Professor Kevin White discusses the challenges and opportunities of gaining access to oral histories in rethinking Seneca and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) [Read More]
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The Centre for Indigenous Studies (CIS) is mandated to foster innovative, participatory research with urban Indigenous peoples and develop collaborations with Indigenous communities and community organizations. CIS cultivates research related to Indigenous pedagogy, methodologies and epistemology that focus on Indigenous peoples as cultural workers, social change agents, leaders and thinkers. CIS also supports the recruitment and retention of Indigenous graduate and undergraduate students, and is working to enhance the visibility of Indigenous peoples at the University of Toronto
CIS houses Indigenous Studies, an undergraduate program within the Faculty of Arts and science, along with a key project: Ciimaan/Kahuwe’yá/Qajaq, which promotes and facilitates language learning in Anishinaabemowin, Haudenosaunee Languages, and Inuktitut.