Public Panel Event
Mon. Oct. 28 05:00 PM - Mon. Oct. 28 07:00 PMContact: Dr. Jeannie Kerr, Faculty of Education
Location: Manitoba Hall 2M70
Public Panel Event
Sponsored by the Faculty of Education, The University of Winnipeg
and the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA)
Student-Led Decolonial Movements in Higher Education:
Perspectives from Canada and South Africa
Location: UWinnipeg, Manitoba Hall 2M70 Date: October 28, 2019, 5-7pm
This event is led, facilitated and speaking from the perspectives of current and former Indigenous and Black South African students and advised and opened by Elder Calvin Pompana. Decolonial movements in higher education are often initiatives that come from the administrative departments of universities, and can often reproduce the colonial hierarchies that privilege Euro-Western perspectives. In this session, we are fore-fronting student-led decolonial movements emerging from the perspectives and actions of former and current Indigenous and Black South African students that have shifted the dynamics and structures within universities. This session works to build on student-led movements that emerged at The University of Winnipeg and The University of the Witswatersrand (Wits) in 2015, as well as movements in Canada generally, and brings students together to envision what is next.
Facilitator: Ms. Karen Swan, Senior Research Assistant and Student
Ceremonial Opening: Elder Calvin Pompana, Pipe Ceremony, Welcoming
Introduction: Ms. Meagan Malcolm ᒣᑲᐣ ᒪᓬᑯᒼ (President UWSA) 5 minute speech
Panel:
Each panelist will have 6-8 minutes to present their experiences with student-led decolonial movements in their respective contexts, as well as reflect on the opportunities and challenges of these movements.
Mr. Kevin Settee (former UWSA President and Student Activist UWinnipeg)
Dr. Kyle Bobiwash (former Indigenous Graduate Student Representative SFU)
Ms. Busisiwe Catherine Seabe (Student Activist – Wits University) via recording
Mr. Alois Baleni Sibanda (PhD Student Researcher – Wits University)
Food Break 10 minutes and come back with food/coffee for more discussion
Questions/Responses for Panelists
- Based on your experiences, what do you see as next steps that have the potential to reveal or shift colonial practices in the university?
- What do you think the role of ceremony should have in decolonial movements and related initiatives in universities?
Open Questions from the audience for panelists.
Closing and Thanks – Dr. Jeannie Kerr, Faculty of Education