Tag: Indigenous Awareness Week

February 2020

Mini Round Dance & Giveaway

Friday, February 14th, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Kavanagh Courtyard

The Brandon University Indigenous Student Collective is hosting a mini round dance and giveaway to mark the end of Indigenous Awareness Week 2020. All are welcome!

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Beading with Knowledge Keeper Barb Blind & the Beading Babes

Friday, February 14th, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101

Learn beading basics with knowledge keeper Barb Blind & The Beading Babes

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Moss Bag Making

Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101

Join members of the Brandon University Indigenous Student Council in this hands-on activity. Space is limited. To sign up, visit the Indigenous Peoples' Centre.

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Indigenous Medicine Teachings with Spiritual Leader Frank Tacan

Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
He Oyate Tawapi (Ceremony Room), Health Studies Complex, Room 141

Learn about traditional Indigenous Medicines from Spiritual Leader Frank Tacan. Participants should bring a blanket or mat, something comfortable to sit on.

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Indigenous History & Culture Presentation

Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Louis Riel Room, Main Floor – McMaster Hall

Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, Inc. will host a presentation/talk with items and artifacts on display for discussion.

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📽 Martha of the North

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evans Theatre, McKenzie Building
Free

Free popcorn and drinks. Documentary discussion following the film (held in the Indigenous Peoples' Centre). In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North. In this icy desert realm, Martha Flaherty and her family lived […]

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BU CARES Open House

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Education Building, Room 110

Save the date for the Centre for Aboriginal and Rural Education Studies (CARES) Open House on Wednesday, February 12th from 10:30 – 11:30am. BU CARES has been doing community-based education research with rural and Aboriginal communities for the past 11 years. We aim to understand and support education for rural and Indigenous students. Want to […]

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Learn about Team #ironeagle4mmip Ironman Triathlons Across Canada for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Copy

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:40 pm - 1:40 pm
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He Oyate Tawapi (Ceremony Room), Health Studies Complex, Room 141

Learn about the preparation it takes to train for an Ironman Triathlon and the reasons why this team has come together to raise awareness of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People in Canada. Grace Masse is a full-time Brandon University graduate student from Barren Lands First Nation, a northern Manitoba community. Grace is a single mother […]

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Learn about Team #ironeagle4mmip Ironman Triathlons Across Canada for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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One event on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 at 11:30 am

He Oyate Tawapi (Ceremony Room), Health Studies Complex, Room 141

Learn about the preparation it takes to train for an Ironman Triathlon and the reasons why this team has come together to raise awareness of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People in Canada. Grace Masse is a full-time Brandon University graduate student from Barren Lands First Nation, a northern Manitoba community. Grace is a single mother […]

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Learn to Jig!

Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Kinsmen Rehearsal Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-20

Learn the basic Métis steps for jigging – no experience necessary! Instruction by BU student Janelle Houle, music by BU Indigenous New Music Performers Cris Derksen & Melody McKiver.

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