All are invited to hear Dr. Alex Wilson present a lecture titled “Coming In to Indigenous Sovereignty: Relationality and Resurgence” at tomorrow’s Weweni Indigenous Speaker Series event. This presentation will share an understanding of Cree philosophy and discuss contemporary understandings of relationality and relational accountability.
Wilson will discuss how the global Indigenous social movement Idle No More has validated traditional understandings and practices that serve to protect land, water, sky and Indigenous bodies and supports an imperative for land-based education. The meaning and importance of body sovereignty and gender self-determination will be presented as necessary aspects of undoing systemic forms of oppression and revisioning as a positive ‘coming in’ process that supports both sovereignty and resurgence.
When: Tuesday, December 6, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Where: Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Dr. Alex Wilson (Opaskwayak Cree Nation) is an Associate Professor and Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. Her scholarship has greatly contributed to building and sharing knowledge about land based education; two-spirit identity, history, and teachings; indigenous research methodologies; anti-oppressive education; the prevention of violence in the lives of Indigenous peoples and the protection of land and water. Her research and “coming in” theory has led to classroom and community practices that honour the contributions and lives of two-spirit people. Dr. Wilson is a recipient of a 2016 Nellie Award for human rights education and leadership and the 2016 Peter Corren Award for outstanding achievement in LGBTQ education and activism.
