Land As Life is a third-year course offered at Vancouver Island University in the Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies Program. Land As Life is an introduction to land-based skills and learning from the environment where students will learn and appreciate First Nations perspectives on the cultural significance of the land. Topics may include: genealogy, First nations protocols, sacred places, oral histories, sacred water, and indigenous language. This course validates how the land is a living library and a teacher. It teaches students to be together; to work together, and to share, while developing a community of learners. The Land As Life course demonstrates reciprocity through giving back by sharing history and by allowing the people of the land to share their own stories and history as opposed to the stories being told for them.
Organization: | Vancouver Island University - Nanaimo Campus |
Location: | Snuneymuxw Territory - Nanaimo, Vancouver Island |
Name: | Laurie Meijer Drees |
Title: | Professor - Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies |
Address: |
900 Fifth Street
Nanaimo, BC
V9R 5S5
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Email Address: | Laurie.MeijerDrees@viu.ca |
Phone Number: | 250-753-3245 |
Organization 2: | Vancouver Island University |
Name 2: | Sophia Elliott |
Title 2: | Student - Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies |
Address 2: |
2271 Quamichan Road East
Duncan, BC
V9L 6X9
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Email Address 2: | sophiaelliott09@gmail.com |
Phone Number 2: | 250-510-4423 |
Name: | Crystal Burnip |