The Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarships and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships aim to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities.
The very first Canadian Early Mathematics Education (CEME) Conference took place this month, March 1-4, bringing together researchers, educators, and policymakers from across the country.
Dr. Shawn Wilson, Southern Cross University, Australia
Dr. Shawn Wilson, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, currently lives on Bundjalung land on the east coast of Australia. He is Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples at Southern Cross University and Adjunct Professor of Psychosocial Work at Østfold University College in Fredrikstad, Norway.
Would you attend an online sweat lodge? What about an online pipe ceremony? How about a talking circle? Hold an interview or conduct a focus group? Covid19 has pushed us all online into this digital space. We need to recognize how Internet protocols interact with and impact ceremonial protocols. Digital communication is great for transmitting content but as Indigenous Knowledge is relational, we really need to consider the process and relationships that lie beneath the online experience. If research is ceremony, what aspects of ceremony can be digitized?
I was fortunate enough to spend my Queen’s Alternative Practicum in Uganda, engaging in one of many projects from the Africa Sustainable Tourism Care Foundation (ASTCF). This organization works on a vast range of projects pertaining to the environment, wildlife, education, women’s rights, and social justice.
B.Ed. Alumna Emily Moorhead has developed a method for teaching a classroom of young students to read that will support those with learning disabilities and keep them from falling behind. Learn more about her incredible teaching methods in the Whig Standard.
On July 29, the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program was informed that the tipi in the backyard of Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre (4D) had been damaged by a five-foot tear that runs along the seam of the tipi.
This reflection from alumnus Allan Shaw on the relationships he fostered over his career is even more meaningful given Mac Freeman’s passing on August 27, 2020. Allan’s story reminds us of the lasting impacts educators can have long after we leave their classrooms.