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McGill Students Indigenous Studies Journal (Formerly KANATA) Toggle mobile menu Toggle search field Search for: About Journal Editions Partners Resources About Journal Editions Partners Resources Update: Organizational Statement March 17, 2016 / admin We are currently undergoing a much needed process of reflection on our group’s organizing. The context in which this group was founded is much changed, and with more Indigenous led resources and groups on campus, there is a need to restructure and re-envision what the role and place of a group such as this is. As part of this process, building and mending relationships between the predominantly non-Indigenous coordinating team and Indigenous students on campus as well as in the community is currently our group’s primary focus. Thus, we have decided to postpone publishing our next volume so that the journal can more accurately reflect the processes which our mandate intended. In the interim, we will be accepting rolling submissions. More importantly, we will be changing our name so that it no longer misrepresents the group as primarily Indigenous student led. The name was chosen by Indigenous advisors many years ago, but given the context of widespread appropriation it has received necessary critiques from Indigenous students on campus. Thus, changing the name is an important and vital step in (re)building relationships in order to avoid inadvertently reproducing harmful patterns. As such, working in consultation with the Indigenous Student Alliance and Indigenous students on campus, we are changing the name to McGill Student Indigenous Studies Journal. We thank you all for your understanding and please feel free to get in touch. The McGill Student Indigenous Studies Journal team msis.journal.mcgill@gmail.com Catching Up: Indigenous Studies Program, Events, and Journal December 27, 2015 / admin First, we’d like to sincerely apologize for the lack of activity on our website – we had a server error which locked us out – but we are back now with lots of major updates: INDIGENOUS STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM The Indigenous Studies Minor Program was launched! Read about it here: http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2015/01/indigenous-studies-program-officially-launched/ http://www.nationnews.ca/mcgill-university-launches-its-indigenous-studies-program/ http://publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews/2014/09/12/new-indigenous-studies-program-off-to-a-fast-start/ Description of the Minor Program Here Logo design by Marcy Maracle, member of the Indigenous Student Alliance KANATA EVENTS – 2014-2015 Inuuvunga: Film Screening, Part of Indigenous Awareness Week – 2014 BEATS, RHYMES, & RESISTANCE: An Evening of Performances with McGill’s Indigenous Studies Community – 2015 TRICK OR TREATY: Film Screening with Pakesso Mukash for Indigenous Awareness Week 2015 KANATA JOURNAL We launched our 8th Volume on April 9th, 2015 and wish to thank everyone who came to the launch! The Volume: 8 KANATA Executive Coordinators: Chris Gismondi & Caleb Holden KANATA Executive Board 2014-2015: Ariane Carter, Mélanie Wittes, Ashley Vach, Marta Kolbuszewska, Jasmin Winter, Iain Childerhose, Rosie Hatton, Catherine Penney, and Jed Nabwangu KANATA Editors-in-Chief: Caleb Holdern & Marta Kolbuszewska KANATA Editors: Alexander Furneaux, Avelaine Freeman, Caroline Copeman, Casarina Hocebar, Emily Weatherbed, Evelyne To, Haya Rizvi, Jackie Cooper, Jacob Schweda, Jaky Kueper, Jennifer Yoon, Kate Harris, Kariane St-Denis, Mackenna Caughron, Michael Wrobel, Monica Allaby, Nicole Cerpnjak, Nina Patti, Varun Chandra, Vita Azaro Guest Editorial: Dr. Allan Downey Content Contributors: Marta Kolbuszewska, Stephani Willsey, Joanna Jordan, Jennifer Mueller, Robbie Madsen, Jasmin Winter, Sarah Swiderski, Chris Gismondi, Michael Klassen, Sophie Beauregard, Aaron Blair, Cedar Eve-Peters, Joe Jaw Ashoona, , Ava Liu, David Searle, Mélanie Wittes, Clare Heggies, Jannika Nyberg, Émile Duschesne, Shariss Oster Design Editor: Jay Rajpal E-Version: KANATA Vol. 8 Winter 2015 Join Us for KANATA Vol. 7 Journal Launch on April 3rd, 2014 March 25, 2014 / admin Join us for Snacks, Live Music, Spoken Word, and Journals! Come celebrate the launch of Volume 7 of KANATA, our annual journal publication and the hard work of individuals involved in this year’s publication, as well as to celebrate the creation of the new Indigenous Studies minor at McGill! The launch will be a fundraiser for the Montreal Native Women’s Shelter. (3:00-5:00pm on April 3, 2014 @ SSMU: Madeleine Parent Room) Upcoming events: PYPWYMI, Conference, Discussions, Journal Launch March 12, 2014 / admin Hi KANATA! Here are some great workshops and events going on this week and in the upcoming month! 1) Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is: THIS WEEK! 2) Conference: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?: March 13-14, 2014 3) Discussing Indigenous Agency with Professor Cheryl Suzack and special guest N. Bruce Duthu: March 31, 2014 4) KANATA Journal Launch: April 3, 2014 ————————————————————————————————————————– 1) Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is is an annual week of talks, teach-ins, and skill sharing around food justice on campus and beyond. This series of events is coordinated by The Midnight Kitchen and The People’s Potato – two campus-based soup collective that serve by-donation vegan meals to McGill and Concordia students as well as the general Montreal community. This year workshops and events will focus specifically on the ways food politics intersect with race, racism and white supremacy. Workshops and events will highlight the ways in which Indigenous Peoples and People of Colour are impacted by a variety issues related to food politics, as well as resilience and resistance in the face of dominant food systems which inflict violence upon the lives, bodies and lands of racialized people. workshops coming up:Fat Embodiment, Race, and Class” (Tuesday, March 11 @ 13h) Snacks & Screening of The Chocolate Farmer” (Tuesday March 11 @ 18h) Closed Dinner for People of Colour and Indigenous-identified Folks (Wednesday March 12 @ 18:30) Solidarity Across Borders’ Winter Feast! A Community Dinner (Thursday March 13, @ 18:30) Red Urban Project Cooking on First Nation Meal (Friday March 14 @ 16h) For full workshop descriptions and facebook links visit: http://themidnightkitchen.wordpress.com/ 2) Conference: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation? This two day conference seeks to examine the role Truth and Reconciliation Commissions play in promoting social cohesion, which leads to democratic good governance, in the wake of tragedies or other nationally destabilizing events. Since the 1980s almost 30 TRCs have been initiated, making this a significant time to explore different national issues with and without TRCs. McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish – March 13-14, 2014 – open to the general public For the Full Program visit: http://www.mcgill.ca/isid/isid-conference-2014/program Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/478985828870345/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular 3) Discussing Indigenous Agency with Professor Cheryl Suzack and special guest N. Bruce Duthu: March 31, 2014 Professor Cheryl Suzack, (Batchewana First Nations), Assistant Professor of English, University of Toronto, 2014 Visiting Eakin Fellow: Reparatory Justice, Human Rights, and Indigenous Feminisms” followed by: Professor N. Bruce Duthu, Samson Occom Professor and Chair of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, enrolled tribal member, United Houma Nation of Louisiana: Of Guardian and Wards: Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism” Faculty Club Ballroom, main floor, 3450 rue McTavish , March 31, 2014 @ 16:30pm For More information see: https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/event/2014-eakin-lecture-discussing-indigenous-agency-professors-cheryl-suzack-2014-eakin-f 4) KANATA Vol. 7 Journal Launch: April 3, 2014 Afternoon of April 3, 2014 @ SSMU: Madeleine Parent Room Come celebrate the...