RETURNING PARADIGMS

Here's some info on a day-long symposium at the U of M about Idle No More, next Friday. Looks interesting.  Submitted by Nancy R.

The University of Manitoba Native Studies Graduate Students' Association invites you to an all-day Idle No More symposium:

RETURNING PARADIGMS
10am - 5pm Friday March 8th. University Centre (UC), 2nd floor Multi-Purpose Room.

• Hourly Featured Presentations with open Q & A.
• Free and public welcome, come for an hour or two or stay for the day, as you please.
• Refreshments provided

40 MIN/TALK + 20 MIN/ Q & A

#1 10am - 11am INTRODUCTION TO IDLE NO MORE: DECOLONIZATION IN CONTEXT

• Helen Agger (Grad PhD, U of M) & Judy Da Silva (Grassy Narrows FN, Treaty 3)

#2 11am - 12pm WHAT ARE THE TREATIES? WHAT IS THE INDIAN ACT?

• Ryan Duplassie (Grad Phd, U of M) & Charles Wagamese (White Dog FN, Treaty 3)

ROUND DANCE 12:15 - 12:45 pm @ outside Migizii Agamik

#3 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ANISHINAABE WOMEN SPEAK ON TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE AND THE IMPACTS OF THE INDIAN ACT ON WOMEN IN THE ANISHINAABE NATION AND IN CANADA

• Shavon and Theresa Sinclair (Hollow Water FN, Treaty 5)

#4 2:00 - to 3:00 pm -- WHAT IS OMNIBUS BILL C-45? WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS?

• Emily Grafton (Grad PhD, U of M)

#5 3:00 - 4:00 pm -- MYTH-BUSTERS: Facts About Aboriginal Taxation, Housing, and Education.

• Paul Murphy (Grad PhD, U of M)

#6 4:00 - 5:00 pm -- BRIDGE-BUILDING STRATEGIES AND IMPERATIVES -- SETTLERS, NEW CANADIANS, and ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

• Alon Weinberg (Grad M.A., U of M) & Charles Wagamese (White Dog FN, Treaty 3)