaankwad Rice: Indigenization and genocide; Dr. Stephanie Waterman: What Indigenous student service leaders want you to know about Indigenous students; and Dr. Krista Ulujuk Zawadski: ᐱᖁᑏᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᑦ ᖃᑎᒃᑕᓕᖕᑦ Piqutiit Inuusingat Qatiktalingmit:Cultural and Social Lives of Inuit Piqutingit🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PMBreak🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:15 PMOptional Bus to Evening Event🕑: 05:00 PMDinner and tour at Six Nations’s Woodland Cultural CentreInfo: Located on the site of the Mohawk Institute Residential School—Canada’s longest operating Residential School (1831-1970). The site has been transformed into a place where the Hodinosho:ni worldview is protected, promoted, interpreted, and presented. We will be welcome and oriented to the Centre by Heather George, Executive Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre and Dr. Adrianne Lickers-Xavier, Indigenous Mentorship Network of Ontario. We will have three options for the first part of our evening: 1) Self-guided tour of the Mohawk Institute Residential School 2) Self-guided tour of the Woodland Gallery featuring an exhibit on family histories by the Genealogy Society. 3) Visit with one another/shop at the gift shop. We will have mental health support workers on site during this evening portion.🕑: 08:00 PMBus departs from Six Nations - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hamilton/indigenization-post-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/100001982386678921 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Hamilton - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: McMaster Continuing Education - **lat**: 43.2572747 - **long**: -79.869119 - **full address**: McMaster Continuing Education, 1 James Street North, Hamilton, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Indigenization Post Truth and Reconciliation Commission - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/14316791f5e53edfa7fe92ec07df6ced0e6c5827625ab3a60be897b52c4ce498-rimg-w1200-h1200-dc76053d-gmir.jpg?v=1772858223 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Indigenization Post Truth and Reconciliation Commission being held? 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