Land Acknowledgment Workshop
We invite you to join us for an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Workshop focused on Relationship to Land and Territory. This interactive session will be facilitated by faculty members Alex McComber and Richard Budgell, along with PhD student Megan L茅gar茅.
This workshop will offer a reflective, discussion-based space to explore our individual and collective relationships to land and territory, fostering thoughtful dialogue, shared learning, and deeper understanding.
A light lunch will be provided.
Event title:听Land Acknowledgement Workshop
Speakers:听Alex McComber,听Bear Clan Kanien鈥檏eha:ka from Kahnawake Territory,听Assistant Professor and Richard Budgell,听Labrador Inuit, Assistant Professor, along with Megan L茅gar茅, PhD student, Department of Family Medicine, 涩里番.
Date: Friday January 23, 1-2.30pm.
Location: In person at 5858, C么te-des-Neiges Road, 2nd floor (Room 218).
About The Speakers听
Alex McComber, Bear Clan Kanien鈥檏eha:ka from Kahnawake Territory, is a husband, father, grandfather, educator, training facilitator, and consultant working in Indigenous health and education. He is a long-standing associate with the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program.
Richard Budgell, Labrador Inuk, developed the first Canadian graduate course on Inuit health. With over 30 years of public service in Indigenous health, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and now focuses on projects such as Inuit cultural safety and urban Inuit health.
Megan L茅gar茅 is a second year PhD student in the Family Medicine and Primary Care Program of Kanien鈥檏eha:ka and European settler heritage. She is passionate about Indigenous youth cultural continuity and engagement research.
