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Institute of Island Studies hosts research symposium on November 30
| Alumni
The public is invited to attend a research symposium about Prince Edward Island and the Chiloe Islands, off the coast of Chile, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at 17³Ô¹Ï on Monday, November 30, from 2-4:30 p.m.
Entitled 'We are People of the Island,' the symposium is hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at 17³Ô¹Ï. The featured speaker is anthropologist Manuel Munoz, Williche Council of Chiefs and ARCIS-Patagonia University, Chiloe Islands, who will speak about the culture and cosmology of the Williche people.
Other presentations will include: Introduction to Island Studies in Chiloe and PEI, and Social and cultural microenterprise on Chiloe, by Dr Irene Novaczek; Traditional knowledge of seaplants for food and medicine by Williche and Mi'kmaq peoples, by Dolores LeVangie; and Attitudes of indigenous youth to marine resources, fisheries and aquaculture: Chiloe and PEI, by Abigail Vasquez. All three presenters are with the Institute of Island Studies at 17³Ô¹Ï.
Refreshments will be served. The symposium is sponsored by the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the Faculty of Arts, 17³Ô¹Ï.
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