Tentative Symposium Program

DAY 1 - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Location: Student Union Building, Michèle Pujol Room, UVic

8:00 - 9:00 Registration & Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 Elder Opening

9:20 - 9:35           Welcome to UVic, Dr. Robina Thomas, Vice President, Indigenous

9:35 - 9:45 Opening Remarks from RGD Tâpwewin Team

9:45 - 10:45 Keynote #1 - Dr. Cheryl Ward, Anti-Racist Educator

10:45 - 11:00        Health Break & Table Discussions
11:00 - 12:00        Panel #1 - RGD Tâpwewin Project Findings

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch & Visiting

1:00 - 2:00            Panel #2 - San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Anti-Racism Training (Katie Skelton & Dr. Sheelah McLean)
2:00 - 2:15            Health Break & Table Discussions
2:30                        Closing 

3:45                        Shuttle from Oswego Hotel to Songhees Wellness Centre

Symposium Banquet

Location: Songhees Wellness Centre

4:00 - 6:00 Mix & Mingle

6:00 Lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Dancers

6:30 Dinner

7:30 - 8:00 Comedy Set

8:30 Closing

DAY 2 - Thursday, June 12, 2025
Location: Student Union Building, Michèle Pujol Room, UVic

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast & Visiting

9:00 - 9:15 Elder Opening

9:15 - 9:30        Welcome to UVic, Dr. Jacquie Green, Executive Director of IACE 
9:30 - 9:45       MC Remarks - Everett Willier 
9:45 - 10:45     Keynote #2 - Dr. Jean Teillet, Author/Retired Lawyer 
10:45 - 11:00     Health Break & Table Discussions
11:00 - 12:00     Panel #3 - Fétis and Pretendians (Dr. Cathy Mattes and Jamie Lafleur)

12:00 - 12:30 Open Forum

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch & Visiting

1:30 - 2:30         Métis Aunties in the Academy (Dr. Laura Forsythe)
2:30 - 2:45        Health Break & Table Discussions
2:45 - 4:15         Performance Ethnography
4:30                     Closing

DAY 3 (Friday, June 13)
Location: University of Victoria, Sngequ House, Conference Room A & B

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast & Visiting

9:00 - 9:15 Elder Opening

9:15 - 9:30 MC Remarks - Everett Willier 

9:30 - 10:30      Keynote #3 - Dr. Verna St. Denis, Professor Emerita, University of Saskatchewan 
10:30 - 10:45    Health Break & Table Discussions
10:45 - 11:45     Panel #4 - White Benevolence: Racism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions (Drs. Jaris Swidrovich, Nisha Nath, and Willow Samara Allen) 
12:00 - 1:00      Lunch & Visiting
1:00 - 2:00        Panel #5 - "Mean Tweets" - Unveiling Bias: How Student Feedback Harms Indigenous Faculty (Drs. Amanda LaVallee and Jaime Lavallee)

2:00 - 2:45 “Mean Tweets” Open Forum

2:45 - 3:00       Health Break & Table Discussions 
3:00 - 4:15        Panel #6 - Research Recommendations to Action (Drs. Amanda LaVallee, David Newhouse, and Raven Sinclair)
4:15                     Closing