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Getting to know Canada鈥檚 North: Learning from Northern and Indigenous policy leaders on issues and opportunities of today and solutions for tomorrow

Thursday, January 21, 2021 13:00to15:00
Online

This event is intended for Max Bell School students, staff and faculty only.

Since 2010, the Gordon Foundation has brought together northern policy leaders in Canada. The Jane Glassco Northern Fellowship program is a two year program offering Fellows skills training, mentorship, and networking opportunities. The Max Bell School of Public Policy is excited to welcome several fellows to learn about the research they conducted during this program, their views on how to improve community engagement, and ways to address gender inequities in policy-making.

Speakers

聽was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, on the Traditional Territory of the Ta鈥檃n Kw盲ch鈥櫭 Council and the Kwanlin D眉n First Nation. She has mixed ancestry, with family ties to both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous peoples. As a Fellow, Kelly鈥檚 research focused on food sovereignty, community identity and co-governance in the Yukon. Kelly is currently completing her Master鈥檚 of Community Engagement, Social Change and Equity at the University of British Columbia鈥檚 Okanagan Campus.

聽is 艁谋谋虂d虂l谋谋台 台K懦臋虂 虂First Nation, Dehcho Dene. She is also of Icelandic and settler Canadian ancestry. She was raised in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, and Whati, Gameti, Yellowknife and Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. As a young adult she returned to her mother鈥檚 home community of Fort Simpson to re-connect with her family, community and Dene culture. As a Fellow, Kristen examined addiction programming and related services offered by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories (NWT). Kristen currently works for Dehcho First Nations.

聽lives in Baker Lake, Nunavut. As a Fellow, Kaviq explored barriers that Inuit communities face in education and how they can regain control of their education by participating in land based programming. She is interested in policies that allow for knowledge and skills mobilization for traditional Inuit knowledge about the environment using Inuktitut, as well as barriers to mobilization created by policies. Kaviq is an instructor in the Nunavut Arctic College鈥檚 Nunavut Teacher Education Program. She is also the Acting Chairperson of the Nunavut Impact Review Board, currently serving her third term.

This session will involve short presentations followed by an open discussion. In preparation, please take a look at:

  • 碍别濒濒测鈥檚听聽and a聽聽about her work.

  • 碍谤颈蝉迟别苍鈥檚听聽and a聽聽about her work.

  • 碍补惫颈辩鈥檚听聽and a聽聽about her work.

  • Kelly, Kaviq and other colleagues鈥櫬犅爋n Indigenous law in co-management.

  • Kristen and colleagues鈥櫬犅爋n language and community in post-secondary education.

  • 聽by 2018-2019 Jane Glassco Northern fellows.

This session will be moderated by Emily Nickerson and Danielle Appavoo, who are both students in the Max Bell MPP program.聽

To join the Zoom seminar, .

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