January 22, 10-11 am MT
(40 min presentation, 20 min q&a)
Title: Indigenous Information Literacy project
Description: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action both demand improved recognition regarding Indigenous Peoples information rights. In response to these documents and to support local Kwantlen Polytechnic University commitments to decolonize and Indigenize, a series of instructional videos were created to encourage faculty to include Indigenous Information Literacy training in their virtual courses.
This presentation will outline how the Indigenous Information Literacy project came into being, the process involved in creating the videos, an overview of the content, as well as a discussion on sharing and implementation. Following the presentation there will be opportunity for Q&A.
Presenter: Rachel Chong works as the Indigenous Engagement and Subject Liaison Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem Peoples. She graduated from the University of British Columbia's Master of Library and Information Studies with a First Nations Curriculum Concentration in 2013. Rachel is Métis through her maternal grandfather’s lineage.
Cost: Free. Registration link:
https://forms.gle/8TaXASpBE3xts2vi6This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email via
mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925