ORANGE SHIRT DAY COMMEMORATION AT MCMASTER
September 30th | 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
McMaster University’s Indigenous Studies Program, Indigenous Research Institute, Indigenous Student Services, and Indigenous Health Learning Lodge are hosting an event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the children who never made it home and those who survived. Attendees are encouraged to wear orange to show their support and to honour survivors of residential schools.
Agenda:
- Opening
- Prayer & Hand drum song
- Jingle Dress Dancers
- Words from Edebwed Ogichidaa Val King
- Closing
INDIGENOUS EDUCATION COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT
September 30th | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
McMaster’s Indigenous Education Council will provide an important update on their work to promote and enhance the advancement of Indigenous education at McMaster.
Speakers include Randy Jackson, Indigenous Education Council Academic Co-Chair, President David Farrar, Provost, Vice President Academic Susan Tighe, and Tracy Bear, Director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute.