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Indigenous Knowledge and Access Symposium

Date

November 15, 2018 08:45 - 16:10

Location

Halifax

Details

Website: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/events/Pages/2018/indigenous-symposium-halifax.aspx

Co-hosted by Dalhousie Libraries, Dalhousie’s School of Information Management, and Library and Archives Canada, the event will focus on the work and challenges of documenting and improving access to Indigenous knowledge.

The day features a keynote address by Elder Albert Marshall and Dr. Cheryl Bartlett, presentations from the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre and the Beaton Institute, and much more!

Presentations

  • Reconciliation in Canada today: considerations on Etuaptmumk / Two-Eyed Seeing and Integrative Science
  • Creating Circles of Collaboration: Identifying Successful Paths for Collaboration between Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Indigenous Peoples and Communities
  • Tracing the Recorded Destiny of Missing Children at the NCTR
  • Glooscap Legends, Oral histories and our Cultural Memory Timeline
  • Current Cultural Initiatives in Supporting Indigenous Access to Knowledge
  • LAC’s Indigenous Languages and Cultures Initiatives