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Strong, successful, determined: In solidarity with Indigenous Peoples, U of T to mark Orange Shirt Day
This article was originally published by Rahul Kalvapalle on U of T News on September 29, 2020. Reprinted with permission. Every year, Indigenous students, faculty and staff at the University of Toronto commemorate Orange Shirt Day, a nation-wide movement that spreads awareness of Canada’s residential schools and the impact they had on Indigenous Peoples. But this […]
September 30, 2020
‘You’re still a part of us’: First Nations House celebrates U of T’s Indigenous graduates
This article was originally published by Geoffrey Vendeville on U of T News on July 15, 2020. Reprinted with permission. Not even a global pandemic could stop the University of Toronto’s First Nations House from carrying on its tradition of celebrating the university’s Indigenous graduates. In a first for the St. George campus’s Indigenous hub, students […]
September 9, 2020
Award-winning Indigenous authors to teach Indigenous literature, oral traditions and creative writing at U of T Scarborough
This article was originally published by Don Campbell on U of T Alumni News on July 2, 2020. Reprinted with permission. Two award-winning Indigenous writers have joined the University of Toronto Scarborough’s department of English. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Randy Lundy joined as assistant professors, teaching stream, on July 1. They are teaching creative writing, Indigenous literatures and oral traditions. Akiwenzie-Damm, a member […]
Sharing knowledge and experiences, U of T students to lead campus tours of Indigenous history
This article was originally published by Sean McNeely on U of T News on September 1, 2020. Reprinted with permission. Drew Rickard is still determining what, and what not, to share. He’s part of a group of Indigenous students from the University of Toronto and young adults from across the GTA who are being trained to lead […]
