*NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Wilson will be unable to speak at the March 16 event — Queering Land-Based Education. This event has been postponed until further notice. A pre-recorded video from a similar talk will be available to watch for those interested. Thank you for your understanding.

  • Alex Wilson

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Wilson will be unable to speak at the March 16 event — Queering Land-Based Education. This event has been postponed until further notice. A pre-recorded video from a similar talk will be available to watch for those interested. Thank you for your understanding.

Queering land-based education
with Dr. Alex Wilson

Land-based education has become increasingly popular across First Nations and other school systems in Canada. The shift from classroom-based teaching to land-based approaches has supported Indigenous language and cultural revitalization. But, how can we ensure that land-based education does not replicate colonial structures and practices?  This presentation focuses on the philosophical and pedagogical praxis of queering land-based education as an opportunity for educators to “queer” both pedagogy and essentialist understandings of nature and cosmology.  We focus on the importance of Indigenous knowledge and relationships with water, land, and place in relation to the process of disrupting and reorienting our education systems. 

dr. linda manyguns, associate vice-president, Indigenization and decolonization is bringing introductions.

Event details

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Online — Google Meet
Please use the attend presentation button to join the conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome to attend.

 

About Dr. Alex Wilson

Dr. Alex Wilson, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, is a Professor with the Department of Educational Foundations and the Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. Her scholarship has greatly contributed to building and sharing knowledge about land-based education; two-spirit identity, history, and teachings; Indigenous research methodologies; anti-oppressive education; the prevention of violence in the lives of Indigenous peoples; and the protection of land and water.

 

  • Indigenous led walk

March 17
1 – 2:30 p.m.

Join Kainai Elder William Singer on an Indigenous-led land-based walk at Nose Hill Park in Calgary.

Space is limited.

For more information, email Ranjan Datta, rdatta@mtroyal.ca

 

 

The Distinguished Speaker is presented by the Faculty of Arts.

This event has been organized by the Humanities Environmental Committee.