Lakehead University’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives invites you to join us for our R & I Week Event – Weweni Zhichge: Building Community Research Together Through Hide Tanning (Panel Discussion) on Thursday, February 26, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the CASES ATRIUM. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required. Please share widely.

Event Contact Name: Stacey Pawluk
Event Contact E-mail: admin.ii@lakeheadu.ca

About the Event

This event is a panel discussion bringing together Lakehead researchers and community partners to discuss building healthy research relationships, hide-tanning as a resurgent practice, the importance of Indigenous-led land-based learning, and bringing Anishinaabe ways of knowing and being into university spaces. It is hosted by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives.

Panelists

Dr. Larissa Speak is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Mino-waabandan Inaakonigewinan Indigenous Law and Justice Institute at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. She is a member of Fort William First Nation with both Anishinaabe and settler roots. Her work focuses on Anishinaabe law and practices through community engagement and land-based practices.

Dr. Leigh Potvin (she/they) is an Associate Professor in the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Tourism. She is a settler scholar from Thunder Bay. Her work focuses on settler colonialism and equity recreation/outdoor spaces.

Registration

To register for this event, please click here.

Registration (Live-Stream)

If you aren’t able to join us in person, this event will live-streamed. Please register here.