First Peoples Postsecondary Storytelling Exchange Celebration and Web Launch – February 16 – Invitation!

She:Kon / Tansi / Atelihai / Kweih / Kwe / Aanii / Hello / Bonjour!

We invite you to join us for the First Peoples Postsecondary Storytelling Exchange (FPPSE) live, online celebration as we share project highlights and launch our website.

This virtual gathering is the culmination of a 4-year SSHRC-funded collaborative project created to improve access to education for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students and help close the gap between postsecondary institutions and communities.

During the project, Inuit, Cree, Kahnien’keha:ka and Tiohtià:ke-based Indigenous students and graduates shared their educational journeys through film, video and storytelling. Stories recount challenges and barriers as well as personal transformation, resilience and visions for educational futures.

This event includes a short presentation of the project, video premieres and a brief walk through the website designed to assist students, educators and families with resources and educational opportunities while advocating for Indigenous sovereignty in post-secondary education. Simultaneous interpretation in English to French will be available.

DATE: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

TIME: 4-6 pm

Join the Meeting through this Zoom link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83801087920

Meeting ID : 838 0108 7920
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Niá:wen / Nakurmiik / Miigwech / Maarsii / Thank you / Merci students, faculty, families, creators, project partners Dawson College, Concordia University, McGill University, Kahnawake Survival School, the First Nation Regional Adult Education Center, John Abbott College, and collaborators Our World, Kahnawake Skawení:io Library, Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP), First Nations Adult Education School Council, First Nations Regional Adult Education Centre, Kahnawake Survival School, Nasivvik Residence, Air Inuit, Mushkeg Media, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and more; with support from SSHRC’s Community and College Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF).

We hope you can  join us!

Michelle Smith
Dawson College
Cinema Communications Faculty
Steering Committee, First Peoples Initiative
Project Lead, FPPSE
First Peoples Post-secondary Storytelling Exchange

I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation, a place which has long been a site of meeting and exchange among many First Nations.