Hosted by the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement, the °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô Symposium addresses timely topics relevant to Indigenous peoples. It empowers students, staff, and faculty at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ to further their own knowledge and become a positive force for change.
The name °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô, which means Learning Together, is also used for the °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô report published by the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee in 2020. In the following years, progress reports were also released: 2022 °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô Progress Report, 2024 °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô Progress Report, and the 2025 °¾±²Ôà ³¾Ã ²µ²¹·É¾±²Ô Progress Report.
Previous Symposium Events
2026 Symposium
- Topic: Indigenous peoples working within, against, and beyond colonial institutions while continuing to carry community, responsibility, relationality, and resurgence
- Keynote Presenters: Duncan McCue, Sgt. Chantal Larocque, and more to come
2025 Event
- Topic: Indigenization – How to use Design Thinking with Indigenous Community to find our Truth for Systems Disruption, Innovation, Imagination and Course Correction in an effort to Reconcile
- Keynote Presenter: Marilyn Poitras
2024 Symposium
- Topic: Connecting to Indigenous Spirituality: Learning from the Land, Community, and Culture
- Keynote Presenters: Shannon Chief, Ron Indian Mandamin, Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge), and Elder Barbara Bruce and Elder Charlotte Nolin
2023 Symposium
- Topic: Accessing the Academy: A Four Directions Approach
- Keynote Presenters: Dr. Chantal Fiola, Dr. Verna St. Denis, Paula MacDonald, and Tera Beaulieu
2022 Symposium
- Topic: Surviving the Pandemic: Indigenous Approaches to Wellbeing
- Keynote speakers: Dr. James Makokis and Dr. Raven Sinclair
2021 Symposium
- Topic: The Inuit Relocations: Intergenerational Impacts and Inuit Resilience
- Keynote speakers: Martha Flaherty and Sheila Watt-Cloutier
2020 Symposium
- Topic: Indigenous Identity and Sovereignty
- Keynote speakers: Pam Palmater and Darryl Leroux