Roundtable: Haudenosaunee Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility

Roundtable: Haudenosaunee Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility

Session Type: 
Oral
Session Date and Time: 
Thursday, 11 May, 2017 - 10:30 to 12:00
Location: 
Amphithéâter Henry-Teuscher
Session Organizer(s): 
Jessica Dolan - McGill University
Peggy Pyke-Thompson - Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of the Environment

On this panel, environmental caretakers from Akwesasne, Kahnawa:ke, and Kanesatake will speak about environmental responsibility. [Each person will speak for 15 minutes, and then we will allow 1/2 hour for questions or discussion.]

  • Peggy Pyke-Thompson, Director, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of the Environment
  • Lynn Jacobs, Environmental Advisor/Project Coordinator, Kahnawà:ke Environmental Protection Office
  • Alicia Cook, Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program, Master in Medicine
  • Iekennorehstha: Amberdawn LaFrance – Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program, Database Administrator
  • Eugene Nicholas, Director, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake Department of the Environment
  • Jessica Dolan, McGill University (Moderator)

Apprentices from the Ase Tsi Tewaton aka Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program will serve teas that participants can try.