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ASPO Fireside Chat 2025

Agenda

10:00 – 10:06 AM – Haudenosaunee Opening Address
Bonnie Jane Maracle, Traditional Teacher, First Nations House

10:06 – 10:12 AM – Welcome Remarks
Brianna Sands, Special Projects Officer, Indigenous Initiatives
on behalf of Shannon Simpson, Senior Director, Indigenous Initiatives

10:12 – 10:20 AM – Opening Remarks
Mike DeGagné, Professor, Special Advisor to the Vice-President and Principal (UTSC) on Indigenous Initiatives

Panelists:
Bonnie Jane Maracle, Traditional Teacher, First Nations House
David Kim, Warden, Hart House
Dr. Jon Johnson, Associate Professor, Woodsworth College
Ryan Hinds, Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, DLSPH
Tee Copenace, Director, Indigenous Initiatives, UTM

1:05 – 1:15 PM – ASPO Updates

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.