About this Event

Date: Thursday, November 25, 2021
Location: Virtual via Hopin
Cost: Free for all participants

Hosted by Queen's University, Toronto Metropolitan University and Ryerson City Building, AIMday™ Future of Livable Cities aims to address ongoing challenges in multiple areas that affect quality of life in cities – including pollution, climate change mitigation, greener infrastructure, housing, transit and transportation, public administration and community health and safety.

As we begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and universities have an unprecedented opportunity to work together to chart a new path, reimagining how cities can better support residents and sustain communities.

For Organizations

Solve your most pressing challenges

AIMday helps organizations connect with leading academic researchers. AIMday Future of Livable Cities is an opportunity to: Explore solutions to your organization’s challenges and questions. Cultivate collaborations for maximum real-world impact. Envision and implement the future of cities with other organizations and researchers. Access leading-edge knowledge, ideas, technology and insights.

 Overview for organizations (PDF, 227 KB)

For Researchers

Open up new avenues of research

AIMday helps researchers connect with external organizations and learn how their research relates to real-world needs. AIMday Future of Livable Cities is an opportunity for faculty who are:

• Interested in building new partnerships in a specific area of research.
• Interested in connecting with other researchers working on similar channels.
• Identifying opportunities for their graduate students.
• Looking to learn more about the latest challenges organizations are facing.
• Looking at challenges from new angles and different perspectives.

Once researcher registration is open, you will be able to see the list of planned questions and register for the discussions that align with your research interests.

Registration

The land has a crucial role in all aspects of life, and it nurtures relationality in Indigenous and decolonial approaches to research and learning. Land-based practices and pedagogies contribute to positive health impacts, wellness, and community-building. They provide meaningful and highly effective ways of supporting connection to Indigenous ways of being and knowing.

In this session Queen’s Elder-in-residence, researchers and educators will share their stories, reflections, and perspectives on applying land-based learning in research and education initiatives they are involved in.

Topics covered in this session include:

• The key role of the land in nurturing relationality.
• Applications and impacts of land-based methodologies in research and learning.
• The principles of no harm, respect, and reciprocity – giving back and respecting the gifts that come from the land.
• Honouring all our relations and centering land stewardship and caretaking instead of land ownership.

Video:

The transcript and closed captioning of this video were auto-generated. We apologize in advance for any errors in the transcription.

Session Material:

•  Alice Johnston presentation deck (POWERPOINT 6 MB)

Presenters:

• Deb St. Amant
• Lindsay Brant
• Jennifer Davis
• Alice Johnston

Moderator:

• Aleksandra Bergier - Research Advisor, Indigenous Initiatives

Questions? Please contact Andrea Hiltz ( ahiltz@queensu.ca)

Learn more about the Resources for Research at Queen’s series