Formerly called the Northern Studies Resource Centre, the Indigenous Elders Council has given Lakehead University's Indigenous resource centre a new name: Nanda Gikendan Gamik, or 'Seek to Know, Seek to Learn Place.' It's part of growing efforts across Canada to decolonize educational spaces.
For First Nations Peoples, the drum represents Mother Earth and her universal heartbeat. It facilitates the ability to “listen to our soul so we can understand our purpose and our connection to each other in the Circle of Life.