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Tłı̨chǫ Government- Jim Martin

Jim Martin has worked within the Tłı̨chǫ communities in many roles over the years. Currently, he sits as the Sr. Policy Advisor in the Priorities and Planning department with the Tłı̨chǫ Government. He also works with Dedats’eetsaa: the Tłı̨chǫ Research & Training Institute.

Jim Martin has worked within the Tłı̨chǫ communities in many roles over the years. Currently, he sits as the Sr. Policy Advisor in the Priorities and Planning department with the Tłı̨chǫ Government. He also works with Dedats’eetsaa: the Tłı̨chǫ Research & Training Institute.

Neecheewam Inc. – Whole Person Learning

Cheyenne Chartrand, Spiritual Care Provider at Neecheewam Inc., explains Neecheewam’s approach to education.

Neecheewam Inc. goes beyond pedagogical programs in an effort to redefine concepts of treatment, emphasizing cohort and peer education through an “extended family” that results in whole person learning. Whole person learning requires moving beyond the text book to include academic, professional, emotional, and spiritual growth.

Grandmothers for Indigenous Child-Birthing

As an Indigenous child-birthing advocate, Leslie Anne Wilson supports women and families in Saskatchewan.

Leslie Anne Wilson is a Nakota-Cree woman of the White Bear people. Wilson discusses the need for an Indigenous birthing network and she works proactively to instill an Indigenous midwifery and doula initiative in Saskatchewan. This initiative intends to reclaim Indigenous knowledge and traditional ways of birthing and parenting. She explains, women are the backbone of families and they need support. Wilson brings together teachings from grandmothers about birthing and womanhood for women to become empowered mothers. We must take care of our women because they are the ones caring for our children. It is integral to our development that we learn experientially off of the land and take care of the Earth for future generations.

On The Land Learning, Old Crow Yukon

Bridging the western educational world with local First Nation culture and traditions .

In this interview Francis Ross talks about the on the land learning program in Old Crow Yukon. This program is designed to achieve educational curriculum in a First Nation lens. This program fully utilizes local First Nation knowledge, culture, and traditions and fuses it with current western education curriculum. The approach allows students to become more comfortable by learning with familiarity using Fist Nations tools, methods and ways of life to meet educational goals. This program creates a bridge between the two worlds many First Nation people experience as a hardship.

Neecheewam Inc. – White Butterfly Program

Neecheewam’s White Butterfly Program works with young people to improve their lives.

Neecheewam’s White Butterfly Program sees child behaviour as another language that need to be learned. Their staff look at the children they work with as a whole, an important philosophical concept of Indigenous education, which they believe to be an integrated component of daily life.

Proud Métis

Cheryll Welke shares about her community involvement volunteering in schools by talking about her Métis culture and identity.

Cheryll Welke volunteers in classrooms in High Level, Alberta to engage with students through the sharing of moose meat and bannock and talking about the significance of Métis contribution to Canadian society. Welke wants Métis youth to be proud of who they and understand how much Métis people have contributed to the development of Canada.

Aurora College-Inuvik: Student Life and Wellness

Aurora College’s Inuvik campus has two large McPherson tents where a variety of activities take place. Elementary schools, high schools, Elders, and community members use this space. Some activities include medicine walks, fish camps, and story-telling.

Aurora College’s Inuvik campus has two large McPherson tents where a variety of activities take place. Elementary schools, high schools, Elders, and community members use this space. Some activities include medicine walks, fish camps, and story-telling.

Jingle dresses, moccasins, math, and science: There’s room at Opikihiwawin to learn about it all

Opikihiwawin’s programs create a positive sense of identity and belonging and help adoptees and foster people build relationships in the Aboriginal community.

Based on Dr. Martin Brokenleg’s theory of reclaiming youth at risk, Opikihiwawin helps Aboriginal adoptees find where they belong and helps them on their journey home. ”We have a wide range of programs for fostered and adopted youth,” says Darlene Daniels. “The goal is to find their sense of self-identity, where they belong, and what their gifts and talents are.” Opikihiwawin has partnered with the University of Manitoba and arranged for Indigenous people in various programs like medicine or dentistry to mentor and tutor young people so that they flourish in school and are not intimidated by math and science.

The paintings, Super Hero, Parenting, Education, and Language, were created by Opikihiwawin participants; they were inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.

Language knowledge to pass on to future generations

Tyler Armstrong interviews Indigenous knowledge keeper Zhawano Binsek. Zhawano shares in Oji-Cree what knowledge is important to pass on to future generations. Zhawano Binsek also shares how we will know this knowledge has successfully been transmitted and what she would like to see in the future.

Tyler Armstrong interviews Indigenous knowledge keeper Zhawano Binsek. Zhawano shares in Oji-Cree what knowledge is important to pass on to future generations. Zhawano Binsek also shares how we will know this knowledge has successfully been transmitted and what she would like to see in the future.

Experiencing Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning

Alumni of the program, Cheryl Mandeville, shares her experience learning out on the land. Dechinta means « in the bush » in many of Dene languages in the Northwest Territories. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning believes in supporting self-determining and sustainable Northern communities rooted in Indigenous knowledge and values. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning is […]

Alumni of the program, Cheryl Mandeville, shares her experience learning out on the land.

Dechinta means « in the bush » in many of Dene languages in the Northwest Territories. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning believes in supporting self-determining and sustainable Northern communities rooted in Indigenous knowledge and values.

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning is internationally recognized for its innovative and vital research and university program delivery. Dechinta delivers Indigenous centered arts, culture, language and educational programming in an innovative land-based environment. Its program supports diverse needs and inclusive participation.