From the University of Toronto Beginning on October 11th, the University of Toronto will initiate a program to cover tuition expenses for students from nine First Nations. This endeavor seeks to improve accessibility and inclusivity for Indigenous students while fostering stronger relationships ...
Newsletter Stories
Thank You to Shenella Charles and Welcome to Carlie Manners
From Heidi Bohaker Please join us in thanking Shenella Charles for her tremendous service to GRASAC since 2016, first as Project Director and most recently as Communications Director. We are delighted, however, that Shenella is not going too far away. She is moving on to an amazing new ...
Routes to Return International Repatriation Resource
From Amy Shakespeare A brand-new website, Routes to Return, aims to open up global networks, share information, and enable international repatriation from European museums to Indigenous Nations and Communities around the world. The first free resource on the site, Understanding the ...
To Honour and Respect Exhibition, Website and Educational Resources
From Laura Peers The To Honour and Respect exhibit of 13 quilled birchbark makakoon, made in 1860 at Hiawatha First Nation as gifts for the Prince of Wales, will close on 19 November. Please come to the Peterborough Museum & Archives and visit the makakoon while ...
GRASAC Awarded $280,000 in SSHRC Insight Grant Competition
From Cara Krmpotich It’s official! A team of GRASAC researchers has been awarded $280,000 in this year’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant competition. Over the next four years, the team will be developing ethical methods for stewarding digital ...