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GALLERY: INDIGENIZING LEARNING IN THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN
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Indigenous Plants
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Water in the Okanagan Valley
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LAND (tmxʷulaxʷ)
Okanagan Nation Territory
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Salmon Resources
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Indigenous Social Justice
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Learning On, From & With the Land
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Residential Schools
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Indigenous Medicine Wheel
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Traditional Indigenous Games
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Building Collective Knowledge
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Indigenous Fine Arts
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Indigenizing the Curriculum
Amber Cardenas Okanagan Song
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The suknaʔqín̓x Okanagan is Beautiful
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way’ limləmt, Welcome to the Okanagan. From the mountain tops to the valley bottom, the land is beautiful. This is the beautiful unceded and unsurrendered traditional territory of the Okanagan/syilx people. Okanagan Song: ałi kwu swiwi-numtax | We are beautiful ałi kwu suknaʔqín̓x | We are Okanagan ałi axa/ L/tmxwula/xw | Because our land is beautiful Narration and appearance by: Grouse Barnes Okanagan Song sung by: Delphine Derickson and Pat Raphael Video by: Nic Collar Film Video Credit: Tourism KelownaPeople & Blogs
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Harmony Day 2021 Opening
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Created by Chris VelascoPeople & Blogs
Traditional Welcome to the Okanagan
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Reconciliation Begins With the Land
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Isaac Murdoch from Serpent River First Nation speaks about the importance of our relationship with the land and why we must include this when we talk about reconciliationFilm & Animation
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Inaaknigewin draft
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This video is about InaaknigewinFilm & Animation
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What Is Reconciliation
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EDUCATING OUR YOUTH
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The H’a H’a Tumxulaux Outdoor Education Program
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To access the full case study report about this program, please visit: http://www.cea-ace.ca/HaHaEducation
Solar Energy Project
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Education
school district 10, arrow lakes, new denver, nakusp, silverton, burton, edgewood
Promoting land-based learning in and out of school
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To access the full case study report about this program, please visit: http://www.cea-ace.ca/HaHaEducation
RVS Learning Story: Our Learning About Alberta
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This learning story features a grade three and four inquiry at Banded Peak School about the history of Alberta.Education
Education, Rocky View Schools, #rvsed, RVS Learning Story, Inquiry
Place-Based Learning: Connecting Kids to Their Community
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At Hood River Middle School, place-based learning makes student learning relevant and engaging by turning their local geography, culture, history, and economy into classroom lessons. Hood River Middle School GRADES 6-8 | HOOD RIVER, OR Explore more resources from this school: http://www.edutopia.org/school/hood-river-middle-schoolEducation
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David Greenwood introduces an approach to place-based education
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This video was produced as part of a pilot project profiling faculty work at Lakehead University.People & Blogs
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Gardens Greenhouses & Sustainability
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Ninaistako (Chief Mountain)
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In this presentation at the foot of Ninaistako (Chief Mountain), Saa'kokoto shares about Na'a (Mother Earth) and the significance of this site in the ancestral territories of the First Peoples.Education
Banded Peak School XChange Project 2015-16
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This RockyDoc features the 2015-2016 XChange project at Banded Peak School. Led by the grade 5-8 teams as a dSchools fellowship project, XChange has evolved through the year, with students, teachers and community members all collaborating in learning. This documentary highlights the grade 5-8 shared leadership hikes that were the culmination of XChange for 2015-16. Read all of our XChange stories on our blog: schoolblogs.rockyview.ab.ca/bpeakxchangeEducation
Direct Experiences in Nature
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Direct Experiences in Nature: A Learning Story from the Curriculum for a Sustainable Future. Thanks to the students of Glenbow Elementary School for their value around connecting with nature. Their words are an important reminder and inspiration. They have experienced the physical, emotional, social and mental benefits of being present in nature. Let us all be reminded that experiencing the natural world is an absolute must for all people - especially our children.Outdoor Classroom - Windows to the Wild
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Outdoor educator Scott Ellis is passionate about connecting people with the outdoors. Host Willem Lange visits Scott at a school where students and teachers are dealing with the threat of COVID-19 by getting outdoors.Travel & Events
Connecting Land to Teaching Pedagogy: A land-based learning experience at Writing on Stone
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Students from the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, get out of the classroom and experience firsthand learning on the land.Education
Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Blackfoot, Elder Randy Bottle
Going Where the Kids Are: Land Based Learning
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Join Geering Up as we travel to the Kwadacha and Tsay Keh Dene First Nations to teach STEM and learn from the communities. Learn about the importance of building relationships, continuity, and land-based learning to STEM outreach. Keep up to date with Geering Up: http://www.geeringup.ca/ http://www.facebook.com/GEERingUp http://www.twitter.com/GeeringUp http://www.instagram.com/geeringup Thank you to UBC Faculty of Applied Science for making this trip possible and supporting our work across British Columbia. Keep up to date with the Faculty of Applied Science at apsc.ubc.ca. Geering Up is a proud network member of Actua: Actua provides training, resources and support to its national network of members located at universities and colleges across Canada in the delivery of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education outreach programming. Each year, these members engage over 225,000 youth in 500 communities nationwide. Please visit Actua at http://www.actua.ca.Education
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Mapping the future of Education for Sustainable Development
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Over 270 participants from 116 UNESCO Member States and Associate Members gathered in Bangkok, Thailand on 9 and 10 July 2018 to discuss which future direction governments and UNESCO should take in promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). With UNESCO’s Global Action Programme on ESD ending in 2019, UNESCO is preparing the future programme for ESD, to be linked specifically to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The technical consultation provided room for reflection and discussion in different settings, such as town hall debates touching on themes such as the SDGs, transformative action and the technological future, a world café session, panel debates, group work and regional discussions. The meeting made apparent the great commitment of governments to taking ESD into the future and implementing ESD as a key tool to achieve the SDGs. This video shall give a summary impression of the insightful discussions throughout the meeting. For more information: https://en.unesco.org/technical-consultation-meeting-future-education-sustainable-development-esdNonprofits & Activism
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Outdoor learning: discovery walks | Oxford Owl
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Find out how a discovery walk is full of opportunities for outdoor learning. Educational author and parent Isabel Thomas shares her ideas for activities that combine science, technology, engineering, art and maths – also known as STEAM – using what you find on a family walk. Find more kids' activities on Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/ What is Oxford Owl? Oxford Owl for Home has been created especially for parents by Oxford University Press to give you free expert advice, ideas and activities to support your child’s learning at home: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/Education
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Haida Gwaii - Foods Work/Outdoor Classroom Project
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Responding to its place and its people, this project begun at Gudangaay Tlaats’gaa Naay Secondary School in Massett has transformed the economy and culture of education and of food on Haida Gwaii. This video explores the thinking of those involved, in conversation about education responding to place, the relationships involved, how community changes, how change itself is encountered and ending with a playful enumeration of ‘why foods in curriculum & education?’ This project has been supported by Growing Innovation, a partnership of UBC and the BC Ministry of Education, for more information on it and all Growing Innovation-supported projects, please visit www.ruralteachers.com and click on Growing Innovation. More video documentation is available there under the video tab, and you can get updates on twitter at @ruralteachers Here’s another excellent video about this same project: https://vimeo.com/164774819 Please support your local teachers to take the children outside and work with foods! All Rural Teachers video documentation may be found here: http://www.ruralteachers.com/gallery/gi-images/vid Growing Innovation projects are all here: http://www.ruralteachers.com/growing-innovation-2011 Follow us on twitter @ruralteachersCultural Journeys School - Squamish BC
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Cultural Journeys is a Kindergarten to Grade 6 program of choice guided by the principle that all learning is grounded in understanding the connected relationship of language, land and culture. In this program, we learn to respect a shared worldview of environmental livability and sustainability related to our intellectual, physical, emotional/social, and spiritual learning. This year we have had a strong focus on First Nations language and culture, social/emotional learning, and place-based learning. Follow the story at: www.cultural-journeys.weebly.com Music: Bensound.com Created by: Levi HildebrandPeople & Blogs
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Elder Saa'kokoto
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Elder Saa'kokoto shares about his names, his language & Na'a (Mother Earth) on location at Okotok (Big Rock).Education
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Learning with the Land
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This video features the RVS Land Acknowledgement: 'Rocky View Schools would like to acknowledge the land and recognize all the Indigenous Peoples whose footprints have marked these lands from time immemorial. Together, we can learn and honour the ways of knowing of Indigenous Peoples for all future generations.' Rocky View Schools is situated in Treaty 7 territory which includes the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot, made up of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai First Nations), Stoney Nakoda (made up of the Wesley, Bearspaw, Chiniki First Nations), Tsuut’ina First Nation, and is homeland to the Métis Nation. Learn more about the Rocky View Schools Land Acknowledgement from this AP Document: https://www.rockyview.ab.ca/staff/admin_procedures/generaladministration/ap193-land-acknowledgement Learn more about Rocky View Schools at http://www.rockyview.ab.caEducation
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Place-Based Education
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This webinar discusses an innovative approach of extending inquiry and experiential learning to acknowledge the place we inhabit and the wisdom of the land and its people. Dr. Phil Butterfield, Principal of Connect Charter School in Alberta, and Sabina Bauer Lewis, one of your MindFuel teachers, will address the following key ideas: *What is Place-Based Education? *How does Place-Based Education connect to Land-based Learning? *Introducing a pedagogical change paradigm…lessons learned from practice. *Place as a foundation for building community and a bridge to reconciliation. For more STEM related videos, games, and activities, head to: http://wonderville.org And check out our other professional learning videos at: http://www.wonderville.org/professional-learning Special thanks to NSERC PromoScience for their support.Education
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Growing Education in The Crawford Bay School Garden
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Educators, administration, school staff, community leadership and students discuss many aspects of what a school garden project makes possible in education in Crawford Bay in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. The Crawford Bay School Garden Project is supported by Growing Innovation in Rural Sites of Learning, which is the result of a partnership between the University of British Columbia (the Rix Professorship of Rural Teacher Education) and the BC Ministry of Education in the guidance of the Rural Education Advisory Committee. All Rural Teachers video documentation may be found here: http://www.ruralteachers.com/gallery/gi-images/vid Growing Innovation projects are all here: http://www.ruralteachers.com/growing-innovation-2011 Follow us on twitter @ruralteachersLocal Foods to School: Reconnecting the children of Haida Gwaii to their land and their food.
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This video was produced by Farm to Cafeteria Canada and the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia as part of the Nourishing School Communities Initiative with support from many community partners on Haida Gwaii. Nourishing School Communities is funded by the federal government through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s (CPAC)’s Coalition Linking Science for Prevention (CLASP) program.Nonprofits & Activism
How Indigenous knowledge and values are relevant to all students
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To access the full case study report about this program, please visit: http://www.cea-ace.ca/HaHaEducation
WILD Thistle Pull
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The WILD Manachaban students begin their adventures with a thistle pull at Cochrane Ranch to help raise funds for their field trips.Education, Rocky View Schools, #rvsed, Project WILD, Outdoor Education
Daguskabin
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Grade 4 Cross District Inquiry ProjectTrailer: Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Community of Practice
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Trailer: Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Community of PracticeEducation
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Exploring Math Through the Construction of a Lodge Part 1
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Exploring Math Through the Construction of a Lodge Part 2
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Exploring Math On the Land
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Exploring Math Through Drumming
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