Continuing the Journey: Building Relationships with Indigenous People and Communities

Event Details

• Thursday, November 9, 2023
  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  Ernest and Florence Benedict Gathering Space ENW room 102, 1600 W Bank Dr, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2

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Building on last year's Starting the Journey workshop series, this panel/workshop will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty to talk about wise practices for building meaningful relationships with Indigenous people, communities and organizations.  

To register to attend remotely via Zoom, please register separately here. 

This discussion will feature: Prof. David Newhouse, Dr. Kevin Fitzmaurice, Mitch Huguenin, and invited faculty.   

Meet the Speakers

Dr. Kevin Fitzmaurice 

As an ally scholar, Dr. Kevin Fitzmaurice has experience in Indigenous research co-leadership, teaching, course development, and university administration. He is presently an Associate Professor for the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University and a Professor Emeritus with the University of Sudbury/Laurentian. He is the former Truth and Reconciliation Coordinator and Director of Research for the Center for Research in Social Justice and Policy at Laurentian University. 

Dr. Fitzmaurice is currently co-leading several community driven research projects. He is a Co-Investigator and National Steering Committee Member with the A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy and the Ontario Regional Co-Director with the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN). He is also a Co-Investigator with the Making the Shift: Youth Homelessness Innovation Lab (Sudbury/Timmins) and the Maamwizing Indigenous Research Institute / Race Gender Diversity Initiative. Dr. Fitzmaurice was also a Regional Lead with the 2021 National Centre for the Collaboration on Indigenous Education (NCCIE) as well a Co-Director with the 2011 Toronto Aboriginal Research Project (TARP) and the 2007 Ontario Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF). His areas of teaching and research specialization include Urban Indigenous Studies, Housing and Homelessness, Indigenous-Settler Politics and Law, Indigenous Critical Theory, and Indigenous Research Methods. 

Professor David Newhouse 

David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, was the first Principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies since 1993. He is also a professor in the School of Business. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He was the IMC/U of S Aboriginal Scholar in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 1998/99. He also teaches in the Graduate CED Program at Concordia University. In 2016, he received the Trent Award for Education Leadership and Innovation. Professor Newhouse has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Trent University Faculty Association for the past decade serving for three years as President and currently serving as Grievance Officer.  

Mitchell Huguenin 

Mitch Huguenin is the Education Developer, Indigenous Pedagogy, at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, and in his previous role at Trent served as the Transitions and Indigenous Mentorship Coordinator at the First Peoples House of Learning. Mitch is also a part-time faculty member at Durham College, where he designs courses that emphasize Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing. A central focus of his current work is to develop inclusive, values-based educational approaches that promote reconciliation. Mitch has a Diploma in Fitness and Health Promotion from Durham College, and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Bachelor of Education from Trent University. 

Contact Info

teaching@trentu.ca