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There is a teaching in every part of creation. It is our task to find it, learn it, and apply it.
There is a teaching in every part of creation. It is our task to find it, learn it, and apply it.
- late elder Ken Goodwill (First Nations University of Canada, n.d.)
- late elder Ken Goodwill (First Nations University of Canada, n.d.)
The opportunity to connect with the natural land surrounding them is beneficial to every child. It allows them the chance to immerse themselves in the natural world to connect with and explore the four elements of the Earth. It allows for the learning of what the land has to offer the body, soul and mind of learners.
The opportunity to connect with the natural land surrounding them is beneficial to every child. It allows them the chance to immerse themselves in the natural world to connect with and explore the four elements of the Earth. It allows for the learning of what the land has to offer the body, soul and mind of learners.
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- Significance of animals
- Legends/stories (transformation)
- 1st nations astrology
- Specific activities
- Local legends connecting to our land (squamish/lil'wat)
- Learning about ethnobotany/traditional uses of plants
- Todays education how it has evolved. Importance. Being able to walk in more than one world. Doing your best in what you can. Importance of learning about other cultures. Importance placed on the connection to the land. Unable to seperate it from the culture.
4 Blankets of Resiliency
4 Blankets of Resiliency
In her book The Ripple Effect of Resiliency, Monique Gray Smith informs our district's LEARN competency (the center of the medicine wheel).
In her book The Ripple Effect of Resiliency, Monique Gray Smith informs our district's LEARN competency (the center of the medicine wheel).
Resiliency is fostered through our sense of self, family, community, culture, language, and land. Place-based learning embraces the 4 blankets and develops the whole child.
Resiliency is fostered through our sense of self, family, community, culture, language, and land. Place-based learning embraces the 4 blankets and develops the whole child.
Resources that Connect First Peoples' Ways of
Resources that Connect First Peoples' Ways of
Knowing, Doing, and Being to Place-Based Learning:
Knowing, Doing, and Being to Place-Based Learning:
A collection of place-based learning activities providing ideas to incorporate First Nations ways of knowing and being,
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Culture and Language
A key resource space for Squamish language, culture, and arts.
For educators seeking to act as co-inquirers with their students. This book contains a lens on Indigenous perspectives and worldviews.
The Comox/Courtenay School District offers a bank of Indigenous perspectives resources that can be
A compilation of CBC Short Docs by some of the best emerging Indigenous storytellers from across the country.
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