‘COYOTE BRINGS FOOD FROM THE UPPER WORLD’: INDIGENOUS EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY MAY 5, 2016 Old Main building (rooms OM 3752/3732), Kamloops Campus
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK
‘COYOTE BRINGS FOOD FROM THE UPPER WORLD’: INDIGENOUS EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT A Day of Sharing Circles Faculty of Education and Social Work, Thompson Rivers University Thursday May 5, 2016 Program 10.00-10.20am: Meeting venue open for attendees (Old Main 3752/3732) 10.30-11.30am: Welcome and introductions
** Please gather at the Tk’emlups Te Secwepemc Territory Marker Stone (Old Main building, Level 1, North Entrance), at 10.20am. A welcoming gathering will be held there, after which we will move to OM 3752/3732 **
11.30-12.30pm: First Nations oral traditions (Roxanne Letterlough and TRU students)
12.30-1:15pm: Lunch 1.15-2.30pm: Indigenous education and development in Aotearoa New
Zealand (Tony Trinick and visitors from Aotearoa New Zealand - sharing about indigenous and equity education initiatives in schooling and university settings - successes, challenges, opportunities for collaboration)
2.30pm-2.45pm: Afternoon tea 2.45-4.00pm: Indigenous research and development sharing circle
(Prof Rod McCormick facilitator - discussions around themes of shared interest from our regions, and looking at possibilities for supporting Indigenous advancement together).
4.00-4.30pm: Closing 6.00pm: Supper for visitors and invited guests TRU Campus Map: http://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Printable_Campus_Map29098.pdf
FIRST NATIONS ORAL TRADITIONS
Roxane Letterlough is a mother of three and a member of the Tsal’alh Band of the St’at’imc Nation. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and a Post-Baccalaureate Degree from Simon Fraser University. She recently completed her Masters in Education Degree in Language and Literacy Education with an emphasis on Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Pedagogies from the University of British Columbia. Roxane has taught various age groups in different capacities at Indigenous schools within the Secwepemc Nation. She currently holds a position with the School District 73 as the District Primary Aboriginal Resource Teacher, coordinator for Lillooet's, University of British Columbia's NITEP (Indigenous Teacher Education Program) as well as a sessional instructor in First Nations oral traditions for Thompson Rivers University.
Justin Young aka Thunder Sky is an Anishinabe from Mother Earth. He is a TRU student studying Sociology and Anthropology. In Winter 2016 Justin joined Roxane’s course First Nations Oral Traditions (FNST 2200) at TRU. Students had opportunities to enhance their understanding of First Nations oral traditions through studying language, speaking and song in traditional and contemporary First Nations languages. Fellow class members included Marie Sandy, and Chad Alexander.
PARTICIPANTS FROM AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Tony Trinick: Head of School, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland. Tony is an internationally regarded specialist in indigenous curriculum, especially Māori-medium numeracy, cultural revitalisation and mathematics, and Māori-medium curriculum development and implementation. (https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/people/profile/t-trinick) . Tony was appointed Director Māori Medium PLD, a New Zealand-wide project supporting teacher professional development and accelerated student success through Māori medium education.
Hēmi Dale, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland. Hēmi specializes in Indigenous curriculum design and Māori medium education in schooling and teacher education. Hēmi has taught in the Māori medium teacher training pathway Te Huarahi Māori since its inception in 1997. He was the principal writer of the New Zealand Māori medium Tikanga ā Iwi (Social Studies) curriculum and was extensively involved in the cycle of national teacher professional development for Tikanga ā Iwi . Hēmi has been a co-facilitator of the Quality Teaching Research and Development pilot for Māori medium schools. His research interests are the development of the Māori medium curricula, the Tikanga ā Iwi learning area, bilingualism and biliteracy and teaching through the medium of te reo Māori.
Ella Newbold, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland. Ella is Project Director Māori Medium Professional Learning and Development (PLD) at The University of Auckland. She specializes in Language Education, Educational Leadership, Teacher Education.
Piata Allen, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland. Piata Allen (PLD Practitioner at Te Puna Wānanga) says that "one of the biggest challenges we face is with the revitalization of our indigenous Maori language, and we are using …webcasting to assist with this. We’re helping Maori children to access webcasting technology and to develop their own user generated content. These K-12 students are second language learners of Te Reo Māori. So our learners of Māori language are creating Mediasite resources, that they can use to advance understanding of their own language, the knowledge of their peers, the knowledge of their families, and the wider online community." “I want to wake the sleeping giant of Māori potential”
Dr Katarina Edmonds, Toihau Hōtaka Reo Māori — Director Māori Medium Education, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland. Katarina has an extensive background in language and cultural education dating back to 1980. She earned her undergraduate degrees in education and Māori and a master’s in applied linguistics. After eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium schools, Katarina became involved in Māori immersion education and discovered the value of teaching through the Māori language. Subsequently, Katarina returned to university to earn a graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Māori immersion teachers in the teacher education program. Katarina went on to become the first doctoral graduate from the University of Hilo in Hawaii completing her Doctor of Philosophy in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Cultural Revitalisation. As a long time advocate of Māori language revitalisation Katarina upholds the belief in the importance and value of knowing who you are and where you come from in order to get to where you want to be. “Ki te whāia e koe te mātauranga me pūmau koe ki a koe anō”, in your pursuit of education be true to yourself.
Barbara Alalaatoa, Sylvia Park Principal, Auckland. (http://nz.educationhq.com/news/29155/changing-the-world-from-sylvia-park/) With a 30-year career in education behind her and many more influential years ahead of her, Sylvia Park School (SPS) principal Barbara Alaalatoa describes her most recent ten years at SPS as “amazing”. Her school is in a low-income area of Auckland and many of its 443 students are of either Māori or Tongan ancestry. With what she describes as an incredible team at the school, Barbara says they are determined to ensure children emerge as great citizens and achieve great outcomes beyond the school. As part of this goal, Barbara and her team established the Mutukaroa programme, which is now being rolled out at schools across New Zealand by the Ministry of Education with $3 million of government funding over two years. Mutukaroa involves parents directly in the development of their child in the first three years of school and parents are told exactly how they can help at home. In 2015 Barbara was named by the New Zealand Government as the inaugural chairperson for the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Council is charged with strengthening the capability and quality of teaching and raising the status of the profession.
Yerí7 skukwstsétsemc (Thank you very much) for joining with Indigenous educators, education leaders, students and scholars from Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand.
We look forward to sharing knowledge and initiatives for Indigenous advancement and education success for all.
Prof Airini, Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work Thompson Rivers University ([email protected])
Please contact Bonnie Scherrer ([email protected]) to confirm your attendance.
Ngā mihi nui
Ia manuia le aso Kukwstec-kuc
