Kat Pasquach

volunteers staffing Turtle Island market tentThe Turtle Island pop-up will sell T-shirts, lawn signs, buttons, and cookbooks to support a fund for Indigenous students.

Market pop-ups to support Indigenous students

The Turtle Island Aboriginal Education Centre is offering items for sale to support a fund for Indigenous students at a series of pop-ups starting this weekend.

Available for purchase are buttons, T-shirts, and lawn signs bearing messages for Orange Shirt Day, and the Campus Community Cookbook filled with recipes submitted by faculty, students, and staff.

Vincent Georgie, Kat Pasquach, Heather GrondinActing associate vice-president, external Vincent Georgie and co-ordinator of Indigenous outreach and retention Kat Pasquach of the University of Windsor express thanks to Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority vice-president for corporate affairs and external relations Heather Grondin on funding from its Community Benefits Plan.

Indigenous programming to benefit from bridge funding

The Aboriginal Education Centre received funds from the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority to support its programs serving Indigenous students.
Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, administrators, and student-athletes on the stageIndigenous Knowledge Keepers, administrators, and student-athletes took to the stage Tuesday at the Windsor International Film Festival for a panel discussion before a screening of “Indian Horse.”

Film panel discussion encourages action in Truth and Reconciliation

A pre-film discussion Nov. 1 at the Windsor International Film Festival featured Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, administrators, and athletes.