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Past Events

2025/26

Indigenous Arts Practices (October 23, 2025) - Angela Paul and Aaron "Splash" Nelson-Moody

• Collaboration between Faculty of Education Artist-in-Residence project and the Indigenous Knowledge Holders Teaching Series (IKTHS)
• A panel discussion with master weaver, q史蓹nat Angela Paul, from the S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh and Sts'Ailes' Nations, Aaron 鈥楽plash鈥� Nelson-Moody, carver from S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw, and Calder Cheverie, a land and arts-based educator.

Indigenous Storytelling and Collaboration (February 11, 2026) - Nang K瘫鈥檜ulas Patrick Shannon 

• Collaboration between the Office of Indigenous Education and 51猎奇入口Surrey Administration
• Screening of Haida filmmaker Patrick Shannon's acclaimed documentary Saints and Warriors followed by a Q&A on Indigenous storytelling, community collaboration, and the evolving relationship between Indigenous and settler artists

2024/25

Challenges of Identity in the Diaspora (November 20, 2024) - Elder Scholar Dr. Richard Vedan

• The history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the contemporary social condition will be reviewed with respect to the challenges for authentic identity in the new millennia.

Indigenous Media (March 5, 2025) - Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin

• Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Attawapiskat) is an award-winning filmmaker, mother, writer, performance artist and academic.

2023/24

Revitalization of Indigenous Language and Culture through Storytelling (October 26, 2023) - Fern Gabriel

• Sesme虂l蓹t (Fern Gabriel) is a h蓹nq虛蓹m虛in虛蓹m虛 language teacher and consultant from q虛史a:n虛茮虛蓹n虛 (Kwantlen Nation, Fort Langley.) Through her vivid storytelling, Sesme虂l蓹t will reveal how Indigenous worldviews, language and perspectives are all interconnected.

Practical Applications of Decolonizing in Contemporary Schooling (November 19, 2023) - Dr. Dustin Louie

• In this talk Dr. Dustin Louie will address the foundational principles of decolonizing and the practical applications he has led, participated in, and witnessed across Western Canada.

The Teachings of Place as a Method for Decolonizing Academia (February 13, 2024) - Calder Cheverie

• In this talk, Calder Cheverie will address the need to hold Indigenous narratives and the teachings of place as the foundational taproot from which we must grow in our efforts to decolonize academia.

Thinking Outside the Box and Around the Circle: Possibilities for Indigenous Youth Wellness in Schools (May 14, 2024) - Dr. Melanie Nelson

• Common perceptions with respect to Western constructs such as assessment, disability, and diagnosis will be explored within the context of the myriad systems that have engulfed Indigenous communities. A brief review of the current situation in schools will be provided followed by a discussion of possibilities for rethinking how we are supporting Indigenous youth.

2022/23

Creating New Relationships with Indigenous Knowledge (October 17, 2022)- Dr. Dwayne Donald

• Dr. Donald will be speaking about how we can reimagine teacher education with Indigenous wisdom traditions, focusing on relationality. There is a wisdom principle known as w芒hk么htowin underpinning how Cree peoples fundamentally see the world. Literally it means kinship but refers more widely to the interconnectedness of human beings with each other and with all other forms of life.

Fireside Stories in the Indigenous Garden (November 21, 2022) - Joseph A. Dandurant

• Grab a blanket and join us in the Indigenous Garden on Burnaby Campus on November 21 for Fireside Stories with Joseph A. Dandurant.

Finale: Celebration on the Water 鈥� Canoe Tour (June 3, 2022)

• As we come to the end of this series we will be celebrating our learning on the water, pulling together as one in Takaya Tours' ocean-going canoes. James Healy (Takaya Tours) and Uncle Buck (Skwxw煤7mesh canoe family & Elder) will be taking our group of 30 on the water, departing from Cates Park/Whey-ah-wichen.

'Innocent Gesture' (May 8, 2023) - Robert Davidson

• Robert Davidson will share his experiences carving and raising the totem pole in 1969 in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, an event that transformed his growth as a student of Haida art and history. He will also describe his learning from the old masters and how their masterpieces have impacted his artistic journey from the 1960s to the present day.

Wholistic Leadership (June 7, 2023) 鈥� Chas Desjarlais

• Wholistic Leadership
  Keeping the Fire Lit - Indigenous women leading in colonizing educational systems.

2021/22

Fall Series

Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit (September 27, 2021) - Q鈥檜m Q鈥檜m Xiiem tel skwi:x (Dr. Jo-ann Archibald)

• This presentation with Dr. Jo-ann Archibald will highlight the seven principles of an Indigenous Storywork (ISW) framework for educational purposes. The four ISW principles of respect, responsibility, reverence, and reciprocity prepare educators to become 鈥渟torywork-ready鈥� before using Indigenous traditional and experiential stories in educational contexts.

How our worldview shapes storytelling (October 18, 2021) - Elders Swelimeltxw and Siyamtelot (Rudy and Shirley Leon)

• Elders Swelimeltxw and Siyamtelot (Rudy and Shirley Leon) will be joining the Walking Beside Us series to share the journey of publishing Swelimeltxw鈥檚 memoirs which capture his early memories hunting and travelling by canoe with his parents, his life as a logger, canoe puller, leather crafter and spiritual healer, to his Elderhood and current hobbies.

Indigenous Storywork in Practice: Sharing Perspectives and Experiences (November 1, 2021) - Q鈥檜m Q鈥檜m Xiiem tel skwi:x (Dr. Jo-ann Archibald)

• Dr. Archibald will host a smaller group discussion for those wanting to incorporate the emergent learning from her talk into their classroom/teaching practice, with the opportunity to then return and debrief in a smaller circle with Dr. Archibald.

Community Sharing Circle with Carolyn Roberts and Calder Cheverie (November 5, 2021)

• In the learning journey we have started within the鈥疻alking Beside Us: Indigenous Knowledge Teaching Series,鈥痺e have had the opportunity to hear from knowledge keepers鈥痑nd elders,鈥痗onnecting us through stories鈥痑nd inviting us into an understanding of the importance of cultural story-work and story-work processes.鈥�

Spring Series

Listening to the Stories of the Soil: The Path to an Indigenous Ecology (January 24, 2022) - Dr. Jennifer Grenz

• The land said, "Shhhh鈥�". Join Dr. Jennifer Grenz, Nlaka鈥檖amux Ecologist, as she shares her intensely personal experience recognizing her own colonization as an Indigenous woman trained and shaped by western science.

Harmony Garden Tours with Cease Wyss (Tour 1: March 5, 2022; Tour 2 March 12, 2022) - T'uy'tanat-Cease Wyss

• Established in 2008, Harmony Garden is a community garden located in the Capilano Reserve. They are focusing on food security and promoting healthy living for people in the community. Harmony Garden has a wide variety of fruits, berries, vegetables and traditional indigenous plants! T'uy'tanat-Cease Wyss, ethnobotanist, educator and artist, will take us through the garden and share her plant-based knowledge with us.

Follow up Session with Dr. Jennifer Grenz (March 7, 2022)

• The land said, "Shhhh鈥�". Through her research journey to apply an Indigenous worldview to ecological restoration, she recognized that bringing her heart (Indigenous worldview) and mind (western science) together, while honouring the stories of our lands (past, present, and future) was what was needed to bring the meaningful healing our lands and all relations upon them so desperately need.