Increasingly, scientific research is being conducted in close collaboration with Indigenous communities. Humanities and natural sciences are now progressing alongside Indigenous knowledge. This collaboration enriches contemporary science with unique perspectives: a more detailed and concrete knowledge of the territory, and a more comprehensive understanding of the relationships between humans and nature. How does this new way of practicing science change the work of researchers? How does it better meet the needs of communities? Beyond a better understanding of the world, what incredible wealth emerges from this convergence?

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 6:00 PM

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED (limited seating)

Regular price: $10 Student and senior rate (65 and over): $5

An evening discussion with:

Joséphine Bacon, Innu poet, lyricist, and storyteller. She is co-holder of the Research Chair on the Valorization of Indigenous Oral Traditions and Knowledge and, since this summer, elder in residence at UQAM; Annie Claude Bélisle, biologist and postdoctoral researcher for the Abitibiwinni First Nation Council in Pikogan and for the INRS. Her work focuses on boreal landscape ecology and Indigenous knowledge; Laurent Jérôme, anthropologist, professor in the department of religious sciences at UQAM and co-holder of the Research Chair on the Valorization of Indigenous Oral Traditions and Knowledge.

And members of the Mamuapuat Territory research team: Intercultural Cohabitation on the North Shore

Vicky Bellefleur, social worker and committed Innu from Nutashkuan; Laurie Guimond, professor in the geography department at UQAM. Her research, teaching, and community service focus on intercultural cohabitation in the living environments of the North; Nathalie Lapierre, committed citizen of Natashquan and social worker in Nutashkuan; Yvonne Mesténapéo, Innu elder and committed citizen from Nutashkuan.

Montreal premiere projection of ‘Mamuku Meshkanat: Together on the Path’, a short film directed by Benoit Desjardins, as part of the Mamuapuat Territory research.

Location: Amphitheater – Sherbrooke Pavilion of UQAM – 200 Sherbrooke Street West *Doors open at 5:30 PM

This evening is organized in collaboration with the Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival and with the support of UQAM’s Office of Inclusion and Student Success.