Detailed Itinerary - Canada Mexico Round Table on Aboriginal Higher Education

June 20, 2013

Arrive in Calgary, AB

Coach transportation arranged to Lethbridge for International Visitors

Delegates may fly or drive to Lethbridge

Evening Reception and Registration

(University of Lethbridge Art Gallery)

June 21, 2013

National Aboriginal Day in Canada

8:00 am

Breakfast at the Hotel

9:00 am

Cultural Activities - Coach Transportation

- Introductions and Blackfoot ceremony

- Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump

- Visit to Blackfoot community

4:00 pm

Return to Coast Hotel

5:30 pm

Presidents/Rectors Dinner and Meeting

June 22, 2013

8:00 am

Breakfast at the University of Lethbridge (Students Union Ballrooms)

9:00 am

Introduction and Mexican Indigenous Ceremony

9:30 am

Aboriginal/Indigenous Social Movements

Mexican and Canadian panel members

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Understanding Integrated and Independent models for Indigenous/Aboriginal Education

12:00 pm

Lunch (Markin Hall Atrium)

Keynote: National Chief Shawn Atleo

1:00 pm

Concurrent Meetings of Working Groups

- Student and Faculty Mobility

- Graduate Studies and Research Collaboration

- Community Engagement (Elders)

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Plenary Report


Return to Coast Hotel

Free time


7:00 pm

9:00 pm

Informal Bilateral Dinner (University of Lethbridge Penny Building - downtown Lethbridge)

Continue Bilateral Discussions/Free time downtown


June 23, 2013

Optional cultural tour for visitors

Waterton Lakes National Park

Return to Calgary in the evening