Public Speaking and Workshops
Over the past fifteen years I have spoken and delivered workshops on a range of topics related to Indigenous and Anishinaabe knowledge at local national and International levels. As a dynamic presenter I engage audiences and challenge their assumptions about Indigenous peoples.
From elementary students to executives, I often inspire listeners to find within themselves answers to challenges they may face, based on teachings of the Ancestors. My goal is to leave audiences feeling reinvigorated to take action – whatever those actions may be that best serve their community.
The focus of my sharing often relates to Indigenous and Anishinaabe land sustainability practices, Food Sovereignty, practical methods for responding to climate change, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and land-based preparation strategies that can enable future generations to thrive.
I have delivered over 200 invited lectures, workshops and keynote presentations in my career.
Other presentation topics include
- Manidookewin, Eshkakamikwe, Aanikoobijiganag minawaaa Noojimo’iwewin: Ceremony, Mother Earth, Ancestors and Healing
- Reconciliation through honouring treaties
- History of Anishinaabe and Haudenosuanee peoples in South Western Ontario before contact
- Indigenous and Anishinaabe Research methods
- Anishinaabe Cosmology
- Seven step strategy for land restoration
- The complexities of Indigenous community dynamics
- Anishinaabe men responsibility teachings
- Using Anishinaabemowin to guide land-based learning
- Connecting to Indigenous Spirituality
If you are interested in exploring the delivery of a presentation or workshop for your organization or community, please contact me at mkomose19@gmail.com
PRESENTATIONS (Highlights over the years)
2024
November 2024 – Workshop – Seeds of Knowledge: Medicine Bag Making and Anishinaabe STEM Practices – OFNTSC – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
May 2024 – Keynote – Indigenous knowledge wisdom based seven step strategy for land restoration – NAN’s Land Based Learning Event – Thunder Bay, ON.
April 2024 – Manidookewin, Eshkakamikwe, Aanikoobijiganag minawaaa Noojimo’iwewin: Ceremony, Mother Earth, Ancestors and Healing. – Mulmur Citizens Coalition – Orangeville, ON.
April 2024 – Indigenous Land Restoration Practices in the Carolinian Zone – Ontario Professional Foresters Aassociation AGM – Forest Management – Water Tower, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
March 2024 – Keynote – Restoring Anishinaabe Aadziwin (lifeways): Re-activating miskew ahzhawechiwin (The act of flowing; blood memory) – NAN Best Practices in First Nations Education Forum – Unlocking Our True Potential – Thunder Bay, ON.
February 2024 – Keynote –Food Sovereignty and Action – Food Summit – Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council – Water Tower, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
February 2024 – Manidookewin, Eshkakamikwe, Aanikoobijiganag minawaaa Noojimo’iwewin: Ceremony, Mother Earth, Ancestors and Healing – MA Architecture students – University of the Arts – London, UK.
February 2024 – Keynote – Connecting to Indigenous Spirituality: Learning from the Land, Community, and Culture – Kinàmàgawin Symposium – Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
January 2024 – Seeds and Stories: A toolkit for communities – Natural Resources Canada – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
January 2024 (x2) – Language, Culture and Land: Using Anishinaabemowin to guide land-based learning – Anisinaabemowin Aadiziwin Conference – Nogdamwindamin – Sudbury, ON and Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
2023
November 2023 – A meditation on Remembering what it means to be a Human being: Addressing climate change and mental health – Presentation for Indigenous Friendship Centre Climate Change Action Event for Families – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
October 2023 – Panelist – How do you heal yourself in this state of constant adversity? – OSSTF – CPAC Regional Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
October 2023 – Climate Change Narrative from an Anishinaabe Lens -Natural Resources Canada – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
September 2023 – History of Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples in South Western Ontario – Science in Your Community – Western University, (Online).
June 2023 – Anishinaabe land and Culture – Indigenous Youth Camp – Algoma District School Board – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
June 2023 – A toolkit designed to support Indigenous communities in sharing and saving seeds of species important to them – RE3 Conference – Quebec City, Que.
March 2023 – Keynote – A meditation on Remembering what it means to be a Human being: Anishinaabe teaching to restore our hearts and minds – Mental Health Conference – Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services -Maad’okiiwindaa Minwaa Ganawenigewindaa – Sharing and Caring Together as Community – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
February 2023 – Preparation for the National Workshop on Long Term and Continuing Care Engagement Validation Exercise – Western versus Indigenous knowledge – Ontario Native Welfare Administrators Association – Delta Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
January 2023 – Indigenous knowledge for a changing climate – A meditation on remembering what it means to be a human being – Guelph Organic Conference – Guelph, ON.
2022
October 2022 – Presentation #1 – Minjimendan/ Akii-Gikinoo ‘Aamading – Practical Strategies for land based learning – Presentation #2 – From Corn to Climate Change: A brief History of Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples in SW Ontario – Canterbury College – Distinguished Indigenous Speaker series – Windsor, ON.
September 2022 – Canadian Institute of Forestry – CIF-IFC 2022 National Conference and AGM – Indigenous Wisdom: Practical Knowledge in a Changing Climate – Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Aug 2022 – International Youth Day – Chippewa of the Thames First Nation –
Minjimendan/ Akii-Gikinoo ‘Aamading: Practical Strategies for land based learning – Online.
May 2022 – NAN Land-Based Learning Gathering – Minjimendan: Akii-Gikinoo ‘Aamading – Online.
2020
2020 has been another incredible year of delivering presentations to organizations across the country. That said, like others, with the rise of Covid, 2020 was a year more geared towards introspection.
2019
Judge, B.A. (Sep, 2019). A meditation on remembering what it means to be a human being. Greenfest Keynote. University of North Carolina Asheville. Asheville, NC.
Judge, B.A. (Sep, 2019). A meditation on remembering what it means to be a human being. University of Toronto Mississauga. Mississauaga, ON.
Judge, B.A. (July, 2019). I’m following in the footsteps of my grandmother: On the sacredness of water. Common waters project. Design at Riverside. Galt, ON.
Judge, B.A. (April, 2019). Exploring Indigenous land-based sustainability. Reconciliation Tree Plant. Blair Outdoor Education Centre. Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B.A. (April, 2019). Seven interconnected steps research design: An Indigenous land-based methodology. Mohawk College. Hamilton, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Mar, 2019). Seven interconnected steps research design: An Indigenous land-based methodology. Ryerson. Toronto, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Mar, 2019). Families in Canada Conference. Food and Families. Panelist. University of Guelph.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2019). Decolonizing Language. Indigenous Healing Conference. Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2019). Reviving Indigenous knowledge through interaction with the natural world: healing through land and food. Indigenous Healing Conference. Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2019). Indigenous knowledges, traditional governance, and the law. Walpole Island First Nation, ON. (University of Windsor Law).
Judge, B.A. (Jan, 2019). Seven interconnected steps research design: An Indigenous land-based methodology. Waterloo Region District School board. Kitchener, ON.
2018
Judge, B.A. (Dec, 2018). Seven interconnected steps research design: An Indigenous land-based methodology. Symposium on the Importance of Indigenous Education in Ontario Classrooms. University of Toronto Mississauaga, Mississauaga, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Dec, 2018). Learning lessons from the impacts of relocating Indigenous scholars for academic appointments: Using Indigenous land-based sustainability practices to inform the research process. Dissertation to Action: Indigenous Experience of Research with Purpose. Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B.A. (June, 2018). Reviving Indigenous Knowledge of the Natural World: Awakening the Spiral. Elders and Traditional peoples gathering. Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B.A. (June, 2018). Reviving Indigenous Knowledge of the Natural World: Awakening the Spiral. E3 Development, Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Feb, 2018). Medicine pouch making workshop. British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC.
Judge, B. A. (Feb, 2018) Reviving Indigenous Knowledge of the Natural World: Awakening the Spiral. Nature London Speakers Series, London, ON.
2017
Judge, B. A. (Nov, 2017) Indigenous Resilience: Reawakening ancestral Wisdom. Resilient Cities Conference, London, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Jul, 2017) Building Strengths from Within: An Indigenous Framework for Diversity and Mentorship. WIPCE, Toronto, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Jun, 2017) Improving our collective wellbeing: Learning from Indigenous seeds of wisdom (Keynote). Alternative Pathways, DSBN, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (May, 2017) Improving our collective wellbeing: Learning from Indigenous seeds of wisdom (Keynote). St. Catherine Collegiate, DSBN, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (May, 2017) Improving our collective wellbeing: Learning from Indigenous seeds of wisdom (Keynote). Thorold Secondary, DSBN, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (April, 2017) Indigenous food and medicine: Planting Indigenous seeds of wisdom for our collective future. Stamford Collegiate (Keynote), DSBN, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Mar, 2017) Enacting the Wisdom of the medicine wheel: Learning from the Ancestors teachings. Odrohe>kta> (The Gathering Place) Aboriginal Men’s Residence, Hamilton,ON.
Judge, B. A. (FEB, 2017) Diversity Circles, Diversity Matters: An Indigenous framework for diversity and mentorship, BCIT, Burnaby, BC.
2016
Judge, B. A. (Dec, 2016) Winter Teachings: Staying motivated when the days become short, NCBSD, Thorold, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Nov, 2016) Taking Indigenous education: Seriously. (Keynote), Brock University, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (Nov, 2016) Seven interconnected steps re-search design: Re-constructing Indigenous land based sustainability practices for improved well-being, Think Differently, Act Differently Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Winnipeg, MB.
Judge, B. A. (Nov, 2016) Improving our collective wellbeing: Learning from the Indigenous seeds of Wisdom, Lowitja International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Melboune, Victoria, AUS.
Judge, B.A. (June, 2016) Practical applications of Indigenous knowledge, CBEEN, Cranbrook, B.C.
Judge, B. A. (May, 2016) Motivation and empowerment for following your gift (Keynote), DSBN, St. Catherines, ON.
Judge, B. A. (May, 2016) An Indigenous framework for diversity and mentorship, BCIT, Vancouver, B.C.
Judge, B. A. (Mar, 2016) Practical examples of Indigenizing curriculum, COTR, Cranbrook, B.C.
Judge, B. A. (Feb, 2016) Traditional well-being in Indigenous communities, COTR, Cranbrook, B.C.
Judge, B. A. (Jan, 2016) The importance of Indigenous knowledge, Mount Baker secondary, Cranbrook, B.C.
2015
Judge, B. A. (Nov, 2015) Successfully applying Indigenous wholistic knowledge in Post Secondary Education, Emily Carr, Vancouver, B.C.
Judge, B. A. (Sep, 2015) Successful communication in a diverse workplace, Community Futures, Kimberley, B.C.
Judge, B.A. (April, 2015) Indigenous land based awareness, Go Wild, Grow Wild Expo, London, ON.
Judge, B.A. (April, 2015) Indigenous land based awareness, Bayview Heights Secondary, Brampton, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2015) Indigenous land based awareness. John Paul II Secondary School, London, ON
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2015) Wholistic Indigenous knowledge: St. Andre Bressette Secondary School, London, ON.
2014
Judge, B.A. (May, 2014) The Seven Grandmother Teachings. Northern Edge Algonquin. South River, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2014) The implications of Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Middlesex Master Gardeners Association, London, ON.
2013
Judge, B.A., Ford, J. (June, 2013) Indigenizing Post- Secondary Experiences: First Nations Studies Program Major, Fanshawe College, CSSE, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
Judge, B.A. (June 2013) Anishinaabe Worldview vs Realistic Group Conflict Theory, CSSE, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
2012
Judge, B.A. (June, 2012) Dispelling misconceptions regarding Indigenous people. TVDSB Cultural Festival, Western Education, London, Ontario.
Judge, B.A. (Mar, 2012) Jii-Bmoseyanh Nokomis Gi-Bmosed: Jiibay M’kona. 8th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller’s Conference, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
Judge, B.A. (Feb, 2012) Culturally authentic materials for Indigenous students in classrooms. Aboriginal Education Day, WU, London, Ontario.
Judge, B.A. (Feb 2012) Jii-Bmoseyanh Nokomis Gi-B’mosed – Methods of research. Wiicihitinaaniwak: A gathering helping each other, SAGE, OISE, Toronto, Ontario.
2011
Judge, B.A. (Sep 2011) Succeeding as an Indigenous Student in University. First year Indigenous student success program. Indigenous Services, UWO, London,
ON.
Judge, B.A. (May 2011) Nurturing Mind, Body, Spirit and Emotions: An Anishinaabe Perspective of Equality, Interconnection and Respect for Nature. Morning Star Middle School, Mississauga, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Apr 2011) Ethical Consideration When Working in First Nations Communities. Occupational Therapy Ethics Symposium, Elborn College, London, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Mar 2011) Uniting our Nations: Reflections from the 4th R. Youth Safe Schools Conference. Calgary, AB
Judge, B.A. (Feb 2011) Uniting our Nations: Reflections from the 4th R. Youth Safe Schools Conference. Saskatoon, SK.
Judge, B.A. (Jan 2011) Practical Strategies for Motivating and Empowering Aboriginal Youth. Aboriginal Education Day, Faculty of Education, London, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Jan 2011) Practical Strategies for Motivating and Empowering Aboriginal Youth. 2011 Principals/Educators Conference: “Building Bridges for Student Success!” Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute. Sudbury, ON.
2010
Judge, B.A. (Nov 2010) Building Relationships through Empowerment. Reflections from Lessons Learned Through The 4th R Aboriginal Projects. Fanshawe College Speaker Series. London, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Nov 2010) Equity and Inclusion an Anishinabe Perspective for Empowering youth. Camp Edgewood. Eden Mills, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Oct 2010) Uniting our Nations: Reflections from The 4th R. OTF/FEO Media Violence Conference. Toronto, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Oct 2010) Culture and Education, a Personal Journey. Fanshawe College. London, ON.
Myeengun (Ojibway Elder), Judge, B.A. (Sep 2010) Healing Circles and Strategies for Restorative Practices in Schools. St. Augustine secondary school. Brampton, ON.
Judge, B.A. (May 2010) Nurturing Mind, Body, Spirit and Emotions. An Anishinabe Perspective of Equality, Interconnection and Respect for Nature. Bishop Scalabrini catholic elementary school. Mississauga, ON.
Judge, B.A. (March 2010) Aboriginal Peer Mentor Training, Stepping Into the Hoop of our Nation, Reflections of Black Elk. Faculty of Education, London, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Jan 2010) Conference for Aboriginal Educators, Uniting our Nations. Sudbury, ON.
Judge, B.A. (Jan 2010) STEP, Present Day Realities Facing First Nations Communities in Canada, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON.