News & Stories: Indigenous

November 25, 2024

‘Building my scholarship, giving back to my community’: Doctoral candidate Louis Busch wins 2024 SSHRC Talent Award

Doctoral student Louis Busch has been awarded the 2024 Talent Award – which is apart of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Impact award program

From left to right: Elder Clayton Shirt, Interim Dean Normand Labrie, Professor Clare Brett and Professor Sandra Styres sit in the new land-centred learning environment at OISE

August 5, 2022

Digitally immersive, land-centred space at OISE to support Indigenous research

A new digitally immersive, land-centred learning environment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education will provide a key space for Indigenous-specific research.

September 27, 2024

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance, an evening with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

On November 8, OISE is honoured to welcome renowned Indigenous land defender Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel.

September 26, 2024

OISE researchers shed light on the experiences of caregivers in Nunavut's family service system, makes recommendations

A new study by researchers at OISE and the Umingmak Centre provides insights into the experiences of caregivers of children involved in Family Services in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Imagine of peoples planting together in a field.

September 17, 2024

Ecological Restoration Community Planting at the University of Toronto Scarborough

Join Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag Indigenous youth program & UTSC Grounds on October 12, 2024, to help plant 300 native trees and shrubs along the Highland Creek.

September 4, 2024

Grassy Narrows River Run Rally

Grassy Narrows invites you to walk in solidarity to cultivate Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice at Grange Park in Toronto on Sept 18, 2024.

February 16, 2021

Centring relationality at the IEN: Creating spaces to build good relations between Indigenous, Black-Indigenous, and Black people

IEN marked its recent 30th anniversary by re-centring and reasserting a commitment to relationships with Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous people.

May 27, 2024

OISE Leithwood Award winner shares humbling journey to understanding Indigenous language, literacy skills and practices

Dr. Lois Maplethorpe has been named the 2024 winner of the Leithwood Award for OISE Outstanding Thesis of the Year.

The research team, pictured in the University of Manitoba Indigenous Community Space: Gaa-maamawabing.

May 10, 2024

OISE co-led Indigenous collaboration to bring findings to community, Elders

A research collaboration with OISE, University of Manitoba, Lakehead University, and Simon Fraser University will present their findings publicly on May 13th.

SSHRC jeffrey ansloos impact grant forest pond

March 11, 2024

OISE prof wins grant to examine connections between extractive resource sector, suicide, and prevention in Indigenous communities

A research team is examining connections between the extractive resource sector and rates of suicidal distress and death by suicide in Indigenous communities.

Professor Jeffrey Ansloos is talking with two graduate students inside the new Critical Health and Social Action Lab.

February 6, 2024

Advancing Indigenous Health Justice: Inside the Critical Health and Social Action Lab at OISE

Professor Jeffrey Ansloos and his research team are making strides in the fields of suicide prevention and mental health research.

January 25, 2024

SCAN "Value Change for Survival: Facing Climate Change from a Haudenosaunee Point of View," with Rick Hill

The Indigenous Solidarity Committee of Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) is hosting a global webinar featuring Rick Hill.