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FNMI Peoples: Understanding Traditional Teachings, Histories, Current Issues and Cultures Part 1 AQ (Trent, Winter 2024, Online)

February 8, 2024 to April 11, 2024

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Native Studies
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

This course provides educators with an opportunity to explore First Nation, Métis and Inuit knowledge and ways of knowing and how to connect this knowledge to the classroom. Throughout the course students will develop an understanding of First Nation, Métis and Inuit traditional teaching, histories, current issues and culture, and how these connect to the curriculum in order to support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. Students will unlearn the misconceptions of historical events and re-learn historical and current realities for the First Peoples of Canada. Topics will include, but are not limited to, Indigenous Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy, local traditional knowledge and historical and contemporary contributions of Indigenous peoples and their connections to culture. Using the Seven Grandfather teachings and Medicine Wheel teachings as a framework, candidates will explore traditional teachings, histories, current issues and cultures of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. This course will provide candidates with the knowledge to create curriculum embedded with Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.