Indigenous Transfer Student Information Session
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 12:00pm EST
Event Location:
Online via Zoom
Event Contact Name:
Céline Wick (she/her), HBA, MA Indigenous Transition Coordinator
Event Contact E-mail:
Indigenous Transfer Student Information Session
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST
Online via Zoom
Join to learn more about the supports and services available for Indigenous transfer students!
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkdOmsqzgiGdSIq79ZGJQBJSAgQdZIEmwq
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Attendance Prize Draws for 2 Gift Cards
Ma-Nee Chacaby has faced numerous challenges in her life that have prompted her to embark on a path of spiritual healing through art. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and was adopted by a French Canadian family. She was then found and returned home to her Cree kokum at the age of two to be raised in a remote Ojibwe community north of Lake Nipigon. Being a two-spirited Elder and storyteller, she uses various media for personal and community spiritual healing. She is visually impaired and her art tells a story of the journey people face each day. Ma-Nee has also authored, A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder; a compelling and harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery.
Gerry Martin is a former nurse and a student of traditional Indigenous healing methods. He is from the Mattagami First Nation of Ojibways in Northeastern Ontario. Gerry feels very comfortable teaching, learning, and sharing his knowledge of traditional Indigenous healing methods and considers it a life-long journey to learn more. He is a son, father, and grandfather and Great-Grandfather who followed his destiny and enjoys life to the fullest. 
Alan Ojiig Corbiere, Bne doodem (Ruffed Grouse clan), is an Anishinaabe from M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. He was educated on the reserve and then attended the University of Toronto for a Bachelor of Science, he then entered York University and earned his Master's of Environmental Studies. During his master's studies he focused on Anishinaabe narrative and Anishinaabe language revitalization. For five years he served as the Executive Director at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF) in M'Chigeeng, a position which also encompassed the roles of curator and historian. He also served as the Anishinaabemowin Revitalization Program Coordinator at Lakeview School, M'Chigeeng First Nation, where he and his co-workers developed a culturally based second language program that focused on using Anishinaabe stories to teach language. He is now an Assistant Professor in the History Department at York University.
Eli Baxter is a fluent Ojibway speaker, a survivor of the residential school system, a knowledge keeper, and a certified Ontario teacher who is married and has two grown children.