Indigenous Education Week
Celebrate Indigenous identity, culture, research, community, education and much more at the University of Toronto. The theme for the Indigenous Education Week changes each year and includes Indigenous guest speakers, facilitators, knowledge keepers, educators and community members to help realize the theme.
Indigenous Education Week: The Things We Make, November 2 – 6, 2026
If you need support with registration or have any inquiries, please email indigenous.slcoordinator@utoronto.ca.
Indigenous Education Week artwork by Gaby Snache. Gabriana (Gaby) Snache is an Anishinaabe-Filipino artist from the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. Rooted in community and connection, her work centers the process of creating as a site of meaning and exploration. Through an interdisciplinary lens, she weaves together storytelling, culture, and personal experience to honour the spirit of creation.
Schedule & locations
Monday, November 2, 2026 (UTSG)
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Welcome Lunch
First Nations House, 3rd floor, North Borden Building, 563 Spadina Ave.
Register for the Welcome Lunch on Folio >
1 – 4 p.m.
Quillwork Workshop: Introduction to Zigzag Stitch with Vanessa Dion Fletcher
First Nations House, Student Lounge, 3rd floor, North Borden Building, 563 Spadina Ave.
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4 – 7 p.m.
Communal Painting Workshop with MJ Singleton
First Nations House, Student Lounge, 3rd floor, North Borden Building, 563 Spadina Ave.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (UTSG)
1 – 3 p.m.
Toronto Biennial Tour
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (in Hart House, 7 Hart House Cir.)
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2:30 – 5 p.m.
Culture as Medicine: Treaties Recognition Week
TBD, St. George Campus
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5 – 8:30 p.m.
There Are No Fakes – Film Screening & Panel
Room #J250, Jackman Law, 78 Queen’s Park Cres.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (UTSG)
1:30 – 4 p.m.
Maker Space at First Nations House
Student Lounge, First Nations House, 563 Spadina Ave.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026 (UTSC)
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mawadisidiwag | They Visit Each Other: Indigenous Art Talks & Tours at U of T Scarborough
Co-presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery; Office of Indigenous Initiatives, U of T Scarborough; and First Nations House, as part of Indigenous Education Week: The Things We Make at the University of Toronto
Transportation will be provided from St. George campus for U of T community.
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Christian Chapman in conversation with Caitlyn Bird and Sandy Saad-Smith
Indigenous House, U of T Scarborough
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch & Giveaway
Indigenous House, U of T Scarborough
Thursday, November 5, 2026 (UTSG)
1 – 4 p.m.
Indigenous Beading Circle
First Nations House, Student Lounge, 3rd floor, North Borden Building, 563 Spadina Ave.
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Friday, November 6, 2026 (UTSG)
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
TJ Cuthand – Short Film Screening
RW 140, Ramsay Wright Laboratories, 25 Harbord St.
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2 – 4 p.m.
Remapping the Campus with Akni:ho’gwa:s Artist Collective
First Floor Hallway, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle
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5 – 7 p.m.
Final Feast and Hoop Dancer
UTGSU Gym, 16 Bancroft Ave.
