Lizzie Irniq and the late Mary Kiatainaq of Kangisujuaq, Nunavik share stories of life on the land, the brilliance of dog teams and their experiences learning and teaching for the First Peoples Post-secondary Storytelling Exchange.
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https://fppse.net/stories/myvoice/ (scroll down the page to find it)
Read about structuring your online discussions to encourage learners to apply concepts that they have learned or to further explore a concept they have studied in class.
Walking Out Ceremony is one of the many films you can find at fppse.net, the First Peoples Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange website.
The six-minute film follows Dawson College student Alexandrea Matthews as she and her family hold a traditional Cree ceremony on the Dawson grounds. A Walking Out ceremony is a long-held Cree tradition that honours a child's first steps and their future role.
Members of the Dawson Community were present to witness this special event and celebrate a milestone with Alex's niece and her family. For Alex, whose home community is nine hours north, she was "so happy to bring something from my home to Dawson."
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SALTISE is calling for nominations of teachers and pedagogical counsellors for best practices and pedagogical innovation awards. Past Dawson winners include Ian Mackenzie in 2020 and Yann Brouillette in 2019.
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Educators from across Canada will learn about the Resist Violence Pedagogy developed at Dawson on April 28 at Changing Narratives, CICan’s national conference.
Pat Romano (Faculty, Humanities), Kim Simard (Faculty, Cinema | Communications) and Anick Legault (Faculty, Psychology) are the presenters along with Dawson graduate Miryam Guirguis (Class of 2020, Health Science).
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Context Although we were learning about HyFlex course-design before this year, the actual COVID situation has led to the need to investigate this new course model with greater urgency. Testing one of Dawson’s 20 HyFlex-capable classrooms with IST members was insightful. We were able to test the HyFlex room and make recommendations regarding its set…
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Suggested Article: Strategies for Antiracist and Decolonized Teaching
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The forum is open to all employees of Dawson (Sign in to MS365 required). Please join in!
Topics for discussion include:
Additional information can be found on this page of the Faculty Hub website.
Looking for resources to support you in your process of Indigenizing and decolonizing your curriculum and pedagogy?
Check out https://fppse.net/resources/ "For Educators" for a curated list of resources for teachers. You will find accessible and engaging Indigenous created media suitable for the college classroom, lesson plans on topics including Residential schools https://fppse.net/wp-content/uploads/Indigenous-Education-Residential-Schools.pdf and Fashion and cultural appreciation vs appropriation https://fppse.net/wp-content/uploads/Indigenous-Education-Appropriation.pdf.
Resources also include the latest Calls to action & recommendations related to Indigenous education, websites, podcasts, readings on Indigenous pedagogy, storytelling, research & ethics. Whether starting to explore Indigenous topics, expanding your substantial knowledge base or adding to your teaching tool box, there is something here for you!
Winter 2021 course development is underway in the Learning Communities project, with six teams and a total of 12 teachers working on eleven new courses to be launched in the F21 and W22 semesters. Working remotely imposes significant constraints on the course design process, just as it does with teaching. However, as in the second half of last year’s winter semester, MS Teams is allowing co-teachers to work on documents asynchronously, meet via video chats, access all the relevant course design resources, and in short, create an almost satisfactory stand-in for in-person collaboration.
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Last Modified: May 4, 2021
