Indigenous-led non-profit and community organizations in collaboration with Eve Tuck are working to support several Indigenous community organizations and a youth research collective to encourage land-based education programs that designed by and for Indigenous Peoples and their communities. The Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program recently awarded the project $50,000 in funding.
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/indigenous-communities-drive-connaught-funded-research-projects
Within the College of Alberta School Superintendents website (CASS) is a link to Learning from the Land. This website link helps to provide information about the, “importance of learning with the land, led by Indigenous Peoples.” In this section there is a short video discussing the diversity between First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples and their connection to the land and helping students to understand land based learning, history and culture. Beyond the video, you can also find information on topics such as: Connection to the Land, Traditional/Ancestral Territory, Forced Disconnection, First Nations Culturally Significant Sites as well as the Inuit, Metis and Survive and Thrive. At the end of the page there are some powerful questions to reflect on which I found relevant to consider with my project focus or for anyone seeking out further information on land based learning: “What opportunities are available to staff and students within your jurisdiction to engage in learning from the land led by local Indigenous Peoples? How can learning on the land be woven into current practices within your jurisdiction? What are you doing in your district to support land-based learning for staff and students? What funds, policies, and procedures are in place to support learning from the land through an Indigenous context?” If you look further into the CASS website, there are also links to Reconciliation, Treaties and Agreements, Indigenous Education as well Indigenous Language.
CASS. (2020, March, 24). Learning from the land. CASS. [Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMFq1hhNod4
CASS.(n.d). Learning from the Land. CASS: College of Alberta School Superintendents. https://cass.ab.ca/indigenous-education/learning-from-the-land/