Posted on June 15, 2018 by Lisa Jodoin
Lee Merrigan-Thomas, Aboriginal Head Start Coordinator and Community Action Program Coordinator, describes the Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre and the impact it has on children and families.
Lee Merrigan-Thomas, Aboriginal Head Start Coordinator and Community Action Program Coordinator, describes the Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre and the impact it has on children and families.
Posted on by Gabrielle Pellerin
Aanmitaagzi, an Indigenous arts company. Seeks out many ways to have/supports both direct and indirect learning.
Aanmitaagzi, an Indigenous arts company. Seeks out many ways to have/supports both direct and indirect learning.
Posted on May 28, 2018 by Kiara McLean
The Banuts’ukuih (meaning, canoe coming to shore in Lheidli) project is an example of the experiential learning opportunities led by Indigenous instructors in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia. Other experiential courses have involved creating a pit house, decolonization through land stewardship, and moose-hide tanning. These courses offer Indigenous and non-Indigenous post secondary […]
The Banuts’ukuih (meaning, canoe coming to shore in Lheidli) project is an example of the experiential learning opportunities led by Indigenous instructors in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia. Other experiential courses have involved creating a pit house, decolonization through land stewardship, and moose-hide tanning. These courses offer Indigenous and non-Indigenous post secondary students the opportunity to learn about Indigenous cultures through participation in cultural activities – such as carving a cottonwood canoe. In addition, these courses allow for the transmission of oral traditions – such as the Lheidli T’enneh story of ‘Astas and the Salmon. https://www.unbc.ca/experiential-learning
Posted on by Yvonne Benjoe
Lori Whiteman, Executive Director of the Treaty Education Alliance, describes their land-based programs and services.
The Treaty Education Alliance (TEA) offers educational programs and services for schools and communities. With funding from INAC they are able to serve K-12 schools using an inherent and Treaty Rights-Based Approach. The Alliance aims to increase student retention, numeracy, literacy, and community engagement. The Learning the Land program builds land-based learning capacity for teachers while working alongside language keepers and local Knowledge Keepers. The Alliance also partners with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Outbound Canada for their programs. To learn more about their programs please review their resources below.
Check out Learning the Land website for educational initiatives undertaken to exercise the inherent and treaty rights to education.
In partnership with Outward Bound Canada, the Treaty Education Alliance offers Field Leader Training as professional development opportunities for teachers and affiliated schools. Check out this video!
Posted on by Heather O'Watch
Founder, Belinda Daniels discusses the nêhiyawak Summer Language Experience that takes place annually in Saskatchewan as a week-long immersive Cree language course.
The nêhiyawak Summer Language Experience was formed in early 2005 in efforts to revitalize the Cree language with an intensive summer language course open to anyone willing to learn Cree. With applications growing every year for the summer experience, wait lists have been added to ensure participants can look forward to the experience with a one-week immersion course that is land-based. Belinda Daniels shares her efforts to bring language and land together in education through the nêhiyawak Summer Language Experience’s success.