Indigenous Education and Cultural Services hosting Visiting Elder through October 4
Indigenous Education and Cultural Services welcomes Elder Tony Bomberry to the Baagwating Indigenous Student Centre (BISC) as part of the university’s Visiting Elder program this week through Friday, October 4.
At age six Elder Tony was taken from his family and sent to the residential school at the Mohawk Institute in Brantford. After spending three years there, he was placed in a Native foster home on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory where he stayed until age 18.
He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1988 and saw combat in the Persian Gulf. In 1992, he came home and worked in a residential Native group home on Six Nations. For 20 years he worked in the provincial prison system as the Native inmate liaison officer with the Ministry of Public Safety and Correctional Services, serving Indigenous men, women and youth. He is currently the Indigenous combined court worker with Brantford Native Housing, working with Indigenous, Métis and Inuit people in the court system.
During his time on campus, he will be available for classroom visits at both the north and downtown Oshawa locations, as well as one-on-one appointments with students, faculty and staff.
If you would like to have him visit one of your classrooms, please fill out the request form. Visits are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
