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Donations totalling $13 million from McGill alumnus Gerald Rimer and the Rimer family will support a major renovation of the University’s Leacock Building and build the foundation for a future Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledges (IIRK) a

Donations from alumnus Gerald Rimer and family will support a major renovation project, and anchor a future Institute designed to build stronger

The majority of Native Americans today speak English, so how many Native American languages are still in existence and being spoken today?

In rural and Indigenous communities with limited access to weather data, generations of farmers, fishers, herders, hunters and orchardists have relied

A report by Cameron Charters for The Times of London. William Shakespeare’s portrayal of violent colonial ideas in The Tempest could be harmful to modern audiences, a writer has claimed in a project to examine alleged racism within his plays. The 17th-century play, thought to be the last one Shakespeare wrote alone, tells a tale of magic…

(Dean Heiser/Cornell University Press via AP) Sometimes, it seems like the whole world is a high school and we’re all just trying to stay in style. I mean that, not regarding fashion, but activities and ideas. One item rising in popularity: the socially-aware “land acknowledgement.” Last month, Cornell University joined the current craze. As stated by The Cornell Daily Sun, at CU’s Spring 2021 commencement ceremony, announcers read a statement recognizing “the university’s place on ...

  William Welburn. Photo courtesy of Marquette University. MILWAUKEE — Dr. William Welburn, vice president for inclusive excellence for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, will retire on Aug. 31, 2021, after 12 years of service to Marquette University. Welburn has been responsible for leading the campus’ direction on diversity, equity and inclusion by working with other campus leaders, faculty, staff, and students on envisioning a more inclusive Marquette. These efforts ...

In just a few months, Ohneganos: Let’s Talk Water has built a global following and is a finalist for two David Suzuki Foundation prizes.

In December 2020 it was reported by Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation that a task force was created to deal with the crisis of illegal drugs in the community.…

The university’s acknowledgment states that the Ithaca campus is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ', also known as the Cayuga Nation.