Community worker and advocate Jeannette Corbiere Lavell and her daughter, Dr. Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard, Director of the First Peoples House of Learning at Trent, will talk about their work advocating for the legal status rights of Indigenous women in the Indian act and their efforts, research, and writing toward protecting equality of Indigenous women and children.

Prior to their talk, Nogojiwanong/Peterborough's 2021-22 Poet Laureate Sarah Lewis will perform two poems in honour of Indigenous women's rights. Sarah is an award-winning Anishinaabe-kwe spoken word artist, activist, and community organizer.

After Dr. Lavell the talk, there will be a virtual tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' exhibits on Indigenous human rights.

This event is sponsored by Trent University Library & Archives and the First Peoples House of Learning.

In-person Location: Bata Library, room BL411 (4th floor)

Virtual Location (Zoom live-stream): This event will be:
- Live-streamed for attendees who cannot attend in-person.
- Closed-captioned
- Broadcasted at Trent University Durham GTA in the Building A Atrium

The livestream will be available at the following links:

Livestream of talk by Jeannette Corbierre Lavell & Dr. Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard - starting 4:00 p.m.
https://trentu.zoom.us/j/99469867706?pwd=Z2lmem9LRWtYbXVlRENxY2Q0MEI0dz09
Passcode: 607168

Livestream of virtual tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights - starting 5:00 p.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81457179728?pwd=dUpFY2YyS2ljV2NXZGlsMEwxTUNSQT09
Passcode 866535

Agenda:

3:20 p.m.: Doors open

3:45 p.m.: Sarah Lewis will perform two opening poems

4:00 p.m.: Talk by Jeannette Corbiere Lavell and Dr. Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard

4:50 p.m.: Break

5:00 p.m.: Virtual tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (in the same room, BL411)

6:00 p.m.: Catered reception (in the hallway outside of BL411)

Event Accessibility

• In-person:
Accessible parking is available outside of Bata Library. The event will take place in-person on Bata Library's 4th floor, which is accessible via elevator or stairs. There are accessible, all-gender, single-stall washrooms in Bata Library, as well as multi-stall washrooms with accessible stalls.
• Virtual (Zoom live-stream):
This event will also be live-streamed for attendees who cannot attend in-person. The live-stream will be closed-captioned.

If you have any questions or need further information about the event, please feel free to reach out to:
Allison Ridgway, Student Outreach and Engagement Librarian,
allisonridgway@trentu.ca