Tag Archives: FNMI

Module 4 – Post 5

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Professional Learning website offers opportunities for professional learning as well as curricular resources to support professional learning. There are numerous resources found on the website from videos, to digital resources for creating lesson plans. I noticed looking through the resource that it has been newly developed and brings in links to other resources that I have explored previously such as Empowering the Spirit. The resources and support tools focus on the four pillars (Learning to Be, Learning to Know, Learning to Do, Learning to Relate) of professional learning that were inspired by the UNESCO Pillars of Education. There is a How and When to Use the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Professional Learning Website Guide that, “highlights the features of this website and stimulates learning, conversation, critical reflection, and the development of implementation approaches and strategies.” The website has much to offer in ways of professional learning as well as education resources in lesson planning. 

Website link: http://www.fnmiprofessionallearning.ca/

References:

Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia. (2020). First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Professional Learning. ARPDC. Retrieved from: http://www.fnmiprofessionallearning.ca/

 

M.1 P.5 Indigenous Canada MOOC (UofA)

The more I learn, the more I realize I do not know. Dr. Lee Brown’s interview and Michael Marker influenced this post. I think until we understand, or try to understand, the past we cannot effectively move forward to a better future. One that portrays collaboration, cooperation, and more than one perspective.

“… an informed historical awareness of any cultural group is essential for distinguishing between minority cultures and mainstream American culture, the situation is amplified with regard to local indigenous people because their histories are enmeshed with the ecological history of the land”. (Marker, 2006, p.495).

Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. Click on the picture above to go to the website. I think it may be a great place for many to start if they are unfamiliar with the history of Indigenous Peoples of Canada. I personally did not experience any FNMI education in my elementary and secondary schooling, and if I did it was incorrect, misrepresented, and very stereotypical. I believe there is a large percentage of the adult Canadian population who would benefit from a course like this, and it’s FREE!

References

Indigenous Canada (n.d.). University of Alberta. https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

Marker, M. (2015). Borders and the borderless Coast Salish: decolonizing historiographies of Indigenous schooling. History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 1-23.