Tester2 Anishinaabe Indigenous Intergenerational Growing Old/Aging (AIIGO)

AIIGO Gathering will be an event to remember. In the morning, attendees will learn about the Trent University-Integrated Seniors Village (anchored by a non-profit Long Term Care Home) and hear from older and younger Michi Saagig Nishinaabeg (Anne Taylor, Bailley Taylor, (Curve Lake First Nation)) sharing their visions of growing old intergenerationally in their communities. It’s a rare privilege to hear these important experiences and dreams. After lunch (~1:30pm), Keynote Speaker Dr. Sean Hillier (York U, Mi’kmaw Scholar, Member of Qualipu First Nation) will speak on “Indigenous approaches to aging: how we can achieve ‘living the good life’ during our later stages of life.”

AIIGO is organized by the Trent Centre for Aging & Society, and generously supported by the Canada Institues for Health Research (CIHR), and the President of Trent University.

Alice Olsen Williams is a Curve Lake First Nation member known for her unbelievably beautiful quilt-work. Alice blends expressions of Anishinaabe beliefs, traditions and ideology, while combining reflections on social issues such as racism, healing, and violence against women. In the centre of her quilts are animals and birds which figure intimately in the lives of the Anishinaabeg. Her quilts and wall-hangings have been acquired by many museums and art galleries in Canada and the United States. She is founder of the Trent Quilters Society and Chair of the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group.

Anne Taylor is a member of Curve Lake First Nation and Anishinaabe Knowledge Holder and Carrier. She is the Indigenous Education Advisor with the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board and has served as Curve Lake Community Anishinaabemowin Coordinator at Curve Lake First Nation.

Bailley Taylor is a member of Curve Lake First Nation, and first and foremost a proud mother. She is a Business Owner of KS Custom Dreams, and Drug and Alcohol Prevention Worker with the National Native Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP), and teaches Indigenous Studies at Fleming College.

Dr. Sean Hillier (York U, Mi’kmaw Scholar, Member of Qualipu First Nation) is Associate Dean, Research & Innovation and associate professor in the Faculty of Health at York University. His collaborative research program spans the topics of aging, living with HIV and other infectious diseases, and One Health – all with a concerted focus on policy affecting health care access for Indigenous Peoples. Dr. Hillier has been successful in receiving funding from each of the three federal granting agencies and is the current Inaugural Associate Director of the $318M research project, Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy Just Society.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Peterborough Public Library, 345 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough, Canada