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Braiding Sweetgrass: Understanding Indigenous Resilience and Making Space for Indigenous Ways of Thinking
In this interactive presentation, participants will have the opportunity to discuss and learn of ways to incorporate and create space for Indigenous ways of thinking into their work. Indigenous Resilience will be highlighted through examples pertaining to the presenter鈥檚 community, and how his Indigenous identity guides his work with Indigenous learners.
Alex Allard-Gray is a member of the Listuguj Mi鈥檊maq First Nation located in the Gasp茅 region of Quebec. From a young age, Alex came to understand the importance of higher education in the Indigenous community and was always encouraged to be an ambitious learner. Alex鈥檚 initial exposure to post-secondary education began with his participation in the 2006 Eagle Spirit High Performance Camp hosted at UU直播. This would have a lasting effect on him, as he chose to complete his B.Sc. in Physiology and Kinesiology at UU直播. Alex remained involved with the Eagle Spirit Camp throughout his undergraduate studies, while participating in other Indigenous-led initiatives. This would include acting as President of the UU直播 Chapter of the Canadian Indigenous Science and Engineering Society.