How are researchers and educators collaborating beyond post-secondary institutions? Contributors to this discussion outline their methodologies, ethics, and practices for community-engaged research and learning. Sherry Fukuzawa, Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson, and Elder Garry Sault of the Indigenous Action Group, a collaboration between University of Toronto Mississauga and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, will discuss the development of their partnership. Miranda Black of Water Allies at New College, University of Toronto, will discuss the group’s collaborations for water protection rooted in anti-racism and decolonization.

This event will be held rain or shine, with covered outdoor facilities available in case of inclement weather. Accessible public washrooms and seating are available. Drinks and refreshments will be provided. Physical distancing will be in place for this event, and additional safety precautions may be required in line with public health measures.

Panelists

Miranda Black is the Project Manager of Water Allies, an initiative of New College, University of Toronto, that focuses on bringing forth anti-racist, decolonial conversations on water protection. Miranda has recently graduated from X University with a Masters in Environmental Applied Science and Management where she focused her thesis research on the history of treaties in the Toronto area and governance practices that have kept Indigenous nations seen only as a consultation group, rather than as sovereign nations who have the ability to manage lands and resources using Indigenous Knowledge. To quote one qualitative research participant from this thesis, "Indigenous nations don't want to be part of someone else's bad management of the Great Lakes ... we think we can do a better job, just like we did for thousands and thousands of years prior to colonialism." She is of Mohawk of the Bay of Quinte ancestry and has been involved with protecting Indigenous lands and waters throughout "Canada."

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Sherry Fukuzawa is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She is a founding member of the Indigenous Action Group (IAG) where she fosters and facilitates community-engaged learning (CEL) and community-led research in partnership with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. The IAG is currently implementing a CEL course at UTM entitled “Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples in Turtle Island.” The IAG is also running a mixed methods longitudinal study on the influence of community-engaged learning with a local Indigenous community on students’ academic learning, personal growth, and civic activism.

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Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson has worked for over thirty years with Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) in the Ontario Works in Social Services to give financial assistance, employment, training, and education for MCFN community members and the MCFN skills and literacy liaison program coordinator. She was the Program Coordinator for Pan/Parapan Am Games (2015) in Toronto, where she established protocols for Elder Groups from the six Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg nations and created a cultural village at Fort York in Toronto. Councillor King-Jamieson recently organized and moderated Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action sessions with Senator Murray Sinclair & Honorable Justice Harry LaForme. She is a founding member of the Indigenous Action Group partnership between MCFN and the University of Toronto Mississauga.

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Elder Garry Sault is an Ojibway Elder for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. His people signed over twenty pre-Confederation treaties with the Crown, which covers most of the Golden Horseshoe. He is a veteran and served in the United States Navy. He resides on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with his wife of forty years and enjoys spending time with his grandchildren. Elder Sault is also a Storyteller and has welcomed Chiefs, Premiers, environmentalists, and many more to the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

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Sep 17, 2022 – Sep 17, 2022
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Collaborative and Community-engaged Research

Saturday, September 17, 12–2:30pm
Lakefront Promenade Marina

Panel discussion with Miranda Black, Sherry Fukuzawa, Veronica King-Jamieson, Elder Garry Sault

Part of Nearshore Gatherings, an event series on environmental activism and stewardship
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Nearshore Gatherings is presented in partnership with Lakeview Village.


The Blackwood gratefully acknowledges the additional support of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.


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