Introducing Honouring Nations Canada
Tuesday, June 29th at 1:00 p.m. EDT
Join us on June 29, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EDT for a virtual event introducing Honouring Nations Canada (HNC), a new Fulbright Canada initiative that will identify, celebrate and share best practices in Indigenous governance in Canada, provide support for young indigenous leaders, support research, and produce policy papers. Honouring Nations Canada is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Fulbright Canada and the prestigious Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations (Honoring Nations) program of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
This event is designed to introduce the organization’s Co-Directors, the members of the HNC Circle of Advisors, and our partners at the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness and Luminary. We are pleased to share these details on the mission of HNC and introduce the people who will help shape Honouring Nations Canada.
Featured Speakers
- Michael K. Hawes, President & CEO, Fulbright Canada
- Joseph Kalt, Co-Director of HPAIED, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy (Emeritus), Harvard Kennedy School
- Megan Minoka Hill, Program Director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and Director, Honoring Nations
- Gabrielle Hughes, Director of Research, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness
- Kelly Lendsey, Founder, Luminary Network and CEO, Indigenous Works, *Honouring Nations Canada Circle of Advisors
- Robin McLay, Special Advisor to the President of Fulbright Canada and Co-Director of Honouring Nations Canada
- Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, Co-Director of Honoring Nations Canada
- Kim Samuel, Founder and Chief Belonging Officer, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness
- Matt Vickers, Director and CEO of the NorthernNations Cooperative, *Honouring Nations Canada Circle of Advisors
Honouring Nations Canada, which recognizes excellence in Indigenous governance in Canada, joins an established and growing family of programs worldwide. This family includes the Harvard University program, the Indigenous Governance Awards program in Australia, and similar programs supporting local self-governance in Brazil, Chile, China, Mexico, the Philippines, Peru, and South Africa.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Honouring Nations Canada was made possible by the generous support of the following organizations:
- The Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness (Founding Partner)
- The Government of Canada
- The Embassy of the United States in Ottawa
- The Canadian Mountain Network
- The Luminary Network