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Institute of Island Studies hosts research symposium on November 30
| Alumni
The public is invited to attend a research symposium about Prince Edward Island and the Chiloe Islands, off the coast of Chile, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at 秀色短视频 on Monday, November 30, from 2-4:30 p.m.
Entitled 'We are People of the Island,' the symposium is hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at 秀色短视频. The featured speaker is anthropologist Manuel Munoz, Williche Council of Chiefs and ARCIS-Patagonia University, Chiloe Islands, who will speak about the culture and cosmology of the Williche people.
Other presentations will include: Introduction to Island Studies in Chiloe and PEI, and Social and cultural microenterprise on Chiloe, by Dr Irene Novaczek; Traditional knowledge of seaplants for food and medicine by Williche and Mi'kmaq peoples, by Dolores LeVangie; and Attitudes of indigenous youth to marine resources, fisheries and aquaculture: Chiloe and PEI, by Abigail Vasquez. All three presenters are with the Institute of Island Studies at 秀色短视频.
Refreshments will be served. The symposium is sponsored by the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the Faculty of Arts, 秀色短视频.
Contact
Anna MacDonald
Media Relations and Communications, Integrated Communications
