48th听Annual Osler Lectureship听
Wednesday 5 November 2025
6:00 PM
Location:听Charles F. Martin Amphitheatre (room 504) McIntyre Building
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THE INDIAN WHO REFUSES TO VANISH 鈥� RACE, GENOMICS, AND INDIGENOUS THRIVING
听(Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota
North American colonial narratives have insisted for centuries that Indigenous peoples are destined to vanish, leaving unclaimed land and resources open for occupation and development by settler civilization. The classic 鈥淰anishing Indian鈥� with its attendant evolutionary ideas of Indian degeneracy informs settler societal institutions, including genomics. In this talk, Dr. TallBear examines how archaic notions of race underscore contemporary genomic ideas and how Indigenous anti-colonial movements and scholarship directly challenge this foundational settler-state narrative.
Depuis des si猫cles, les r茅cits coloniaux nord-am茅ricains soutiennent que les peuples autochtones sont destin茅s 脿 dispara卯tre, ouvrant la voie 脿 l鈥檕ccupation de territoires et ressources laiss茅s 脿 l鈥檃bandon. Cette id茅e tenace, qui va de pair avec le concept 茅volutionniste de 芦 d茅g茅n茅rescence des Indiens 禄, oriente les institutions sociales coloniales, y compris en g茅nomique. Partant de notions archa茂ques de race qui sous-tendent la conceptualisation g茅nomique contemporaine, la professeure TallBear explique comment la recherche et les mouvements anticoloniaux autochtones r茅futent ces r茅cits fondateurs.
About the Osler Lecture
The Osler Lecture at 海角精品黑料 is an annual public event established to honour Sir William Osler, one of the world鈥檚 most influential physicians and teachers, who began his career here in the late 19th century. The Lecture reflects Osler鈥檚 enduring legacy in medicine as a humanistic scholar, clinician, and educator who emphasized the integration of ethics, observation, and compassion in medical practice.
The mandate of the Osler Lecture is to learn from distinguished scholars, activists, and physicians - people whose ideas or experiences can shed new light on how we think about medicine, broadly defined. Past speakers include Stephen Jay Gould, John Kenneth Galbraith, Susan Reverby, Margaret Lock, Michele Goodwin, and Jacalyn Duffin. The lecture is one of 海角精品黑料鈥檚 most prestigious events, and it is a high point of Osler Day.
The lecture is free and open to the public. It begins at 6 p.m. with an introduction by a medical student, lasts 45-50 minutes, and is typically followed by questions.
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Previous Osler Lectures
The 47th Annual Osler Lectureship: Roger Kneebone, MD:听Medicine- the art of the expert performer -听听What clinicians can learn from the performing arts.听See photos
The 46th Annual Osler Lectureship: Gordon Guyatt, MD: How evidence-based medicine has - and has not - changed the world. Watch .
The 45th Annual Osler Lectureship: Michele Goodwin,听SJD, LLM:听Policing The Womb In the Wake of the American Judiciary. Watch听
The 44th Annual Osler Lectureship: Cynthia Blackstock, PhD: Equity + Culture = Healthy Kids. Watch
The 43rd Annual Osler Lectureship: Richard K. Reznick, MD:听'Make no little plans': how a systems-based approach can transform medical education.听Watch听
The 42nd Annual Osler Lectureship: Jacalyn Duffin:听海角精品黑料 Medicine on Easter Island: the Forgotten Expedition
The 41st Annual Osler Lectureship: Mark A Ware:听100 years of cannabis: a journey from William Osler to the modern era. Watch
The 40th Annual Osler Lectureship: Susan Reverby, PhD:听Infamous Medical Research: Bad Guys, Duped Victims, or Something Else? Watch听
The 39th Annual Osler Lectureship:听Julio Montaner: Treatment as Prevention (TasP): From a research hypothesis to a new global target and beyond. Watch
The 38th Annual Osler Lectureship:听E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. "The Strangest Disease: The Peculiar Past but Hopeful Future of Schizophrenia" Watch
The 37th Annual Osler Lectureship: Margaret Lock.听"The Alzheimer Enigma in an Aging World." Watch听
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