Indigenous Speakers Series at VIU
These photos are from the Inaugural Indigenous Speakers Series Lecture at Vancouver Island University in 2015 on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation in 2015. The lecture, “Daring Greatly Together: Reimagining Canada,” featured Chief Shawn A-in-Chut Atleo, Hereditary Chief of the Ahousaht First Nation, Former Chancellor and Shqwi qwal (Speaker) of VIU and Former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
To Chief Atleo’s right is Prof. Douglas White, Director, VIU Centre of Pre-confederation Treaties and Reconciliation. To Chief Atleo’s left (and continuing right to left) is Dr. Ralph Nilson, then President and Vice-Chancellor of VIU, former Lieut. Governor of BC the Hon. Judith Guichon, Mr. Farid Rohani, former Laurier Chair, the CBC’s Laura Lynch, Dr. Robert Daum, current Laurier Chair, and the Lieut. Governor’s Aide-de-camp.
The second photo (left to right) features current Laurier Chair Dr. Robert Daum, the CBC’s Laura Lynch, former Laurier Chair Mr. Farid Rohani, former Lt. Gov. of BC the Hon. Judith Guichon, former VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson, Chief Shawn A-in-Chut Atleo, Hereditary Chief of the Ahousaht First Nation, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations and Former Chancellor and Shqwi qwal (“Speaker”) of VIU, and Prof. Douglas White, Director, VIU’s Centre for Pre-confederation Treaties and Reconciliation.
