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Three graduates carry community into work
Rose Esplen, Tristan Gosselin and Adrianna Lewis describe how Indigenous relationships and knowledge shape their plans for medicine, law and libraries.
Jenny Blackbird presents Adrianna Lewis with an Indigenous stole at a May graduation celebration.Photo: Johnny Guatto
The context
Where the work begins
Rose Esplen is heading to medical school at Queen's after studying neuroscience and physiology at U of T. A Fireweed Gitxsan graduate, she wants to bring her community into her medical career. Fellow graduate Tristan Gosselin, a Manitoba Métis Federation citizen, plans to pursue Indigenous justice and land claims through law.
The takeaway
What follows
Adrianna Lewis is focused on libraries. During her master of information degree, she helped replace colonial or racist cataloguing terms with community-preferred names. She also identified a book containing sacred ceremonial knowledge that is being returned to its community. All three found support at First Nations House during their studies.
Source reporting
Three graduates carry community into work
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