Tuesday April 5
Let's Talk About Renewal 11:30AM-12:30PM
Indigenous OCAD U students, faculty, staff and Indigenous community members are invited to join this group discussion on Zoom with both Visiting Elders Liz Osawamick and Catherine Tammaro! Click here to register!
Individual Sessions 12:30-3:30PM
Indigenous OCAD U students, faculty and staff can meet with Liz or Catherine virtually for up to an hour, between 12:30-3:30pm. To schedule a virtual session, please contact rkennedy@ocadu.ca. Sessions are held on Zoom.
Braiding Relationships: Empowering Conversations 3:30-4:30PM
All are welcome to join this open discussion with Liz and Catherine on Zoom! Click here to register!
Elizabeth (Liz) Osawamick is an Anishinaabe Midewiwin-kwe community leader, Water Walker/activist, jingle dress dancer, devoted parent and professional teacher. She is President of Anishnaabemowin Teg, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, teaching and developing Anishnaabe language and cultural pride. A leader of the Kawartha area Water Walks under the guidance of Elders Dr Shirley I Williams and the late Nookomis Josephine Mandamin, Liz has dedicated her life to her people, her language, the lands, and the waters.
Catherine Tammaro (Taǫmęˀšreˀ • date:žátǫ ⁿgyaˀwiš hatiyerunǫˀ, Wyandot FaithKeeper: People of the Little Turtle (Clan) Keepers of the Heavens, Carriers of the Fire ) was born in Toronto and raised in Toronto and the US. She has a 50-year history of multidisciplinary art making. Her multi-media works have been exhibited in traditional and alternative gallery spaces and her written works and musical compositions have been published in various blogs and installations. She is a seated Little/Spotted Turtle Clan FaithKeeper, and a citizen of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation/Wendat Confederacy. Catherine is Akin Studio’s premiere Indigenous Elder Artist in Residence, is the Elder for the Toronto Indigenous Business Association and an Elder for Ojibiikaan; the Visiting Elder at OCADU, Elder in Residence at Evergreen Brickworks, and one of two at Taiaiako:n Historical Preservation Society. She also served on the Council at the Children's Peace Theatre for two years. She is the Program Manager for the Indigenous Arts Program at the the Toronto Arts Council and is working with many agencies and on may projects city wide and beyond, to advise and facilitate art making/teaching workshops, as well as maintaining her own art practise regarding spiritual and ever changing realities as they pertain to our connection to the sacred multiverse.