"We Have Always Been Researchers": Indigenous Science and Land Pedagogies

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Indigenous knowledge systems are integrated epistemological systems taught through Indigenous pedagogies that support an understanding of an interconnected world and our places within it. These presentations explore understanding of the nature of Indigenous land pedagogies and their use in retaining, affirming, and applying Indigenous knowledge systems in modern contexts including urban, reserve(ation), and wild places.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Chair

• Judy M. Iseke, Grant MacEwan University

Papers

• Indigenous Knowledge, Science, and Land Pedagogy: Youth Experiences and Elders' Stories Transform Educational Understandings - Judy M. Iseke, Grant MacEwan University; Leisa Anne Desmoulins, Lakehead University

• Land-Based Learning in a Nehiyawaskiy Context: At the Nexus of Activism and Affirmation - Tracy L. Friedel, The University of British Columbia

• Kristie's Paper - Kristie Williams, Northern Nishnawbe Education Council

Discussant

• Eve Tuck, University of Toronto