Outdoor Learning Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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3:15pm MDT

Land as Teacher-a settler perspective on incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing and being on the land LIMITED

Thursday May 8, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

This session will incorporate a holistic approach, centring our experiences around activating the mind, heart, body and spirit. We will explore the concept of sit-spots and examining the land through the Blackfoot concept of "okkakiosatoo"-or to "look carefully." We will do plant exploration and examine what is living, growing and thriving in the surrounding area to see what knowledge we can acquire and share collectively. We will gather in circle to discuss concepts explored by Indigenous Authors Robin Wall-Kimmerer and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and we will explore ways to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into classrooms in a wide variety of disciplines. Incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, belonging and doing through a land-based approach is something that can seem scary, but through this session I will share tangible ways that you can help elevate and uplift these perspectives in your daily lives and practices.

Speakers

Denise Hammond

Learning Leader-Social Studies, Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School/CBE

I have been a passionate secondary school educator (Grades 7-12) for the last 11 years. I have spent the last 7 years of my career focusing on broadening my understanding of my role as a settler in mohkinstsis (Calgary) on Treaty 7 territory. Learning alongside Elders, knowledge keepers... Read More →

Thursday May 8, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
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