The Co-Curricular-Making—Honouring Indigenous Connections to Land, Culture, and the Relational Self SSHRC partnership facilitation team is inviting you to attend two upcoming events: Thursday, Mar. 2, and Friday, Mar. 3.
These free events are opportunities to learn with, from, and through others’ curricular experiences. All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Laurel Packing House, 1304 Ellis St, Kelowna
Please register by February 23, 2023.Capacity is limited.
Join local and national scholars, including Indigenous educators and Canadian Research Chairs, as they discuss their efforts to decolonize programs and practices to generate a conversation with local educators, scholars and community members.
Dinner will be provided.
Participants include:
- Rose Caldwell, Elder and Educator, Westbank First Nation
- Dr. Dwayne Donald, Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions, and Etienna Moostoos-Lafferty, Doctoral Student & Research Assistant, University of Alberta
- Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem UBC Faculty of Education, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy at UBC
- Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Vice-Dean, Graduate Programs at the University of Ottawa, and Anita Tenasco, Anishinabe Algonquin Nation and member of the Kitigan Zibi community and Director of Education
- Dr. Sandra Styres, Canada Research Chair in Iethi’nihsténha Ohwentsia’kékha (Land), Resurgence, Reconciliation and the Politics of Education, and Ryan Neepin, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Syilx Voices and Reflection: Education’s Roles/Responsibilities Across/Around Turtle Island
Friday, March 3, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
UNC 200, UBC Okanagan Campus
Please register by February 23, 2023.
Join a conversation circle lead by Dr. Jeannette Armstrong, Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy; Pauline Terbasket, Executive Director, Okanagan Nation Alliance; and Dr. Bill Cohen, Okanagan School of Education as they reflect on local and regional decolonizing curricular efforts. These reflections will act as provocations for drawing important attention to the role of local traditions, perspectives, and concerns, revealing insights in the shaping, and the continued mobilization, of reconciliation efforts.
The circle will be comprised of educators, scholars and community members; including:
- Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem UBC Faculty of Education, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy at UBC
- Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Vice-Dean, Graduate Programs at the University of Ottawa
- Dr. Sandra Styres, Canada Research Chair in Iethi’nihsténha Ohwentsia’kékha (Land), Resurgence, Reconciliation and the Politics of Education
- Dr. Dwayne Donald, Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions
Light refreshments will be provided.