Jeannette Armstrong
Associate Professor | UBC Okanagan
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Jeannette Armstrong, Ph.D., fluent Okanagan/Nsyilxcən speaker and knowledge keeper of the Syilx Okanagan people, is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge at UBC Okanagan. She collaborates with Salish-speaking groups to re-establish Indigenous languages, historical relationships and food resource ceremonies through gatherings, trading, and protections of water and land practices. She is a recipient of the Eco Trust USA Buffett Award in Indigenous Leadership and serves on Canada’s Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee of COSEWIC.
Panel Presentations:
Council/Talking Circle: Prayer & Action – Healing Ourselves, Our Relations, with this Earth: Eight Identity-based Council & Talking Circle Sessions
December 5th | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Council/Talking Circle: Prayer & Action – Healing Ourselves, Our Relations, with this Earth: Eight Identity-based Council & Talking Circle Sessions
December 6th | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Council/Talking Circle: Prayer & Action – Healing Ourselves, Our Relations, with this Earth: Eight Identity-based Council & Talking Circle Sessions
December 12th | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
“Meta” Council/Talking Circle: Prayer & Action – Healing Ourselves, Our Relations, with this Earth: One, All-Identies-Welcome Circle with guides from the identity-based sessions
December 13th | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
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