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The Faculty of Education has been involved in decolonizing activities throughout the
2016-2017 academic year. In late August, at the Fall Faculty Seminar, faculty and
staff participated in the Kairos Blanket Exercise led by Dr. Michael Cappello and
Dr. Shauneen Pete. Faculty and staff, then, engaged in an Indigenous Expressive
Art Therapy activity led by Dr. JoLee Sasakamoose, which resulted in the Shared
Responsibility Tree: Branches of Reconciliation. Our Faculty welcomed Elders-
in-Residence Alma Poitras and Noel Starblanket, who have guided faculty in
indigenizing pedagogy, research, and practices.
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The Faculty of Education participated in the Treaty 4 Gathering on September
12, hosting a discussion, led by Dr. Michael Cappello, Dr. Shauneen Pete, and
Dr. Brenda Anderson (Luther) on redressing the issue of missing and murdered
Indigenous women and girls and the empowerment of women. It was a moving
evening of stories, tears, challenges, and brainstorming.
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Education students in several programs visited the site of the former Lebret/
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, to remember and commemorate those who
attended residential schools. Arts Education students participated in the Treaty 4
Gathering activities with Grade 8 Bert Fox Community High School students.
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On October 1, over 300 teachers and preservice teachers gathered on a Saturday
for #TreatyEdCamp 2.0. Regina hip-hop artist and journalist Brad Bellegard
brought the keynote presentation, "Rap as the New Buffalo: The Role of Hip Hop
in Indigenous Education," following a lunch of soup and bannock (provided by
Scott Collegiate). View Brad's keynote at http://www2.uregina.ca/education/news/
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UR S.T.A.R.S. Katia Hildebrandt, Meagan Dobson, and Raquel Bellefleur co-organized
the second annual #treatyedcamp with the help of many volunteers and with
financial support from the Faculty of Education and the Aboriginal Student Centre
(View online photo album by clicking here).
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On October 21, Métis author Chelsea Vowel (Indigenous Writes) presented a keynote
on "Reconciliation in the Time of Pipelines" at the Social Justice and Anti-Racist/
Anti-Oppressive Forum on Education (SAFE) Conference 2016 for faculty and
students. Dr. Val Mulholland, Dr. Michael Cappello, and Wanneta Martin participated
in planning this jointly sponsored event.
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Education students learned about decolonizing education in their classes:
Dr. Gale Russell's math students crafted some Indigenous games of chance; Dr.
Twyla Salm's students studied ways of decolonizing Health Education and examined
White privilege; Dr. Anna-Leah King's students heard from Alanis King, an Odawa
playwright, director and educator originally from the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian
Reserve, and the first Aboriginal woman to graduate from the National Theatre
School of Canada; and drama education students explored the issue of missing
and murdered Indigenous women and girls, supported by Elder-in-Residence Alma
Poitras and Elder Brenda Dubois, in Dr. Sara Schroeter's drama education course.
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