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FEATURED SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE
March 15 10:00-12:00 MDT
Däkäl’äma (Da-kal-a-ma), Jocelyn Joe-StrackDäkäl’äma (Da-kal-a-ma), Jocelyn Joe-Strack is a Wolf clan member of the Champagne and Aishihik (Aay-zhee-ak) First Nation of the southwest Yukon. As the Indigenous Knowledge Research Chair at Yukon University she shares her knowledge to seed healing and societal change as a scientist, storyteller, professional Auntie and TikTok influencer.
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EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER PANEL
Navigating Engagement in Northern Research: Early Career Researcher Perspectives
March 16 14:00 - 15:00 MDT
Tina WasilikTina Wasilik is the proud daughter of Taiwanese immigrant parents. She is a teacher, Ph.D. candidate, and early career researcher at the University of Alberta. Tina’s doctoral research focuses on Inuit women’s educational and employment self-reliance in Nunavut. Tina was born in Taiwan, the Traditional Homeland of the Ami, Atayal, Paiwan, Bunun, Puyuma, Rukai, Tsou, Saisiyat, Yami, Thao, Kavalan, Taroko, and Sakizaya Peoples. She was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Traditional Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples. Her doctoral work has been carefully and culturally designed to honour Inuit Knowledge Systems.
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Lauren ThompsonLauren is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta, born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 6 territory. Lauren works on Dehcho Dene and Dene Tha’ lands to understand the impacts of permafrost thaw in peatlands on water quality alongside knowledge holders from the North.
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Anita Lafferty
Anita Lafferty is a ts’élî- iskwew [Dene Cree] and a member of Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation. She has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Alberta. Her doctoral research examines approaches of Indigenous curriculum perspectives grounded in Dene k’ęę [philosophy] on the Land. She was awarded the 2023 Bacchus Award and the 2022 Margaret “Presh” Kates Doctoral Awards in Indigenous Education for her doctoral dissertation. Her research includes learning from/with the Land, experiences of Indigenous youth, identity, healing, and matriarchal wisdom.
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YOUTH PANEL
Ch’indee neekaii gwits’at: nankak gatr’onahtan
(From Both Eyes, On the Land We Learn): Perspectives from Indigenous Youth
March 17 11:30-13:00 MDT
Norma Kassi (Moderator)Norma was raised and educated in Old Crow, the most northerly community in the Yukon. She is a citizen of the Vuntut Gwich’in First Nation (People of the Lakes) and a member of the Wolf Clan. She gained her depth of traditional, scientific and ecological knowledge in Old Crow flats where her grandfather, mother and the land were the bearers of this invaluable, ancient knowledge, which was passed on to Norma at a very young age.
Norma is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science at McGill University in Montreal, where she has co-led community-based research and training initiatives focused on climate change adaptation. She also serves as Senior Advisor to the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, which advocates for Indigenous-led land use planning, Guardians programs, and the creation of Indigenous Protected Areas. |
Lucas LaneLucas Lane is Inuit from Makkovik, Labrador in the Nunatsiavut Inuit Settlement. He was raised on the land and taught to hunt and trap by his Dad and Uncles. He hunts and provides wild food for his town and he cuts firewood for income. Lucas’ favourite things to do include being at the cabin, hunting, trapping, riding ski doo in the winter, and getting out on the water during the summer. Lucas also loves studying and reading the land without any electronics. His favourite meat is polar bear and sometimes he takes his sled out water skipping. Lucas is concerned about his ability to hunt, trap and provide food for his town in the future because the lack of ice and snow due to climate change is making it difficult to get around and he has witnessed low animal populations such as caribou. Lucas wants to go to school to pursue his passion and become a carpenter.
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Zakayla NetroZakayla Netro was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is Vuntut Gwitchin from her Father’s side, and Cree and Métis from her Mother’s side. Growing up in the North, she has always been connected to the land. She has learned many things through frequent trips to Old Crow, spending time in community and on the land with her father. Zakayla’s Grandma owns The Indian Craft Shop in Whitehorse, where Zakayla spends lots of her time surrounded by beautiful First Nation art. When she graduated high school in 2021, she wasn't too sure about what she wanted to do next. However, furthering her education is very important to her. So, in December of 2021, she spoke at the Yukon Forum representing Vuntut Gwitchin youth. It was her first time public speaking, and this soon became her passion. Today, Zakayla uses her voice to encourage and inspire other youth in her community and throughout the North.
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Samantha SaksagiakAtelihai (welcome)! Samantha Saksagiak is from Nain, Labrador in the Nunatsiavut Inuit Settlement. Samantha is the first from her family to attend university and is studying law and society, with plans to be an Inuk lawyer helping Indigenous people. Samantha is an empowered and bright Indigenous advocate for Indigenous rights and issues. She hopes to inspire and help people wherever she goes. Samantha is currently taking an international internship in Gambia, Africa for international development.
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