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DESCRIPTION:\n\nCree from Lac la Ronge\, Saskatchewan\, Nakuset was adopted
  by a Jewish family in Montreal as a child. Today she is Director of the N
 ative Women’s Shelter of Montreal. In this talk\, she will discuss how she
  draws on her adoptee experience in her advocacy work for Indigenous child
 ren in care and how she was able to transform trauma into action.\n\nAbout
  Nakuset\n\nNakuset\, the Executive Director of the Native Women's Shelter
  of Montreal\, is Cree from Lac la Ronge\, Saskatchewan. She has three bea
 utiful boys\, Kistin\, Mahkisis and Mahihkan. She was adopted by a Jewish 
 family in Montreal and draws on her adoptee experience in her advocacy wor
 k for Indigenous children in care. Nakuset created\, produced and hosted t
 he television series Indigenous Power\, she was voted “Woman of the Year 2
 014” by the Montreal Council of Women\, and she is the Indigenous columnis
 t for MaTV’s CityLife. Nakuset was featured in Real Talk on Race\, the awa
 rd-winning CBC series. In 2017\, she was selected by the CKX City Series a
 s a speaker/shift disturber due to the work she does to shift the status q
 uo for urban Aboriginal women. In November 2017\, she was a speaker for TE
 DxMontrealWomen. In 2018\, she testified for 3 days at the Viens Commissio
 n\, a public inquiry into the discrimination of Indigenous people of Quebe
 c. She testified in June 2018 at the MMIW Inquiry in Calgary. In February 
 2019\, she presented at WE Day. She was recently featured in the “End of 2
 010’s interview for Global” to discuss the past decade work with the urban
  Indigenous community. She is honoured to spearheaded and run the Cabot Sq
 uare project since its inception and to co-found Resilience Montreal. She 
 is dedicated to improving the lives of urban Indigenous people. \n\nAbout 
 the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ-McCord Dialogues\n\nOn the occasion of �鶹ɫ��Ƭ’s Bicentennial\, 
 the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ School of Continuing Studies and the McCord Museum have partner
 ed to present a series of events with the aim of breaking down barriers to
  cultural and educational institutions and reimagining art\, culture\, and
  education in our community.\n	\n	The �鶹ɫ��Ƭ-McCord Dialogues offer opportun
 ities to explore a variety of current and future-focused topics taught at 
 SCS and connected to exhibitions at the McCord Museum.\n	\n	Space is limited
  to 30 attendees. Please register to reserve your spot.\n	\n	To view all eve
 nts in the series\, visit mcgill.ca/scs-mccord\n\nVaccine Passport\n\nAs p
 er provincial regulations in place\, a vaccine passport is required to att
 end.\n\nLivestream\n\nThis event will also be livestreamed on the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ S
 chool of Continuing Studies YouTube Channel.\n\nAbout the McCord Museum\n
 \nThe McCord Museum celebrates life in Montreal\, its people and communiti
 es\, past and present. Reaching beyond the city to the wider world\, the M
 useum creates and presents engaging exhibitions and educational and cultur
 al activities with a critical and inclusive take on social history. It is 
 renowned for its collections of Archives\, Documentary Art\, Dress\, Fashi
 on and Textiles\, Indigenous Cultures\, Material Culture\, and Photography
 \, comprising 200\,000 objects and artworks\, 2\,150\,000 photographs\, 3\
 ,500 rare books and 340 linear metres of textual archives. Founded on Octo
 ber 13\, 1921\, the Museum is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary wi
 th special programming until Autumn 2022. McCord Museum: Our People\, Our 
 Stories.\n\nLearn more at musee-mccord.qc.ca\n\nRegister\n
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SUMMARY:Fuelling Trauma into Action
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