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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we invite Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke\, Assistant Profe
 ssor at the Department of Family Medicine and Director of the Indigenous H
 ealth Professional Program who will be speaking on ceremonies. Her talk is
  entitled: The Haudenosaunee Cycle of Ceremonies: Midwinter\, Time of Rene
 wal: Affirming our Health and Wellness.\n\n \n\nMidwinter ceremonies mark 
 the start of the new year for the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse).
  Ceremony is the expression of thanks and appreciation by the people to th
 e natural world\, the spirit world and to creator/creation.\n\n \n\n\n	When
 : Thursday\, February 23 from 5.30pm to 7 p.m.\n\n	Where: The Department of
  Family Medicine\, 5858 Côte-des-Neiges\, Montreal (Third floor)\n\n	Regist
 ration\n\n\n \n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nMs. Rourke\, a member of the Akwesas
 ne Mohawk Nation\, leads the Indigenous Health Professional Program (IHPP)
  in the ongoing implementation and evolution of its long-term action plan 
 to increase the number of Indigenous students in all health-related profes
 sional programs. Her work is based on needs and priorities identified by I
 ndigenous communities\, in particular within the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøRéseau Universitai
 re Intégré de Santé et Services Sociaux.\n\nMs. Rourke has worked with tra
 ditional knowledge holders\, teachers and elders\, and has extensive exper
 tise in strategic planning\, policy development and representing Indigenou
 s communities. She has a Master’s in Educational Leadership from St. Lawre
 nce University\, Canton\, NY. Last year she completed the Executive Leader
 ship Doctoral Program in Social Justice at St. John Fisher College\, Syrac
 use\, NY.\n\nFrom 2016 to 2018\, Ms. Rourke was the Ontario Community Liai
 son (Community Outreach and Support Services) for the National Inquiry int
 o Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls. In this role\, she prov
 ided trauma-informed support to family members and survivors. She was also
  responsible for strategic planning of the Community Hearings\, statement 
 gathering and expert knowledge-holder hearings.\n\nSince early 2020\, Ms. 
 Rourke has been a consultant for Rematriation Magazine and the non-profit 
 Kanenhí:io Iokwaiénthos-Sisterhood Gatherings\, part of the Native North A
 merican Travelling College (NNATC)\, a cultural educational institution an
 d organization promoting and preserving Kanien’keha (Mohawk) culture and t
 raditions. From 2014 to 2016\, she served as NNATC’s Executive Director\, 
 and was responsible for operations\, site management and development\, par
 tnerships with community organizations and cultural workshops.\n\nPrevious
 ly\, Ms. Rourke held several positions in the Akwesasne community\, includ
 ing Community Educator for an HIV/AIDS Education Program and Junior Policy
  Analyst for the Nation Building Program\, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. Th
 ere she gained knowledge about self-governance\, Indigenous rights and neg
 otiations with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (now replaced by two dep
 artments\, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Indi
 genous Services Canada) on governance and land jurisdiction.\n\nIn 2021\, 
 Ms. Rourke was a panellist at the UN Food Systems Summit-Indigenous Youth 
 Global Declaration on Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems. She currentl
 y serves on the Akwesasne Cultural Center Board of Directors\, and has bee
 n an Indigenous Young Women’s Council Youth Mentor/Auntie and Global Indig
 enous Youth Caucus Mentor for more than 10 years.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n
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SUMMARY:The Haudenosaunee Cycle of Ceremonies with Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke
URL:/familymed/channels/event/haudenosaunee-cycle-cere
 monies-sarah-konwahahawi-rourke-345760
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