Upcoming Events
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LAND: A CONVERSTATION WITH TAIAIAKE ALFRED
The McGill Journal of Sustainable Development and theMcGill Indigenous Law Association are excited to be hosting Kahnawà:ke Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred for a conversation on issues of reconciliation, colonization, and sustainable development.
The event will be a curated Q&A, please submit your questions beforehand using the link below:
https://forms.gle/sxYY4YWk8sD8p2CZ8
The event will be in room 101 on Tuesday January 21st at 4pm.
Taiaiake Alfred is a Mohawk philosopher, writer, political strategist and governance consultant. His work focuses on the institutions of Indigenous governance, Indigenous resurgence, the revitalization of Indigenous political systems, assessing the cultural impacts of environmental contamination, and the restoration of ancestral land-based cultural practices. Taiaiake coordinates governance reform and oral history initiatives for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and is Senior Advisor to McGill’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and has been a supporter and participant in Indigenous nationhood movements since 1987. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Concordia and a doctorate in political science from Cornell University. He founded the University of Victoria’s Indigenous Governance Program and was the founding Director of Concordia's Native Student Centre. He is the author four acclaimed books, has held a Canada Research Chair, and is a National Aboriginal Achievement/Indspire laureate in the field of education. He currently divides his time between Kahnawà:ke and Victoria, BC.