61.046 - Reversing False Truths: Engaging Elders and Community in Supporting Increased Outcomes for Wikwemikong Learners

Session Type: Off-Site Visit

Abstract

Wikwemikong Board of Education’s (https://wbe-education.ca/) on-reserve school system located on Manitoulin Island, some 600 kilometers north of this conference site. Manitoulin has been habited for over 9,000 years and is unceded territory. Wikwemikong has over 7,000 Anishinabek members with approximately 3, 000 living in Wikwemikong itself. This two-hour virtual interactive field trip will allow you to visit the schools and classrooms, through videos while observing students learning combining both Ontario curriculum expectations with Anishinabe cultural responsive experiential teachings. In 2006, Wikwemikong formally implemented a community-based Anishnaabemowin Language Strategy embedding language, culture and history. Additionally, you will have an opportunity to meet face-to-face with and be guided by Knowledge Keepers, Elders, and system leaders sharing strategies and resources.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Visit Leader

• Evelyn Wilson, OISE/University of Toronto

Papers

• Realizing Learners' Full Potential While Instilling Proud Identity and Lifelong Commitment to the Community - Fay Zoccole, Wikwemikong Board of Education

• Forward Focus: Implementing and Monitoring Culturally Responsive, Evidence-Based Improvement for First Nations Learners - Michael Staruck, Wikwemikong Board of Education