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Presidents Dream Colloquium
President's Dream Colloquium on Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Perspectives on Sustainability and Resilience
Fall 2022
Fundamental to the worldviews of many Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world is a profound respect for other beings and their homes. Deeply held beliefs about sustainable social and ecological practices are often inherent in these worldviews. Honoring these practices is fundamental to community resilience. Furthermore, creating space and support for Indigenous peoples and local communities to enact these age old-practices is a foundational part of the long and complex road to reconciliation.
In this colloquium, we will explore how some Indigenous peoples and local communities understand sustainability and resilience and how their traditional worldviews might provide models for more sustainable futures for their communities and others.
The student seminars will include discussions with the instructors about the readings, listening to guest presentations by knowledge holders from around the world (via Zoom), and engaging with the invited speakers in the President’s Dream Colloquium.
Featured Public Speakers include:
All President's Dream Colloquiums
Thursday, October 13, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Creating Resilient Futures by Leading with a Light Heart
Speaker: Monique Gray Smith
Award-winning, best-selling author and consultant of Cree, Lakota and Scottish heritage.
Location: SFU Harbour Centre
Thursday, September 29, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Honouring Ancestral Teachings and Environmental Knowledge in a Time of Urgency: Lessons from the Ninogaad
Speaker: Kim Recalma-Clutesi
Award-winning activist and cross-cultural interpreter from the Qualicum First Nation on eastern Vancouver Island.
Speaker: Douglas Deur
Groundbreaking researcher, author and cultural anthropologist.
Location: SFU Harbour Centre
The President's Dream Colloquium on Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Perspectives on Sustainability and Resilience is generously funded by:
Thank you to Graduate Studies for the administrative work.
Questions
If you have any questions about the Colloquium administration, please email Graduate Studies.