Indigenous OAI MRU

Concordia is hiring a tenure track position in Indigenous Studies: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/about/jobs/tenure-track-appointments/2020/school-community-public-affairs-first-peoples-studies.html

We would love to highlight an MRU alumnus who is doing groundbreaking creative work! Trevor Solway is hosting a storytelling chat on Nov 23.

Alumni Achievement Awards 2020 | MRU In 2020, Mount Royal is celebrating those who have daringly pushed the boundaries in all aspects of their lives.

Today is Orange shirt day. It reminds us of what was taken from Indigenous children when they were forced into residential schools.
Phyllis Webstad had on her orange shirt that her Grandmother gave her for her first day of school. When she got there her new shirt was taken and replaced with a drab school uniform. She was six years old.

Her story is indicative of thousands of children who had so much of what was special about them taken away... or at least they tried.

Canada was formed on this and many other acts of genocide.

Today we remember the resilience of the survivors of residential schools, many of them are still alive today and those that died far before their time.