The University of Lethbridge (Iniskim) will honour Truth and Reconciliation Week from Monday, Sept. 23 to Thursday, Sept. 26 with several activities designed to provide community members with the time and space to reflect on the multigenerational impacts and traumas of residential schools on Indigenous Peoples.
Media are welcome to attend any or all of the following events:
Monday, Sept. 23
Blessings with Sweetgrass over the Coals | 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Gathering Centre W650
Treaty 7 Acknowledgement | 11 a.m. to noon
Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Gathering Centre W650
Iniskim, Return of the Buffalo | 6 to 8 p.m.
Science Commons SA7008 (reception) and SA8002 (film screening)
Tuesday, Sept. 24
Orange Shirt Day
Sticker & Button Making |10 a.m. to noon
Orange Shirt Beading | noon to 4 p.m.
Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Gathering Centre W650
Artisans Market | 1 to 4 p.m.
University Hall Atrium
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Orange Shirt Painting | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Uwall (ULSU rock on the hill)
Reconciliation BBQ | Noon
Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Gathering Centre W650
Artisans Market | 1 to 4 p.m.
University Hall Atrium
Thursday, Sept. 26
Indigenization and Intercultural Collaboration in Municipal and Post-Secondary Contexts | noon to 1:30 p.m.
Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Gathering Centre W650
Orange Shirt Day Group Photo | 2 p.m.
Science Commons Atrium
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Contact:
Caroline Zentner, public affairs advisor
University of Lethbridge
403-394-3975 or 403-795-5403 (cell)
Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Indigenous Peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.
