On November 6 from 1 to 3 p.m., Niagara College employees students and community members are invited to attend the 10th edition of the Libraries and Learning Commons Living Library event, A conversation with Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller.
Organized in partnership with NC’s Indigenous Education department, this Living Library event will welcome Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, Associate Vice President of Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research for Carleton University to campus for an intimate conversation and presentation of her performance piece “We are Her and She is Us – Sky Woman’s Story”. The piece is a first-person, modern telling of the Haudenosaunee story of creation that centres on Sky Woman and her fall to earth.
Moderated by NC’s Indigenous Education and Cultural Advisor, Karl Dockstader, this event will explore Dr. Horn-Miller’s Sky Woman story as part of the oral literature and history of the Haudenosaunee and is an opportunity for our college community to better understand Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing through a matriarch-led Indigenous perspective.
NC employees, students, alumni and community members are invited to register for this hybrid event and can attend in-person at the Welland Campus (Room AH 255) or virtually via Zoom. Seating in Room AH 255 is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
About Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller
Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Kahente means “she walks ahead”) (Kanien:keha’ka/Mohawk) earned her PhD in Humanities at Concordia University in 2009. She conducts research and writes on issues such as Haudenosaunee culture and community, Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous women, identity politics, colonization, Indigenous governance and consensus-based decision making. She has also served as a co-chair of the Carleton University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee where Carleton University has been presented with their own 41 Calls to Action.
In 2018, she began the Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles Project that is increasingly being incorporated into courses at Carleton University to bring Indigenous knowledge into the classroom. The bundles have since been expanded to professional development for faculty and staff.
About the Living Library series
The Living Library Event series contributes to the wholistic experience of Niagara College and wider community by offering a platform where the lived experiences of equity-deserving communities can be shared through open dialogue and in a respectful environment. Through the series, we challenge misunderstanding and provide educational opportunities to learn about topics that contribute to creating a vibrant and inclusive society.
NC’s Libraries and Learning Commons team, in collaboration with departments across the College, has hosted educational events in the Living Library format for various themes and days of significance since 2020.
Recordings of past events are available online via the Libraries and Learning Commons’ Living Library Event Guide.
