alan corbiere aninishinaabe perspectives from sacred stories and written sources

event date: 
friday, january 28, 2022 - 11:00am est
event location: 
via zoom
event contact name: 
sheila pelletier-demerah
event contact e-mail: 
adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca

alan corbiere

aninishinaabe perspectives from sacred stories and written sources

friday, january 28th, 2022

11:00 am to 12:30 pm est

via zoom

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alan corbiere alan ojiig corbiere, bne doodem (ruffed grouse clan), is an anishinaabe from m'chigeeng first nation on manitoulin island. he was educated on the reserve and then attended the university of toronto for a bachelor of science, he then entered york university and earned his master's of environmental studies. during his master's studies he focused on anishinaabe narrative and anishinaabe language revitalization. for five years he served as the executive director at the ojibwe cultural foundation (ocf) in m'chigeeng, a position which also encompassed the roles of curator and historian. he also served as the anishinaabemowin revitalization program coordinator at lakeview school, m'chigeeng first nation, where he and his co-workers developed a culturally based second language program that focused on using anishinaabe stories to teach language. he is now an assistant professor in the history department at york university.

 

 


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