York University is establishing an International Indigenous Student Exchange Program which aims to provide opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between Indigenous students at York and their peers located in Australia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and the Philippines.
With support from Canada’s Outbound Student Mobility Program Innovation Fund and in collaboration with York Faculties (LA&PS, Schulich School of Business and Health), the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, the Centre for Aboriginal Student Services (CASS), the pilot program will be launched in January 2021 with a series of facilitated virtual workshops on the following themes:
Workshop 1: What does Global Indigeneity mean? Definitions, Ethics, and UNDRIP
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Workshop 2: Knowledge Keeping and Sharing: Similarities and Convergences
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Workshop 3: Spirituality, World Views, and Environments
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Workshop 4: Disrupting Colonial Spaces and Re-Indigenizations: Political Movements
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Workshop 5: Language, Communication, and Cultural Expressions
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Workshop 6: Land, Cultures, and Identities: Diversity Around the World
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Workshop 7: Food Sovereignty
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Workshop 8: Navigating Identity in a Globalized World
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Participants: 20-25 students
Ten York Indigenous students to connect and exchange with ten students from York partner institutions in Asia Pacific and Latin America. They will be paired up/grouped to complete culminating projects to be shared through an online public forum to be attended by York students and students from Canadian institutions and partner universities.
Program Contacts
Prof. Carolyn Podruchny, History, LA&PS and Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, carolynp@yorku.ca
Breanna Berry, Indigenous Recruitment Officer, Centre for Aboriginal Student Services, breanna3@yorku.ca
Katie Gribbons, Study Abroad Coordinator, Office of the Associate Dean, Global & Community Engagement, LA&PS, katiegr@yorku.ca
Marierose Talla, Global Learning Coordinator, York International, rtalla@yorku.ca
Helen Balderama, Associate Director, International Partnerships and Programs, York International helencb@yorku.ca
