Hello

it happens

West, the 15th is next week]

That is an awfully ambitious target

Well Stepahnie tell them about your last chance sallon

So is Evan one of the professors?

Doctor if you disappear wont that shut the meeting down

Where are the other professors

I don't know McKenzie

Aleesha: agostkow@lakeheadu.ca

ejmchard@lakeheadu.ca

Who is Richard?

Why so many names?

So how will we know when one of the other profs show up?

Look at participants

Well said

Thank you!

Yes

I can hear you

Been a fantastic presentation all the way around - loved the sharing of lived experience. Great work from all. Thank you. Good actionable items.

thank you to all panelists!

Chi-miigwech to all of you for sharing and for the emotional labour put into this work today and all days.

In case you are just joining, we are taking a 5 minute break before the next workshop.

Are you ready for your part

Ok lets just wait for everyone to come back

Did the audio work?

no audio but that's okay. It was very clear!

no

That's odd, the audio worked fine on the video when the group looked at it.

No worries, you did a great job McKenzie !

Great job Mackenzie

can you put the last slide back up so that i can note the actionable items please?

thanks you again for the work guys.

Well done everyone! T. Stubbs

Thank you to our audience! We appreciate having others to open this dialogue with. Enjoy your lunch and see you soon!

Hey everyone, I won't be able to see the rest of the workshop, but you are doing great!!To those who are my classmates, see you next week!

Have a great weekend Fillipe

I truly appreciate it, see you ;)

What happened?

I heard a yell

I think somebody may have just accidentally unmuted too early and made a noise

What?

it's a function in bottom of the participant list

hand up function is in the participant list section

Totally agree Stephan

Love of outdoors

I cant hear you

What is meant by accountable to First Nation Communities...?

miigwetch, good work, very informative! Great to see you Vicki!

Thank you. Do you feel the OIEC is not fulfilling that role ... engaging members of the University and the First Nation communities.

Miigwetch to all the presenters, and speakers. This was informative. Great job,

We are forced to compete against each other for funding constantly

and for attention to our issues

The government has set up these communities not to thrive but to be contained

Thank you,Vicki!

Agreed Stephan, I would like to discuss this further later in the open discussion

I really appreciate the extensive drive into calls to action that have been mentioned and will be continued to be discussed. I have read the official calls to action and done my own research into what that means and what I can personally do. However, I love how you’ve pinpointed specific items that are easy to understand. I hope that made sense. I don’t mean I don’t want to do the work, just that someone’s I’m not sure exactly what meaningful actions that I can take.

Miigwech Vicki

I have another meeting to get to but have appreciated your engagement. Thank you.

Thanks everyone. I very much enjoyed these informative presentations and discussions. Todd

Thanks Mom

lol

@Rosanne, Not @Todd. lol

Wasant there a big fight over the Newfoundland fishery a few decades ago

Yes about 20 years ago I think around Burnt Church

I actually remember a year ago we were told that British Columbia has the most First Nations claims

Miigwech Debra!

Thanks for sharing Debra.

Are you all right, Doctor?

I am feeling very good McKenzie - thank you

thank you for sharing Debra

Debra- thank you for being here. We are honoured to bring our collective knowledge together for you. We appreciate all the work you do.

Thank you

Move beyond consultation to participation in governance

^agreed

Agreed Vicki!

One of the things that University has just done is divest its investments away from fossil fuel corporations in favour of green economic futures. Why can't we also support the devolution of property away from ownership to stewardship? And learn from our indigenous friends and allies?

I’m radical McKenzie lol

Me too

Me three

I wasnt calling anyone here radical, I was just noting that is a common arguement used when these systems come under pressure

We can share the actionable items with the Board of Governors and the Executive of the University.

Decolonization has to be more than a metaphor in institutions.

yes

If management does not change atitudes, then the work stays at the metaphor level.

it is hard to decolonize an institution rooted in and created by colonialism, but it is absolutely necessary that we keep doing the work.

great job today everyone

I agree, I believe that is why there has been such a push for a complete dismantling of the current system. It has been so warped by racist ideologies and colonialism that it has become something that can not be redeemed. With the knowledge we have know, the building of an entire new system becomes more feasible.

now*

Donovon, one of my papers argues for the need of a new Constitutional agreement which addresses the grievances and interests of everyone.

Miigwech Ismel!

Miigwech means Thank you.

Absolutely! Plus, gate-keeping within the institutions allows our current systems to continue being inaccessible. We absolutely need to rebuild and reshape what we believe knowledge to be.

I dont really see much of a chance for any Constitutional change.

Making institutions more accessible is definetly more easier and doable

That sounds really interesting Stephan! I think that's absolutely a topic that needs to be introduced into the dominant conversation surrounding governmental reform

I am hopeful for meaningful change especially since we are having these important conversations

thank you for putting this together everyone

yes of course

Use the masters tools to take down the masters house.

Exactly. That’s what many indigenous scholars have used the English to get back to the empire.

AGREED VICKI

sorry for caps

We can definitely do this

HAs the meeting crashed

No

Oh

no

Every once in a while we need to take a deep breath....and enjoy a moment...

Enjoy a moment?

What do you mean by enjoy a moment?

small silences

Okay

Stepahnie you are cutting out, can you repeat that

Sorry McKenzie, my internet is not happy today!

Yes have a problem with the charity model

What charity model?

prefer justice model

Prefer justice model?

people having a right

Governments have obligations

that is all I mean

Okay

I love this discussion

They profit off of the charity model

Fees are taxation without representation

I actually saw a film in high school about how corporations after they got bailed out in the financial crisis paid themselves utterly obscene bonuses.

Agree George

We need to be more conscious consumers and citizens, we are all responsible. We participate in racism through our consuming habits.

agreed

Thanks all for enlightening presentation

This was an impressive and informative conference, thanks everyone! :)

YES!!!!!!

Thank you so much for inviting us to be a part of this, it has been a truly amazing experience and I am very proud of everyone's hard work

This has been a very important conversation to be tuned in to! Thank you for hosting a very meaningful day of connections, information and opened the mind and heart

thanks for the invite

Thank you to all the panelists. Much appreciated.

I really enjoyed listening to everyone speak.

Thanks everyone! This was so impressive!

Thank you for offering this platform! I commend you for making something like this happen.

Agreed, such a wonderful way to spend a Friday. Thank you folks for all your time and energy.

Where can I find information on this project?

we will share with you

yes absolutely !!! The best facilitation is almost invisible….you all were terrific…best I have seen in years

The feeling of community was refreshing after feeling the isolation of this pandemic

THANK YOU ALL ! I feel change in the room :)

Agreed Donovon!

and absolutely yes! I really feel inspired

thank you Poli-4515!!!!! and thank you everyone for joining

I hope everyone gets 100%

well done everyone! Thank you for today.

Thanks for an amazing presentation. You have all worked very hard to bring this together. Thanks for sharing with me Stephanie!

A big thank you to all my team members for not leaving me behind in the course.

Thank you again everyone for all the handwork and planning! It was a great semester :)

Thank you so much!

Thank you for allowing me to join you all - you are amazing