Conference / Tradeshow Lecture / Seminar Community Event All Ages
This year, Acadia University and the Town of Wolfville have come together – for a Mawio’mi (a Mi’kmaw word for “gathering”) – to provide our community with several opportunities to learn and participate. We’re especially proud that these Mawio’mi events were programmed and delivered largely by Acadia University students in partnership with Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, a unified team of chiefs, staff, parents and educators who advocate for and represent the educational interests of our Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia.
Everyone is welcome to attend these free public events. See the full day event listing for more.
8:30 - 9am - The opening ceremony for the five day Mawio'mi in collaboration between Acadia University and the town of Wolfville. Join elder Dr. Lorraine Peters-Whitman for words of welcome.
9 - 10am - “Storytelling through Art” with Dr. Gerald Gloade and Lily-Beth Fisher, co-creators of the 2021 BEFORE Mural and the 2024 Kesalul: ReconciliACTION Art Series
10 - 11am - Keynote Address: “Reconciliation in Mi'kma'ki” by Elder Dr. Lorraine Peters-Whitman, former President of the NWAC
11 - 12pm - Keynote Address: “From 7th Generation to 7 Generations: Understanding our Role, Place and Responsibilities to Culture, Traditional Knowledge, and Conservation in a changing environment” with Melissa Sue Labrador & Todd Labrador.
1:30 - 2:30pm - “Beyond Colonialism” by Inuk Elder, Dr. Piita Irniq, former Commissioner of Nunavut, Residential “school” Survivor
2:45 - 4pm - Love and ReconciliACTION Panel with Indigenous Experts and Settler Allies: Darlene Peters Copeland; Poppy Conley, Sandy Fisher; Kayla Mansfield Brown; Lara Hartman; Lily-Beth Fisher; Ana Martin; Holly Meuse; Lagina Morse; Mary Nicholas; Brooke Paul; Elder Ella Paul; Gene Saleski; Sherri Springle; Debbie Toney; TJ Wilson
4 - 5pm - Keynote Reconciliation: Impact and Reclamation as the Third Generation by Lara Hartman, Granddaughter of a Residential “school” Survivor, Acadia University alum
Lara’s grandmother was one of the more than 150,000 Indigenous children that were taken away from their homes and families to a residential school. Now we are in a place of reconciliation through healing and hope. Hope for the future. Hope for things to get better. For the past nearly 10 years, Lara has been working on reclaiming her identity and embracing her culture. Reclamation through reading, asking questions, attending events in the Indigenous communities close to Fraser Lake, British Columbia and listening to the voices of Indigenous peoples around her who she can learn from.
This year, Acadia University and the Town of Wolfville have come together – for a Mawio’mi (a Mi’kmaw word for “gathering”) – to provide our community with several opportunities to learn and participate. We’re especially proud that these Mawio’mi events were programmed and delivered largely by Acadia University students in partnership with Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, a unified team of chiefs, staff, parents and educators who advocate for and represent the educational interests of our Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia.
Everyone is welcome to attend these free public events. See the full day event listing for more.
8:30 - 9am - The opening ceremony for the five day Mawio'mi in collaboration between Acadia University and the town of Wolfville. Join elder Dr. Lorraine Peters-Whitman for words of welcome.
9 - 10am - “Storytelling through Art” with Dr. Gerald Gloade and Lily-Beth Fisher, co-creators of the 2021 BEFORE Mural and the 2024 Kesalul: ReconciliACTION Art Series
10 - 11am - Keynote Address: “Reconciliation in Mi'kma'ki” by Elder Dr. Lorraine Peters-Whitman, former President of the NWAC
11 - 12pm - Keynote Address: “From 7th Generation to 7 Generations: Understanding our Role, Place and Responsibilities to Culture, Traditional Knowledge, and Conservation in a changing environment” with Melissa Sue Labrador & Todd Labrador.
1:30 - 2:30pm - “Beyond Colonialism” by Inuk Elder, Dr. Piita Irniq, former Commissioner of Nunavut, Residential “school” Survivor
2:45 - 4pm - Love and ReconciliACTION Panel with Indigenous Experts and Settler Allies: Darlene Peters Copeland; Poppy Conley, Sandy Fisher; Kayla Mansfield Brown; Lara Hartman; Lily-Beth Fisher; Ana Martin; Holly Meuse; Lagina Morse; Mary Nicholas; Brooke Paul; Elder Ella Paul; Gene Saleski; Sherri Springle; Debbie Toney; TJ Wilson
4 - 5pm - Keynote Reconciliation: Impact and Reclamation as the Third Generation by Lara Hartman, Granddaughter of a Residential “school” Survivor, Acadia University alum
Lara’s grandmother was one of the more than 150,000 Indigenous children that were taken away from their homes and families to a residential school. Now we are in a place of reconciliation through healing and hope. Hope for the future. Hope for things to get better. For the past nearly 10 years, Lara has been working on reclaiming her identity and embracing her culture. Reclamation through reading, asking questions, attending events in the Indigenous communities close to Fraser Lake, British Columbia and listening to the voices of Indigenous peoples around her who she can learn from.
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Acadia University
504 Main Street
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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504 Main Street
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
[email protected]
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