Wampum Learning Lodge

Wampum Learning Lodge - Ceremonial Arbour  

Ceremonial Arbor, large wooden net structure where sacred fires are held

The Ceremonial Arbour at the Wampum Learning Lodge is a sacred space for observing Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Please contact the Lodge to use this space, and treat it with honour and respect. All who gather at the Arbour are expected to assemble with good intentions and thoughts. Garbage, petroleum products, and unauthorized fires are not permitted in the firepit.

Welcome to the Wampum Learning Lodge (WLL). The Lodge is an intercultural teaching, learning, and gathering space at Western University, designed with Indigenous epistemologies and pedagogies at its heart.

The Lodge facilitates and coordinates services and programming offered by Western’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives (OII). It does so in collaboration with University stakeholders and Indigenous organizations and communities in Deshkan Zibiing territory, with the aim of advancing Reconciliation, Indigenization, and decolonization.

Vision

The Wampum Learning Lodge will act as:

  • a home for Indigenous initiatives;
  • a venue that advances Indigenous pedagogies and ways of knowing across disciplines;
  • a touchstone for Indigenous Peoples and communities who want to engage with Western through ongoing community partnership and knowledge-mobilization;
  • a place of connectivity for everyone at Western who shares a common interest in advancing Indigenization, decolonization, and Reconciliation, by fostering a sense of community around diversity.

 

User Guidelines

To ensure the Lodge remains true to its original intentions, Western has instituted a registration requirement for all users. Please click the link below to view the Lodge’s User Guidelines and User Agreement.

Guidelines 

 

Address

1137 Western Rd, Suite 1200, London, ON N6G 1G7