Indigenous Education: Lessons in self-determination from the Akwesasne Freedom School - March 1

[Lucy Manchester]

McGill University’s Aboriginal Sustainability Project and the Sauvé
Scholar Program is proud to announce that we will be hosting

‘Indigenous Education : Lessons in Self-Determination from the
Akwesasne Freedom School’

Join us for an interesting discussion with Dr. Louellyn White on the
Akwesasne freedom schools’ self determination practices in indigenous
education.


Dr. Louellyn White is Mohawk from Akwesasne and grew up in the Mohawk
Valley of central New York. She is currently an Assistant Professor in
First Peoples Studies at Concordia University. She completed a PhD in
American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona where she
focused on Indigenous education and language revitalization. Dr. White
was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois. Her book
manuscript "Free to be Kanienkeha'ka: A case study of educational self-
determination at the Akwesasne Freedom School," will be published with
the University of Oklahoma Press.


Visit our Facebook event page : https://www.facebook.com/events/339374076095780/

Thursday, March 1

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Maison Jeanne Sauvé
1514, Docteur-Penfield Avenue

FREE ADMISSION

For more info, please contact:

Allan Vicaire, allan.vicaire@ mcgill.ca

Project Coordinator on the Aboriginal Sustainability Project
Tel: (514) 398-3711