Discover and learn about Aboriginal groups and services on campus: First Peoples' House, Aboriginal Sustainability Project, Indigenous Access McGill, KANATA, Aboriginal Law Students' Association, McGill's Aboriginal Health Interest Group and the Indigenous Student Association.
There will be an opening prayer by an Elder.
Traditional corn soup and bannock will be served.
This is Ryan's most popular speech he delivers to young & old. The message shared is that young people need to ground themselves with a good cultural understanding, which instils pride and allows them to thrive in the mainstream.
Ryan McMahon is one of the most dynamic Aboriginal/Native American Comedians working in Canada and the United States today. He's also a graduate of the prestigious Second City Conservatory (Toronto). His show is a loose, fast paced, silly but always honest look at society from the perspective of a "Native dude." His breakout performances on "Welcome To Turtle Island Too – A Celebration of Aboriginal Comedy" (CBC TV/Radio, Corkscrew Media, 2010), and the "Hystereotypes" (CBC TV, Frantic Films, 2011) Gala television taping at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival in 2011 led to his own one hour standup comedy special "Ryan McMahon – UnReserved" (CBC TV/Radio, Corkscrew Media, taped in June 2012). McMahon tours independently, selling out venues large & small, and his live show combines standup, improv, sketch comedy and weaves stories and characters into an original style of comedy he calls – INDIAN VAUDEVILLE.
Mr. Ghislain Picard is Innu from the community of Pessamit. Between 1976 and 1989, he dedicated most of his time in the area of communications. He was responsible for communications and media relations for the Conseil Atikamekw Montagnais (CAM). He published a periodical called « Tepatshimuwin » intended for Atikamekw and Innu communities.
At the beginning of the 80's, Mr. Picard was President of the Quebec Native Friendship Center. In 1983, he was very active to implement a community radio stations network for his nation. He is one of the founding members of the Société de communication atikamekw et montagnaise (SOCAM). SOCAM produces radio shows in Aboriginal language.
In the middle of the 80's, Mr. Picard participated to a UNESCO international study on the role of communications in rural communities.
After he was appointed Vice-President of the CAM in 1989, he was elected Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) in 1992. He has been the AFNQL Regional Chief since then. As Regional Chief, he sat on the Assembly of First Nations' Executive Committee at the national level, as a spokesperson for the Education, Aboriginal Languages, Health and International Issues portfolios.
On October 28, 2003, Mr. Picard received the National Order of Quebec. On January 24, 2005, he received the distinguished insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the Consul Général de France.