When – Thursday, September 26th 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Where – Global Lounge, UBC, 2205 Lower Mall
This event is happening in partnership with the Global Lounge. Complimentary food will be served at 5:30, and the workshop will begin at 6pm.
As space to this free event is limited to 35 participants, please RSVP. Please consider how your taking space may bar others from attending. Let us know if you can no longer attend. This workshop is not a drop-in; please show up on time and stay for the entire 3-hour duration.
Examine the history and current day social realities that Indigenous People experience.
Explore what patterns of engagement have informed the relationship between Indigenous People and non-Indigenous People over time.
Consider what actions are needed today to move towards anti-racist, anti-colonial engagement.
About Rain Daniels
Rain Daniels is Anishinaabekwe, is a member of the Saugeen Nation in Ontario, and was born in QayQayt territory. She lives on unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territory.
Supporting principled engagement with Indigenous People is the focus of Rain’s work. By engaging non-Indigenous People in a critical exploration of what informs relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, participants make deeper connections of their role in system change, and just relations.
Rain’s work history includes 15 years in service provision, followed by 20 years of contract work in community development and social justice for Indigenous People, with various organizations. Her most recent highlights include working for the Provincial Health Services Authority’s Indigenous Cultural Safety Program for 7 years as a Lead Facilitator, Trainer, and Mentor and facilitating in SFU’s Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement since 2012. With a Master’s degree in Adult Education, and decades of facilitation experience, Rain brings multiple skills, experience and analysis, to this crucial dialogue.
About this workshop
This is a foundational workshop for non-Indigenous student leaders feeling through what principled engagement with Indigenous peoples looks like. We will be pausing, sitting and reflecting with positionality with an aim to trace lineages of coloniality over time, across Indigenous lands and through institutions. Through engaging political analysis of circulation of power in society, this workshop will build skills in decoding anti-Indigenous racism towards a genuine praxis of anti-racist (un)learning.
