Respecting Indigenous Knowledge: A Tribute to Dr David Schindler (paid event)

Jun 8, 2021  10:00AM

(GMT -7:00) Pacific Time

Event URL:  https://www.waysofknowingforum.ca/dialogue-10
Cost:  $10

JOIN US ON JUNE 8 FOR A CONVERSATION TO HONOUR THE MEMORY AND EXAMPLE OF DR. DAVID SCHINDLER.

In our past plans to hold an in-person forum, before moving to an online format in response to COVID-19, Reconciling Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Knowledge and Science (RWoK) had planned to have Dr. David Schindler, known as ‘Canada’s leading ecologist’, provide an opening plenary address, to help frame out the principles and practices for how Indigenous knowledge and science can work together, drawing on his experience sounding the alarm on acid rain and contamination from the oil sands.

We were saddened to learn of Dr. Schindler’s passing in March of this year, and since that time have been working to organize a dialogue in tribute to his memory and the example he provided as a prominent scientist who showed respect for and worked with Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge holders.

We hope that you can join us for this dialogue on Tuesday, June 8 at 10:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Central / 2:00 pm Atlantic (for approximately an hour and a half).

Moderated by Shaunna Morgan Siegers (Indigenous Leadership Initiative), this dialogue will bring together Dr. David Suzuki (RWoK Convenor, geneticist, and longtime friend and colleague of Dr. Schindler), Melody Lepine (Director, Government & Industry Relations, Mikisew Cree First Nation), Lisa Tssessaze (Director, Dene Lands & Resource Management, Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation), and Dr. Erin Kelly (former Ph.D. student of & co-researcher with Dr. Schindler) to discuss the principles and practices Dr. Schindler modelled in his relationships and work with Indigenous Peoples, and the pressing need for such respectful work across ways of knowing to continue across the country today.