Schedule

The symposium will offer a full agenda, with several streams and sessions on a variety of topics. See our schedule to see how each day will unfold. To offer the most engagement and interaction of the attendees, sessions may be offered in panel, fireside chat, or challenge-style/debate format.

All activities take place in Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Please note that timing is subject to change.

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October 27, 2024

Time Stream Session Type Location
08:30 - 19:00 Smudging Room Room 108
11:00 - 16:15 Indigenous Teacher Education Workshop (Closed Session) Room A1 & A2
16:00 - 17:00 Registration Registration C5
17:00 - 18:15 Welcome and Opening Keynote: Annie Battiste Keynote C3/C4 (SI)
18:15 - 19:45 Networking Reception Networking C5

October 28, 2024

Time Stream Session Type Location
07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Break
08:30 - 19:00 Smudging Room Room 108
08:30 - 08:45 Opening Remarks C3/C4 (SI)
08:45 - 09:30 Keynote: Roberta Jamieson Keynote C3/C4 (SI)
09:30 - 09:45 Transition Time Break
09:45 - 10:45 Virtual Health Hub Assistant Development Panel C102
09:45 - 10:45 Braiding Indigenous and Intercultural Perspectives in Online Learning Campfire Discussion C103 (SI)
09:45 - 10:45 Journeying Together: Developing Indigenous-Serving Study Abroad Opportunities Campfire Discussion C103 (SI)
09:45 - 10:45 Indigenous leadership at Mohawk College: Rowing Together Panel C104 (SI)
09:45 - 10:45 Interconnectedness Approach to Building Our Bundles and Mino-Bimaadziiwin Panel C102
09:45 - 10:45 Empowering Holistic Mental Health Through Indigenous Knowledge: An Indigenous-led Wellness Resource Panel C3/C4 (SI)
10:45 - 11:00 Transition Time Break
11:00 - 12:00 Joint Economic Development Initiatives and the journey Panel C104 (SI)
11:00 - 12:00 Noojmowin Shkaptigaan Panel C102
11:00 - 12:00 Canada’s first National Standard for Mental Health and Wellbeing for Post-Secondary Students Panel C103 (SI)
11:00 - 12:00 The Living Classroom: A Community-Based Learning Model Panel C102
11:00 - 12:00 Bridging and Braiding: Lessons from STEM land-based education programs Panel C3/C4 (SI)
12:00 - 12:15 Transition Time Break
12:15 - 01:30 IIC 30th Anniversary Lunch Networking C3/C4 (SI)
13:30 - 13:45 Transition Time Break
13:45 - 14:45 Ontario Colleges Indigegogy Circle Panel C3/C4 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 Opening up, listening, changing, becoming: establishing a knowledge production and transfer centre for Indigenous education Panel C3/C4 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 The Power of Mentorship in Indigenous Education: Addressing Canada’s Challenges. Campfire Discussion C102
13:45 - 14:45 Algoma University’s Gabegendaadowin Training Program: An Anishinaabe Led Reconciliation Approach to Cross-Cultural Sharing, Teaching and Learning Panel C103 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 How an Indigenous Community of Practice is Transforming Work-Integrated Learning Panel C103 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 Leveraging Industry Partnerships to Empower Indigenous Trades Students: The OSTTC Journey Panel C104 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 Reclaiming Authority: Indigenous Governance in Education Panel C103 (SI)
13:45 - 14:45 Satisfying the Diverse Needs of Indigenous Learners Panel C104 (SI)
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Break
15:15 - 16:00 Keynote: Tabatha Bull Keynote C3/C4 (SI)
16:15 - 17:15 Wayfinding Together: Creation of the Mi’kmaq and Indigenous Practical Nursing Program Panel C103 (SI)
16:15 - 17:15 Operationalizing Reconciliation: Programming and Policy Approaches at University College of the North Panel C103 (SI)
16:15 - 17:15 Weaving Indigenous Practices into Campus Sustainability: How teachers and students benefit C5
16:15 - 17:15 Operationalizing Reconciliation through Leadership Campfire Discussion C104 (SI)
16:15 - 17:15 First Nation Leadership and Governance of an Indigenous Institute in Northern Ontario: Connections between Indigenous Philosophies and Operations at Kenjgewin Teg Panel C104 (SI)
16:15 - 17:15 Technological Innovations in Digital Archives: Hodinohsó:ni’ Language Preservation for Learning in Higher Education Panel C102
16:15 - 17:15 Supporting Indigenous Learner Success on Campus and Beyond: Bow Valley College Panel C102
16:15 - 17:15 pawâcikêwikamik: The Innovation Collective. Transitioning to Sustainability and Knowledge Sharing in Indigenous Innovation Campfire Discussion C5
19:00 - 22:00 Community Supper & Entertainment Social C3/C4 (SI)

October 29, 2024

Time Stream Session Type Location
07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Break
08:15 - 08:30 Opening Remarks C3/C4 (SI)
08:30 - 10:00 CICan Indigenous Education Protocol: a decade of impact Campfire Discussion C3/C4 (SI)
08:30 - 19:00 Smudging Room Room 108
10:00 - 10:15 Transition Time Break
10:15 - 11:15 Student Success Beyond Academic Measures Campfire Discussion C104 (SI)
10:15 - 11:15 Walking Together/Menaqaj Pemwije’tulti’k: Land-Based Pedagogies through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing Campfire Discussion C103 (SI)
10:15 - 11:15 A Systemic Approach to Embedding Indigenous Worldviews in Post-Secondary Programs and Institutions Panel C103 (SI)
10:15 - 11:15 O:riwake – “Truths” not “Stories” about the Mohawk Institute Panel C102
10:15 - 11:15 Imagining a Post-Secondary Institute in Nunavik Panel C102
10:15 - 11:15 Empowering Métis Learners – Pathways to Success Panel C104 (SI)
10:15 - 11:15 Advancing the Indigenous Research and Innovation Agenda Panel C3/C4 (SI)
11:15 - 11:30 Transition Time Break
11:30 - 12:45 IIC World Café: Indigenous Pathways to Address Canada’s Challenges – Next Steps C3/C4 (SI)
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break Break
13:45 - 14:45 Plenary, Student Panel C3/C4 (SI)
14:45 - 15:00 Closing Remarks, IIC and CICan Elder Blessing C3/C4 (SI)

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