Research Fridays @ Intersections of Gender - The Impacts of the Grassroots Movement: The Truth of the Survival of Indigenous Peoples
with Stephanie Harpe - 13 September 2022
Research Fridays @ Intersections of Gender - The Impacts of the Grassroots Movement: The Truth of the Survival of Indigenous Peoples, September 16, 2022 @ 12:15 P.M. MDT
IG welcomes Stephanie Harpe (she/her), a singer, songwriter, actor, and independent grassroots advocate for Indigenous peoples. Stephanie will forefront the struggle of Murdered or Missing and Exploited Indigenous Peoples (MMEIP) and share how she is healing, fighting, and loving in times of genocide, systematic racism, and oppression. With a special focus on provincial and national action plans, particularly the MMEIP Initiative for Fort McMurray, Stephanie will speak to the growing problem of human trafficking in Canada, the importance of grassroots activism, hearing voices on the ground, and the need to lead in love.
Hosted by Lana Whiskeyjack, multidisciplinary treaty nêhiyaw (Cree) scholartist from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies.
Bios
Stephanie Harpe is an international advocate for the safety, security, and human rights of Murdered or Missing and Exploited Indigenous Peoples (MMEIP). She is a Residential School and murder attempt survivor, daughter of a murdered mother, niece of a historical Chief, and a member of the community of Fort Mckay First Nations.
Lana Whiskeyjack is a multidisciplinary treaty nêhiyaw (Cree) scholartist from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Alberta. Lana integrates Indigenous ways of knowing within Western academia in her scholarship, research and course development. Her research, writing, and creativity focuses on Indigenous sexual health, economic security, transforming intergenerational trauma to resilience, and Indigenous visual literacy.
Hosted by Lana Whiskeyjack, multidisciplinary treaty nêhiyaw (Cree) scholartist from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies.
Bios
Stephanie Harpe is an international advocate for the safety, security, and human rights of Murdered or Missing and Exploited Indigenous Peoples (MMEIP). She is a Residential School and murder attempt survivor, daughter of a murdered mother, niece of a historical Chief, and a member of the community of Fort Mckay First Nations.
Lana Whiskeyjack is a multidisciplinary treaty nêhiyaw (Cree) scholartist from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Alberta. Lana integrates Indigenous ways of knowing within Western academia in her scholarship, research and course development. Her research, writing, and creativity focuses on Indigenous sexual health, economic security, transforming intergenerational trauma to resilience, and Indigenous visual literacy.