Elders stressed that best practices in indigenizing would include making language and particularly language immersion an important part of indigenization. Indigenous teaching methods – employing patience, and teaching with love, with “no slapping or yelling” — were recommended as well, rather than token efforts (“not enough to take a non-indigenous program and slap a name […]
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Keynotes and Guest Speakers: Discussions from the Canadian Federation of Students, National Aboriginal Caucus: Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew, Dr. Lynne Davis, Eber Hampton, Otis Jasper notes and discussions
INDIGENIZING THE ACADEMY GATHERING August 26th–28th, 2012 Notes courtesy of Dolly Reno. DAY 1: Opening Ceremony with Elders DAY 2: Guest Speaker: Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew, University of Saskatchewan: Gatekeepers as a disconnect and obstacle to indigenization Gatekeepers that are a part of the reason for a disconnection between Indigenous people […]