Event
Integrating Your Non-Academic Life and Career into Academia: Keynote & Lunch
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 12:00to14:00
Sherbrooke 688, room 1041, CA
Join the Office of Indigenous Initiatives as they host Professor Natasha I. Macdonald (Department of Integrated Studies in Education & Office of First Nations and Inuit Education) for a keynote address entitled, “Integrating Your Non-Academic Life and Career into Academia.” Register now.
The keynote will take place on Tuesday, September 26 at Sherbrooke 688, room 1041, from 12:00-2:00 pm and lunchboxes will be provided by Kahnawake-based catering company, Messy Kitchen.
Talk Description:
"As a fairly new Indigenous academic who has had 20 years of a rewarding life and career outside of academia, I decided to make my “other life” a strength and the basis for my studies and research. Some of us didn’t go into graduate studies right away but took a winding path serving our communities. Let’s celebrate that – it all counts!"
To find out more about the 2023 Indigenous Awareness Weeks, which this event is part of, please visit the IAW webpage.
Natasha Ita MacDonald
Natasha Ita MacDonald is Inuk, originally from Nunavik. MacDonald is a new assistant professor in DISE and the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education at Concordia University. MacDonald specializes in decolonizing English second language education, with a focus on intercultural communication via social media in Inuit communities where Inuktitut is still a first language.
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