A Call to Innovate
A Call to Innovate: Creating conditions to Compel Meaningful Change in Indigenous Education will be a compelling panel discussion. Speakers John Ralston Saul, National Chief Shawn Atleo and Dr. Jose Barreiro of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian will address the innovation required to spark change in indigenous education.
The panel will be moderated by Nipissing University Chancellor Dr. Jon Dellandrea.
The panel discussion will start at 6:30 p.m. on November 3 in the Nipissing University Theatre (F213).
A pre-event reception will be held in the Main Foyer at 5:30 p.m.
Seating is limited. Overflow seating with video feed will be available in the Fedeli room. Please RSVP to Doris Olmstead atdoriso@nipissingu.ca or call 705-474-3450 ext. 4899.
The Canadian debut of Dr. Barreiro’s documentary, Chawaytiri Strengthens: Message for the Future, produced by the Smithsonian, will be screened Friday November 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the Fedeli room (F210). It is about Chawaytiri, an Andes indigenous community and their elders that organized a special llama caravan and walked traditional routes to re-strengthen their resolve to value their culture.Speaker Bios
John Ralston Saul
Author, lecturer and philosopher, his many books include the 2008 bestseller A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada. In it, he argues that Canada is a Metis Nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ways of knowing, philosophies and realities.National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
Elected as National Chief in July 2009, Atleo holds a MEd from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia and an honorary Doctorate of Education from Nipissing University. He is the Chancellor of Vancouver Island University. Atleo is a hereditary Chief from the Ahousaht First Nation.
Jose Barreiro
Assistant Director of Research, and Director, Office for Latin America at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. A leading scholar of American Indian policy and contemporary Native experience, his books and papers cover a wide range of topics. He helped establish the American Indian Program at Cornell University and is a member of the Taino Nation of the Antilles.