Opening Ceremony with Elder Mary-anne Kechego
KAIROS Blanket Exercise (modified for virtual meeting) facilitated by Sara Mai Chitty, Curriculum & Pedagogy Advisor, Indigenous Initiatives, Western with Leslie Gloor Duncan, Associate Director, Transition, Leadership, Transition at Western; Leslie Oliver, Diversity & Accessibility Coordinator, Western; Elder Mary-anne Kechego.
READINGS:
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future: Summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Available at: http://www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf
Kirkness, Verna J. and Ray Barnhardt (2001/1991). "First Nations and Higher Education: The Four R's - Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, Responsibility", In Knowledge Across Cultures: A Contribution to Dialogue Among Civilizations., edited by R. Hayoe and J. Pan. Hong Kong, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong. (First printed in Journal of American Indian Education, vol 3., no. 3, pp. 1-15, 1991, available: http://www.jstor.org/stable/24397980)