Paddling Your Own Jiimaan - Reclaim. Resurge. Revitalize.
- Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
The Frost Centre and First Peoples House of Learning is pleased to welcome Demi Mathias MA'19 to speak on Wednesday 27, January 2021 at 4 pm
Contact frostcentre@trentu.ca for the connection details
About Demi:
Aanii, Demi Nebane’gwun’e, n’dizh-ni-kaws, Makominising n’doojii. Maung doodem. Sudbury N’doon-ji-bah. Teme-Augama Anishinabai n’dow. My name is Demi Mathias, I am from Bear Island, Lake Temagami or Temagami First Nation and my clan is the Loon clan. Currently I reside in Sudbury and Bear Island. Throughout my educational journey, I have found myself meeting new colleagues, friends and lifelong learners. I completed my undergrad at the University of Ottawa in Indigenous Studies with a Minor in Political Science. Once finished in Ottawa, I completed my Masters of Arts- Canadian and Indigenous studies at Trent University. In my Masters of Arts thesis, I focused on how the Wiigwaas Jiimaan (birch bark canoe) is a tool to cultural resurgence specifically in my community of Temagami First Nation. However, this research is compared all over the world as Indigenous communities are reclaiming their cultural practises and emphasizing land-based initiatives. It is my passion for my cultural, the land and education that drives the work I continue to do. A future plan of mine is to focus on cultural resurgence, language revitalization and culturally relevant curriculum development/ land based approaches to education. Miigwetch to all my relations, the past, present and future generations!
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Posted on January 7, 2021