<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/ryan-bellerose-indigenous-culture.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>10/31/2019</pubDate><title>Activist Discusses Indigenous Culture, Embracing Identity with University Community</title><description>Ryan Bellerose, a member of the indigenous Métis people from northern Canada, shared his story with the University community, discussing identity, Israel, and indigenous cultures. He visited the University as part of a new speaker series about promoting human rights.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 31, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2019/ryan-bellerose-discussion.jpg" alt="Image of Ryan Bellerose"/></image><image-caption>Left to right: Michael Desir '22, Hen Mazzig (the third speaker of the series), Professor Martin A. Goldberg, and Ryan Bellerose.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>