Lara Hartman joins us as part of the Acadia students work integrated learning (WIL) initiative in partnership with Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey (MK). Elder Dr. Lorraine Peters-Whitman will moderate the dialogue.  All are welcome.

As Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said in 2016, “Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out of it.” Despite education institutions' efforts through actions like land acknowledgements and events, there is still much more to accomplish for the educational systems in Canada to truly be decolonized. Lara has worked with a BC School District and the Maple League of Universities on this idea of decolonizing education and Indigenizing what is on the curriculum or in the syllabi.

Lara Hartman grew up on a cattle ranch with her parents and brother in Fraser Lake, British Columbia. She is a member of Nak’azdli Whut’en, a First Nation located in Fort St. James, BC. Lara moved to Wolfville to attend Acadia in 2017 and graduated in 2021 with her degree in Politics. After Acadia, Lara moved to Victoria to pursue her Masters’ degree in Political Science. After her education, Lara worked with the Village of Fraser Lake as an Intern working on everything in local government. Lara is very excited to be back at Acadia for this event and is looking forward to being a participant as much as being a speaker.