Each year the School organizes a series of public talks on the “north” broadly defined. Building on Trent’s established role as a centre of innovation on northern research (and in combination with the Roberta Bondar Fellowship in Northern Studies) these lectures are a key feature of academic life at Trent.
North at Trent 2023-2024 Lecture Series
A Northern Perspective on Decolonization and Indigenization: Retelling Narratives
with Bridget Larocque, Trent University's 44th Ashley Fellow
February 8, 2024
7:30 pm ET
Bagnani Hall, Traill College
This lecture is jointly offered as an Ashley Fellow & North at Trent Lecture by Trent's Colleges and the Frost Centre.
“Traill is honoured to be the host college for this year’s Ashley Fellow,” says Dr. Michael Eamon, principal, Traill College. “Bridget Larocque is the embodiment of the ideals on which the fellowship was founded upon, bringing a wealth of lived experience and her unique northern perspective to Indigenous relations.”
As Ashley Fellow, Ms. Larocque will visit Trent’s Peterborough campus from February 4th to February 18th, 2024, sitting in on lectures, visiting classrooms, and offering mentorship sessions for students. Ms. Larocque will also deliver a public lecture and be honoured at a College dinner.
Ashley Fellowship
The Ashley Fellowship is administered by the Colleges at Trent University and is awarded to a visiting scholar each year. The Ashley Fellowship Committee is now requesting nominations for the 2024-2025 Ashley Fellow. Nominations may come from fellows of any of the Colleges or from any college affiliated departments. This is a wonderful opportunity for the University community to benefit from the presence of a distinguished intellectual who enhances our academic programs and collegiate life.
The fellowship is funded by a bequest from the late Professor C.A. Ashley, long-time friend of Trent University and an enthusiastic proponent of the importance of collegiate life in the academic pursuits of the University. The Ashley Fellow is therefore a visiting scholar who is a resident guest in one of Trent's residential Colleges. By the terms approved by Senate in 1976, and in keeping with Professor Ashley's wishes, "scholar" should be broadly interpreted to include persons not necessarily holding an academic appointment.
Security and Socio-Economic Inequalities in the North
with Dr. Gérard Duhaime and Dr. Karen Everett from Laval University
November 30, 2023
7:30 pm ET
Bagnani Hall, Traill College (in person)
also available via zoom
For over a decade, the concept of security in the Arctic has expanded beyond traditional military concerns and is inclusive of a range of issues, including those affecting human and economic security, for example. Concerns such as these are often addressed though different policies. In 2019, Canada released it’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework (ANPF) that takes a more holistic approach to policy development, encompassing several areas, including but not limited to health, education, the economy, and traditional security. Priorities from territorial and Inuit partners are also expressed through their own chapters. This presentation examines different socio-economic inequalities in relation to the ANPF and argues that unless they are adequately addressed, they contribute to insecurity in the Canadian North.
Many lectures from previous years were recorded.