Building Community & Kinship How I build community in my classroom: How I build relationships: How I want to use the kinship model: Big takeaway: I want my classroom to feel like a community where everyone belongs and everyone looks out for each other. My Connection to the Land My Connection to Land When I…
1. Meaningful Land Acknowledgements 2. First Peoples Principles of Learning 3. The Importance of Terminology 4. Witnessing & Deep Listening 5. Allyship: Learning → Action References British Columbia Ministry of Education. (2015). Moving forward: Welcoming Aboriginal worldviews into BC’s K-12 classroom. Government of British Columbia. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/administration/kindergarten-to-grade-12/indigenous-education/awp_moving_forward.pdf First Nations and Indigenous Studies. (2009). Indigenous Foundations: Terminology….
TERRITOTIAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Asking Questions This made me think about how easy it can be to say a land acknowledgement without really thinking about its meaning. I am learning that it should be more than just words we say at the beginning of a class or meeting. It should be meaningful and connected to the…