McGill Students Chapter of AISES

First meet up of the year! Bring your friends and anyone interested in joining :)

Come join us at McGill’s First People’s House (FPH) for lunch this upcoming Friday. It’ll be a great time to chat, hang out, and talk about future chapter activities with fellow indigenous STEM students. Looking forward to seeing you there! 😊

The national conference this year was unlike any other. However, since it was virtual even more of our members could attend. Thanks to AISES for the great virtual event!

You asked. We listened. Due to popular demand, we have extended the 2020 AISES National Conference registration to 11:59pm (Mountain Time), Thursday, October 8, 2020. Student member conference registration will remain $99 and professional member conference registration will remain $299. Don’t miss out on this last-chance opportunity to attend all virtual 2020 AISES National Conference! https://conference.aises.org/attendees/registration

Happy start to the Fall 2020 semester and the 2020-2021 school year from the McGill Student Chapter of AISES! Though there may be challenges to going to school online, we are also working to make this semester and the next full of online and accessible outreach activities, speaker events, networking activities, volunteering, conferences, and more! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to be updated on our activities this year, or send us a message to learn more about joining our group!

Congratulations to Celeste Groux, McGill AISES student chapter member, who was elected as the new AISES Canadian Junior National Student Representative this past May!

AISES is excited to welcome a new cohort of AISES Student Reps! Student reps evaluate common issues, concerns and make recommendations for ways to improve AISES' member services.

The 2020-2021 AISES Student Representatives are
- U.S. Senior National Representative Jayne Sandoval (Navajo Nation)
- U.S. Junior National Representative Adrian Riives (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
- Canadian Senior National Representative Jacob Calderone (Fort Nelson First Nation)
- Canadian Junior National Representative Celeste Groux (Bigstone Cree Nation)
- Region 1 Student Representative Marshand Vasquez (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)
- Region 2 Student Representative Alex Armendariz (Mescalero Apache)
- Region 3 Student Representative Jasmine Becenti (Navajo Nation)
- Region 4 Student Representative Tsali Smith (Ojibwe, Oneida, and Cherokee)
- Region 5 Student Representative Danielle Arpan (Oglala Lakota Nation)
- Region 6 Student Representative Abigail Reigner (Comanche)
- Region 7 Student Representative Mikaela David-John (St. Regis Mohawk)

Read their bios and welcome the AISES Student Reps! https://www.aises.org/news/meet-2020-2021-aises-student-reps

We hope that you’re all having a wonderful weekend – and we’d like to remind you that today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Today marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission of the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

As you enjoy this summer Sunday, don’t forget to take some time to celebrate the achievements of Indigenous peoples all over the world, especially during these challenging times. Learn more about this event here! https://www.un.org/en/observances/indigenous-day