The faculty of environment, in partnership with The Moccasin Identifier, unveiled its new permanent treaty marker along Ring Road near the EV3 building on Sept. 25. The steel installation is meant to serve as a living land acknowledgement.
“The whole purpose […]
In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR), the Waterloo Undergraduate Students Association (WUSA) and the Graduate Students Association (GSA) hosted a gathering to honour First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples on Thursday, […]
On June 11, authors from two Indigenous-owned publishers, Ojistoh Publishing and Kegedonce Press, shared excerpts from their books in celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month at the Dana Porter Library.
The event also featured January Rogers, owner of […]
As part of the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, St. Jerome’s University, together with the department of sexualities, relationships, and families, hosted a student-led forum on Thursday, Nov. 27. The event brought students, staff, […]
For this year’s Hagey Lecture, Edward Doolittle, the first self-identified Indigenous Canadian person to receive a PhD in math, presented a summary of the work he’s done on Indigenous […]
At the end of the year, associate vice-president of Indigenous Relations Jean Becker will be retiring after decades of shaping Indigenous education and advocacy at UW. Starting early on in her life, she has actively been thinking about […]
As of spring 2025, the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) will be merging with the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR), operating from the main campus. This change aims to increase accessibility to support and resources for the growing […]
Many of us have heard the phrase “truth and reconciliation.” Perhaps it was in a classroom as we were growing up or in conversations with peers. Maybe on the TV news channel, or the radio, or even social […]
About 31 red dresses on the BMH Green on Monday, May 5 serve as a reminder of the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in Canada.
This was done as part of Red Dress Day, a […]
UW’s Main Path, the main pedestrian route on-campus connecting South Campus Hall to the newly built Indigenous Outdoor Gathering Space, is being renamed.
As part of the Indigenous wayfinding report that was published this past fall by […]
