In recognition of National Indigenous History Month, join the Community for Belonging Reading Group on Thursday, June 5, for an afternoon honouring Indigenous histories and futures, with an opportunity to reflect on our contributions toward reconciliation. 

The event will feature a Storywalk exploring the history of Indigenous presence and contemporary activities across the University of Toronto’s St. George campus, combined with a discussion of the corresponding texts The Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation by Eugenia Kisin and Retreating to Re-Treat by The Collective Encounter. It offers a space to consider the campus’s history and how it reflects “Indigenous protocols for enacting justice between persons, things and territories.” 

Date: Thursday, June 5
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m. 
Location: Eberhard Zeidler Library 
Register in advance.

Trina Moyan, Nehiyawak Nation, advisor and educator on the Daniels Faculty's First Peoples Leadership Advisory Group, will lead the Storywalk from the Daniels Building at 1 Spadina Crescent (the former Knox College), weaving participants through sites and time with stops including First Nations House, the Ziibing pavilion, Philosopher's Walk and more.

All Daniels Faculty community members are invited to participate and consider their own contributions toward reconciliation, encouraging thoughtful engagement with Indigenous histories and futures.

Limited copies of the books will be available for free on a first-come, first-served basis in the Eberhard Zeidler Library.

The Community for Belonging Reading Group is sponsored by U of T Affinity Partners, Manulife and TD Insurance.