Lunch & Learn Screening: Incandescence Posted on June 2, 2026 at 10:37 am. Join us for a National Indigenous History Month screening celebrating Indigenous voices, stories, and cultures through film. Join us for a Lunch & Learn Screening! Light refreshments will be provided. Film Synopsis: Every summer, wildfires rage with increasing intensity across the globe, darkening skies and reducing entire communities to ash. Incandescence, a powerful documentary from award-winning filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper (Metamorphosis), weaves together immersive footage and deeply personal accounts from Indigenous Elders, first responders and local evacuees in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. As climate change accelerates and suppression efforts falter, the film explores traditional Indigenous fire stewardship—controlled burns that regenerate the land and foster resilience. Drawing on nature’s own rhythms of destruction, renewal and rebirth, Incandescence reveals a transformative vision of fire not as an enemy, but as an ancient force essential to thriving life. With breathtaking cinematography and intimate storytelling, the film offers both a warning and a way forward, lighting a path of hope through the smoke. Lunch & Learn Screening: Rumble – The Indians Who Rocked the World Posted on June 2, 2026 at 10:25 am. Join us for a National Indigenous History Month screening celebrating Indigenous voices, stories, and cultures through film. Join us for a Lunch & Learn Screening! Light refreshments will be provided. Film Synopsis: RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence. Featuring music icons like Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, RUMBLE will show how these talented Native musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives. Lunch & Learn Screening: Voices Across the Water Posted on June 2, 2026 at 10:10 am. Join us for a National Indigenous History Month screening celebrating Indigenous voices, stories, and cultures through film. Join us for a Lunch & Learn Screening! Light refreshments will be provided. Film Synopsis: There is a moment during the construction of a canoe when its true form is revealed. A hull drops into place. The elegant arc of a bow cuts forth. A similar process sometimes occurs in life, when a person finally discovers their true path. The feature documentary Voices Across the Water follows two master boat builders as they practice their art and find a way back to balance and healing. Lunch & Learn Screening: Unarchived Posted on June 2, 2026 at 10:10 am. Join us for a National Indigenous History Month screening celebrating Indigenous voices, stories, and cultures through film. Join us for a Lunch & Learn Screening! Light refreshments will be provided. Film Synopsis: In community archives across British Columbia, local knowledge keepers are hand-fashioning a more inclusive history. Through a collage of personal interviews, archival footage and deeply rooted memories, the past, present and future come together, fighting for a space where everyone is seen and everyone belongs. History is what we all make of it. For more information and to view the film trailer, CLICK HERE. Advancing Indigenization and Reconciliation Across Durham College Posted on February 13, 2026 at 9:55 am. Durham College (DC) continues to strengthen its commitment to Indigenization in integrating Indigenous perspectives and fostering a supportive environment for Indigenous students. Over the past year, teams across the college implemented a number of actions to honour Indigenous cultures, support Indigenous students, and contribute to the broader goals of reconciliation and decolonization in education. Through cultural programming, student support, and community events, Suswaaning Endaajig – First Peoples Indigenous Centre (FPIC), continued to advance Indigenous learning and engagement across campus. Activities included Elder-led teachings and Sharing Circles on Residential Schools and reconciliation. They hosted campus-wide events; partnered with the Centre for Teaching and Learning on faculty development; collaborated with community partners, including the Durham Community Health Centre, to provide Traditional Healing services; and amplified Indigenous authors and resources online. Meaningful steps were taken to embed Indigenous perspectives into teaching and learning. This included the introduction of the Braiding Learning Framework, which integrates and harmonizes diverse pedagogical practices to foster inclusive, engaging, and empowering learning environments. By weaving together different ways of knowing, the framework supports safer and more collaborative educational spaces that honour both cultural and academic excellence within lifelong learning. Stories of Indigenous students and alumni were shared widely, including a feature on the installation of an Indigenous student artist’s painting of the 13 Moons in prominent locations on the Oshawa and Whitby campuses. The college further advanced Indigenous-led and Indigenous-informed research practices. The Office of Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted training on the First Nations Principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP®) and offered a presentation focused on Indigenous community-based research as part of the Voices of Impact speaker series. “Indigenization is about more than visibility, it is about creating environments where Indigenous students feel supported, Indigenous voices are valued, and Indigenous knowledge is respected,” said Dr. Kayla Murphy, Director, Indigenous Initiatives. “The progress made this past year reflects a growing commitment across the college to do this work thoughtfully and with care, while recognizing there is still much to learn.” Looking ahead, Durham College remains committed to continuing this work in collaboration with Indigenous communities, students, and employees. By building on the actions already underway, the college will continue to advance reconciliation in ways that are intentional, informed, and responsive.
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