Date & time
Friday, February 7, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Workshops & seminars
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A Day in the Life of Indigenous Faculty and Staff
Pîkiskwêtân Learning Series
Speaker(s)
Allan Vicaire
Cost
This event is free
Organization
Contact
Where
Online
Pîkiskwêtân, the Indigenous Learning Series, is a continuous series of decolonizing and anti-racist Indigenous awareness training and professional development workshops. The series is open to Concordia staff, faculty and students.
This workshop helps participants gain a better perspective of the many additional hats that Indigenous faculty and staff are expected to wear by their institutions and the toll that the additional workload can take on their health and well-being. The workshop will be dedicated to issues that primarily affect Indigenous faculty but that are also experienced by Indigenous staff.
Discussions will focus on:
- underrepresentation and university hiring practices;
- balancing community expectations vs. institutional commitments;
- tokenism, pigeonholing and the suppression of cultural values and ethics;
- additional duties without compensation;
- mentorship and supervision of Indigenous students;
- institutional support and promotion concerns; and
- obstacles to research funding.