UTM Indigenous Centre Events
Programming includes monthly UTM Indigenous Centre workshop opportunities and various tri-campus Indigenous-focused programming. See the calendar below for more details the current month's scheduled events.
All programs are offered with a hybrid model unless otherwise indicated and open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, staff and faculty. Contact Faith Desmoulin, Coordinator of Indigenous Programming, for more information.
Event Highlights
Spring Speaker Series
Dr. Rishi Krishnamoorthy - Caste, Queerness, Indigeneity, and South Indian Learning Spaces
Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025 | 12–1 PM EST | ZOOM | Register HERE!
About this Faculty Talk:
Hindu-nationalism has pervaded the Indian political domain for over a decade, with Hindu-nationalist (Hindutva) ideologies infiltrating the social and cultural milieu since the country won independence against colonial rule in 1947. Central to the Hindutva ideology, is a claim to India as an originally Hindu land, with Hindu ways of knowing and being as ‘Indigenous’ to the people. This movement not only makes invisible the histories of minoritized peoples living in the sub-continent but also co-opts decolonial movements towards (majoritarian) religious nationalist aims. In this talk, I examine the ways in which Hindutva ideologies pervaded everyday seemingly neutral interactions in a rural school in South India. I will share the ways in which the cultural practices of caste-privileged and straight Hindu Indian teachers were privileged in and shaped learning spaces. In doing so, I offer a space to collectively think thorough the nuances of engaging in decolonial movements in education when arriving at this work from a queer South Indian positionality.
Register on Eventbrite here. Registrants will receive the Zoom link to the talk.
Towards Ethical Spaces of Engagement in Higher Education
This workshop introduces the ethical space of engagement (Ermine, 2007) as a practical framework for authentic dialogue and collaboration between groups with diverse worldviews. To illustrate its utility in higher education, we will explore a hypothetical interaction between a university program grounded in Western academic traditions and a First Nations community organization grounded within an Indigenous knowledge system.
Facilitator: Louis Busch, Special Projects Officer, Indigenous Curriculum and Pedagogies
Open to: Faculty, instructors, and staff
Date: Tuesday April 15th 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
Place: Maanjiwe nendamowinan (MN3230) – CDRS Large Collaborative Space
Note: Lunch will be provided.
To Register: https://forms.office.com/r/1EaWpz5TV9
Please register by April 11th 2025
Indigenous Student Graduation Celebration
Wednesday, April 30 4pm-7pm
Ceremony - 4-5pm
Multi-Faith Centre
569 Spadina Crescent
13th Annual Historical Gathering
Mississaugas of Credit 2025 Historical Gathering.
April 29 - May 1, 2025