As McMaster Chancellor Santee Smith enters the final weeks of her time in the role, she is looking back fondly on what she describes as a deep honour and an important chapter of her life.
At the same time, Smith's colleagues past and present are reflecting on her inspiring presence and leadership, particularly in advancing Indigenous knowledge and strengthening connections between McMaster and her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River.
Smith has transfixed audiences at convocations and other ceremonies with her engaging and powerful delivery of the traditional Onkwehón:we Thanksgiving address, presenting the address in the Mohawk language and nimbly translating into English.
