MCYU April Family Lecture: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Schedule
Sat Apr 25 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Room 1A1 | Hamilton, ON
This Month's Topic: "Indigenous Ecological Knowledge" by Dawn Martin-Hill.
Join us and guest Lecturer Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill as we explore what Indigenous ecological knowledge is and why it is important to the planet's biodiversity.
About Dawn Martin-Hill:
Dawn is Mohawk and resides with her family at Six Nations of the Grand River. She was the first Indigenous cultural anthropologist in Canada and continues to break barriers in education and research. She founded the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University as a Master’s graduate student in 1992. Her primary focus over three decades is working with the environment, community, women, and youth to develop Indigenous ways of knowing capacity that can be applied in resolving real-world issues such as access to clean water. She led over eight interdisciplinary teams' co-producing holistic assessments of community wellness, water access, and environmental justice and addressing improving ecosystem health and impacts on quality of life. Her current research is applied in and by community ecological knowledge through working with students and the community to create bilingual tools (apps, virtual reality, water sensors, Indigenous mapping, climate change modeling, digital learning platforms, film, and art) to increase capacity in water monitoring and management.
Time: 11am-12pm
Cost: Free
Ages: Geared towards ages 7-14 (Whole family and all ages
welcome)
The MCYU Family Lecture Series is a free monthly event on McMaster's main campus. These lectures are geared toward young individuals ages 7–14 and cover all science technology engineering arts and math (STEAM) topics. The lectures are presented by post-secondary professors who are experts in their field. This is an opportunity for all young individuals to experience what it feels like to be a university student.
Visit http://mcyu.mcmaster.ca for more info
Where is it happening?
McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Room 1A1 , 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, CanadaUSD 0.00
