Events

Discover Your Direction student conferences focus on engaging with Indigenous high school students from Regina and Treaty 4 areas. During the conference all students tour the campus, meet with staff members, participate in breakout sessions, and are given opportunity to understand what it takes to become a student at our university. Students gain valuable insight about degree programs and post-secondary options at the University of Regina.

The OMA Program

The nitôncipâmin omâ Student Success Program (OMA Program) provides first-year Indigenous students with a supportive learning environment. The ta-tawâw Student Centre acknowledges that all Indigenous students are leaders and within this program, we cultivate your leadership skills and assist you as an academic leader. We offer supports that provide you with tools to achieve academic success.

Benefits include connecting with other first-year students, detailed class material review sessions, priority access to tutors, cultural & social programming, and scholarship opportunities. Learn more here!

The annual Tipi Raising Competition at the University of Regina was initiated in 2008 by the late Cultural & Traditional Advisor Glen Anaquod (1948 - 2011) from Muscowpetung First Nation. The Anaquod family has a history of participating in Tipi Raising Competitions held during Treaty 4 celebrations. It was Advisor Anaquod’s wish to involve the University campus community, students and staff in such competitions.

The event provides a fun, friendly, and engaging environment for learning about First Nation cultural values. We celebrate the innovative structure of the tipi and explore what its knowledge imparts to us: being attentive to the home and family, the importance of teamwork, listening and observation, styles of leadership, and our ability to persevere in the face of obstacles.

The competition is open to entries from university students and staff, high school students, community partners, and friends.

Competition Category Qualifications:

• Women's Category (10am & 10:30am) - In honour of Constance Dubois and the essential ways women build and maintain our homefires, this category is reserved for competitors who self-identify as women.
• Highschool Category (11am & 11:30am) - team must consist of four members (all must be high school students)
• Campus (1pm & 1:30pm) - teams consist of four members (1 must be a registered university student)
• Community (2pm & 2:30pm) - team must consist of four members

The 2025 Tipi Raising Competition will be held on Friday, September 26, 2025!

The Neekaneewak Leadership Initiative is a program that enhances essential skills development for students. Students participate in events and programs built around four areas of learning: Academic, Cultural, Career, and Community leadership.

All programs, events, and training opportunities offered through the ta-tawâw Student Centre are intentionally designed to support student leadership development in the categories mentioned above.

Through partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), all Indigenous students that attend events and programs at the Centre have an opportunity to receive $5,000 award within each of the categories mentioned above. Click here to learn more!

The ta-tawâw Student Centre offers workshops, training sessions, and programming that focuses on academic, cultural, career, and community development.

Seminar topics include:

• Mental Wellbeing and Wellness
• Experiential and Service Learning
• Student Success Supports and Tutoring
• Lunch and Learns with Indigenous Leaders
• Sessions with Employers and Career-Focused Organizations
• Student Accessibility Preparation and Guidance
• Brad Hornuing Test Centre and Accommodations
• Archer Library Essentials: Research and Navigation
• Housing Options on Campus
• Student Awards and Financial Aid Instruction
• Knowledge Keeper Teaching Series
• Ceremony Offerings, Opportunities, and Teachings

Please see our Instagram and events calendar for up-to-date schedule of workshops and events.

Celebrating our Indigenous cultures and traditional knowledge is key to fostering a positive learning experience. We encourage all Indigenous students to connect with our culturally focused events in the Centre. These events provide belonging and direction for your academic journey.

These programs enable students, staff, and faculty to explore culture, practice, and knowledge:

Cultural Creativity
These workshops offer an opportunity to learn and exchange applications/techniques in a variety of creative mediums. Past workshops have included such projects as making and designing ribbon shirts, ribbon skirts, beadwork, and loomwork.

Introduction to Powwow
Learn the tradition of powwow dances, drumming/singing, regalia, and style. We offer demonstrations and informal lectures with Powwow leaders, MCs, drum groups, and dancers in all categories.

Tipi Teachings
The Tipi Teachings are based on the significance of the tipi as a structure, and how the tipi serves as a representation of the key traditional values as they pertain to personhood, community and environment.

Knowledge Keeper Teachings and Availability

Our resident Knowledge Keeper is available to assist with your path. The Knowledge Keeper teachings and events are open to all students. You can also book private, confidential, sessions to speak with the Knowledge Keeper. We also provide ceremonial learning opportunities with the Knowledge Keeper.

Please check our events calendar for upcoming sessions.