[Indigsol] Oct 27: Gathering Knowledge Community Symposium

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http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/gathering-knowledge-community-symposium/

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** Gathering Knowledge Community Symposium **

October 27, 2012   9am – 5pm
St. James Major Catholic Church Hall
Road 38 – Sharbot Lake, Ontario

Hosted by Ardoch Algonquin First Nation


Keynote Speaker– Bonita Lawrence
Author of : Fractured Homeland – Federal Recognition and Algonquin
Identity in Ontario

Books will be available for purchase



Programme Details:

9:00am Welcome – Mireille LaPointe, Robert Lovelace and Opening prayer by
Elder Irene Lindsay

9:20am Panel 1: Setting the Stage for Community Well-being
* Regina Hartwick – Am I Omamawinini Enough?
* Susan Delisle – Education For and About Indigenous People that Works
* Marcie Webster- Aboriginal Early Learning Programs – A Community Approach

10:45pm Break

11:00 – Tom Pawlick, Author of The War in the Country – How the Fight to
Save Rural Life Will Shape our Future

12:00 Lunch

1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker: Bonita Lawrence, Author of Fractured Homeland –
Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario.

2:00pm Break

2:15pm Panel 2: Certain Futures
* David Welch – Protecting the Land, Uranium exploration in the Frontenacs
and the lessons learned.
* Paul McCarney – Understanding land and resource decision-making on
Indigenous territories as an issue of original jurisdiction
* Robert Lovelace – Re-indigenizing the Commons

3:45pm Closing Comments and Closing Prayer