Scotty Creek Research Community – The Spirit of Collaboration

On Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m., join the producers of Signal Fire for a screening and Q&A at Princess Twin Cinemas in Waterloo. This inspiring documentary, co-produced by Laurier Associate Professor Heidi Swanson, brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to understand how research can foster reconciliation. Like a signal fire, it is a call to action — and a beacon to show the way.

Get free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/documentary-film-screening-signal-fire-tickets-1038214998007?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Check out this inspring video!

Liidlii Kue First Nation along with other communities in the Dehcho produced a short film on the Scotty Creek fire and the rebuilding process.

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he Weston Family Foundation is honouring eight Wilfrid Laurier University graduate and postdoctoral researchers with 2024 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research. Weston Family Northern Scholars are encouraged to co-design their research with northern communities, with the goal of protecting and restoring biodiversity in Canada.

“The Weston Family Awards are among Canada’s most prestigious student prizes in the natural sciences,” says Jonathan Newman, vice-president: research. “Seeing eight Laurier winners, including six master’s students in a category of just 15 total awards, is an outstanding feat. This is a credit to Laurier’s strong northern research and our faculty supervisors who create exceptional training opportunities in the North.”