Chris Shawanoo speaks about the role of the Niagara Regional Native Centre (NRNC) in providing holistic educational opportunities to the Niagara Region urban Indigenous community. He also speaks about NRNC’s partnership with the Catholic District School Board to start up Soaring Eagles Indigenous school as a response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s “Calls to Action”. Chris uses personal stories and teachings throughout this talk to illustrate the wholistic education model of NRNC’s womb to grave services and to answer questions about Indigenous education.
Chris Shawanoo speaks about the wholistic programming provided by NRNC to urban Indigenous community members as well as the start of the Indigenous school Soaring Eagles. Chris uses personal stories and passes down teachings given to him to illustrate the importance of a wholistic education and a western education. Walking in two worlds involves cultural revitalization to ground an individual to a strong identity while providing culturally sensitive educational opportunities to combat systemic oppression, colonization, and poverty. Recognition is given to the importance of a non-western education as well as the importance of language revitalization.
