INDIGENOUS FUTURES RESEARCH CENTRE
Inaugural Research Symposium 2023
The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) at Concordia University (Montreal/ Tiohtiá:ke /Mooniyang, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka traditional territory) is pleased to announce its inaugural symposium, which will take place on January 27 and 28, 2023, from 1:00 – 5:00 PM
The inaugural symposium will focus on sharing the current IFRC-related research engaging Indigenous communities and knowledges. The Symposium will feature presentations and dialogues by faculty and students from across the university previewing the projects they have planned for the next few years. This format encourages questions over answers, contemplating what is on the horizon, and considering potential areas of collaboration. What research questions are taking root now, set to expand? What do we think the future has in store? How will we get there together?
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023
BOOK LAUNCH
10:30 am
The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in the United States and Canada
Join co-editors Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Dr. Carla Taunton and local contributors Dr. Michelle McGeough, Prof. Jason Lewis, Curator Jonathan Lainey and Dr. Reilley Bishop-Stall for a mini-launch of this exciting new 36-chapter book on theories and methodologies for Indigenous art histories in Canada and the United States.
Stick around for celebratory refreshments and cake at the end!
WELCOME
Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen (Words before all else)
Prof. Hannah Claus
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Opening Remarks
Dr. Heather Igloliorte and Prof. Jason Edward Lewis
1:00 pm
PANEL 1: FILMING INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE
1:30 pm
Moderator: Jennifer Qupanuaq May, Undergraduate Student, Communications
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Mark Igloliorte, Associate Professor, Frameworks and Interventions in Indigenous Art Practices, Department of Studio Arts
Using colour theory to work with indigenous language as text
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Anika Nochasak, UG Fellow, Undergraduate student, in dialogue with Inuit Futures Language- Keeper-in-Residence, Zippie Nochasak
COFFEE BREAK
2:30 pm
PERFORMANCE
2:40 pm
Moe Clark, MA Student, INDI
wâhkôhtowin kânikamoyahk: kinship making through song
PANEL 2: STORYING OUR RESEARCH
3:00 pm
Moderator: Dr. Heather Igloliorte, IFRC Co-Director
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Dr. Mark Watson, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
The Mobilizing Nipivut project: An urban Inuit Radio Initiative
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Christine Qillasiq Lussier, MA Student, INDI
Memories of Salluit: An Inuk Oral History Perspective
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Juliet Mackie, PhD Student, INDI
Exploring Indigenous Identities through Portraiture and Storytelling
PANEL 3: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE QUEBEC YOUTH RESEARCH CHAIR
4:00 pm
Dr. Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Associate Professor, Applied Human Sciences, FRQSC/SJQ Youth Network Chair
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Véronique Picard, YRC Coordinator
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Alicia Ibarra-Lemay. Research Assistant
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Flavie Robert-Careau, Professional Staff
COFFEE BREAK
4:30 pm
FILM PRESENTATIONS
5:00 pm
Onyionhwentsïio'
A short film by Nicolas Renaud
The land lies under the footsteps of the “portager” carrying with him the weight of History. Onyionhwentsïio’ means “Our wonderful land” in Wendat.
Running time: 4 minutes
Florent Vollant: I Dream in Innu
A short film by Nicolas Renaud
The soul of the Innu language is the land, water and forests of the fast-disappearing caribou. Through his music, Florent Vollant continues to make this language heard around the world.
Running time: 5 minutes.
Past Future Forward: The Making of a Hawaiian Video Game
A documentary by Jason Edward Lewis and Prem Sooriyakumar
Past Future Forward: The Making of a Hawaiian Videogame tells the story of a group of neophyte designers learning to make the first videogame about Hawaiians in space, drawing on their community’s long history of technological innovatiorn.
Running time: 51 minutes
Tsi Tiotonhontsatáhsawe – Tsi Nihotirihò:ten Ne Ratironhia Kehró:non
(When the Earth Began: The Way of the Skydwellers)
A Directorial collaboration between: Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) & Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace, an Initiative for Indigenous Futures Project (AbTeC/IIF)
Tsi Tiotonhontsatáhsawe is an animated version of the first part of the epic Haudenosaunee Creation Story in which we learn the origins of Skywoman and the forces at play leading up to her fall to earth.
Running time: 33 minutes
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2023
WELCOME
1:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Dr. Heather Igloliorte and Prof. Jason Edward Lewis
PANEL 4: LOVE AND TATTOOS: ENGAGING COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE PRACTICE
1:30 pm
Moderated by Dr. Michelle McGeough
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Vanessa Racine, MA student, INDI
Futures of Love in 16 bit
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Mel Lefebvre, PhD Student, INDI
Traditional tattoo as radical care & (re) connection
COFFEE BREAK
2:30 pm
PANEL 5: LOVE MEDICINES AND HEALING KNOWLEDGES
3:00 pm
Moderated by Alanna Mitchell, UG Fellow, Undergraduate Student
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Dr. Michelle McGeough, Associate Professor, Art History
Love Medicine
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Alicia Ibarra-Lemay, MA Candidate, INDI
The Future for Indigenous Healing Knowledges
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Rodrigo D’Alcantara, PhD student, Art History
TransWEB: Building dissident platforms through virtuality
PANEL 6: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH CREATION
4:00 pm
Moderator: Jason Edward Lewis, IFRC Co-Director
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Hannah Claus, Assistant Professor, Studio Arts
Where the Waters Flow
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Nadia Myre, Associate Professor, Studio Arts, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Practices
A Song for my Mother
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Nicolas Renaud, Assistant Professor, First Peoples Studies
Encoding Wampum