Monday, June 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PMEastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00
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Title: A Metis Engineer’s Journey to use Engineering to give Voice to the Under-Represented
Description: In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada (June 21), Metis Engineer Professor Jason Bazylak will be talking about his own personal journey into engineering. About how his path into engineering was driven by a desire to bring Voice to the Indigenous people of Turtle Island and eventually to all peoples whose Voice was not previously heard in the engineering profession. About how the strength of a community is in its inclusion. The great Metis leader, unacknowledged for his important role in the founding Canada, Louis Riel once said, “My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.” As well, I think that it will be the Indigenous scholars, like engineers, who give us our Voice back.
Speaker: Professor Jason Bazylak is a Metis Professional Engineer (Homeland: Duck Lake / Professional Engineers of Ontario), Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Dean’s Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives, and Associate Professor Teaching Stream. Prof. Bazylak also runs an award winning first year design course series for engineering students..
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