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MODULE 3 – ENTRY 1: The Indigenization of an Elementary School through Horticulture

This link, https://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/grandview/Teaching-and-Learning/Programs/Pages/Community-Garden.aspx, shows a continuation of my final assignment.  It is related to some of my previous blogs in Module 1.  I am focusing on how the Indigenization of educational institutions are beginning to exist and make positive differences.  The ?Uuqinak’uuh/Grandview Community Garden project was created to improve the quality of life for the children in our neighbourhood. “It functions as a living laboratory and a model of an urban ecological school yard. This is a multi-generational place for children and people of all ages in the community to learn to live more sustainably in the urban environment.” Ultimately, their mission is to continue to create a healthier, positive neighbourhood environment to improve the community as a whole, which in turn will significantly influence the educational, socio-economical, emotional, psychological and economical well-being of the Indigenous peoples.

This link,  https://thinkeatgreen.ca/2012/06/27/grandviewuuqinakuuh-elementary-sets-a-high-benchmark/, shows how to nurture the next generation of young gardeners, while sharing stories of historical nature in regards to land, people and community.  It ironically, is where I grew up and how I see the massive amounts of beautiful transformations of the land and the people that live, grow, learn and teach there.

This link, https://www.cityfarmer.org/grandview.html, shows how the local Grandview Community Schoolyard project has converted an underused school field to improve the quality of life for children and other community members in an inner city neighbourhood. It literally is a living laboratory of an urban ecological school yard. This has become a multi-generational place for children and people of all ages in the community to learn to live more sustainably in the urban environment.  Ultimately, the mission here was to create a more healthy, positive neighbourhood environment and improve the livability of the community as a whole.

               Public Domain photo by Royalty-Free Photo

References:

Abangsund. (June 27, 2012). Grandview/¿uuqinak’uuh Elementary sets a high benchmark. [Site]. Retrieved June 17, 2021, https://thinkeatgreen.ca/2012/06/27/grandviewuuqinakuuh-elementary-sets-a-high-benchmark/

 

Grandview/?Uuqinak’uuh Elementary School, VSB. (March 5, 2019). Teaching and Learning-Community Garden. [Site]. Retrieved June 17, 2021, https://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/grandview/Teaching-and Learning/Programs/Pages/Community-Garden.aspx

 

Penner, Tracy and City Farmer, Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture. (January 25, 2000). Grandview U’uqinak’uuh Community School Yard. [Site]. Retrieved June 17, 2021, http://www.cityfarmer.org/grandview.html

 

 

 

MODULE 2 – Entry 3: Revising Teaching Practices in Canada with Respect to Indigenous Youth and History

In this presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbQGhP4xQkw, Anne Tenning tackles the issues faced by her own experiences and those of the Indigenous youth in the education system. She discusses approaches that educators can take to improve representations of and engagement with Indigenous peoples and their histories in the classroom.

This presentation by Anne Tenning is part of the “Teaching and Communicating Indigenous History” Panel at the 9th Canada’s History Forum, Engaging Authentic Indigenous Histories that was held on November 27, 2016 in Ottawa. This event was organized by Canada’s National History Society and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Anne speaks of educators who continue to commit themselves to seeing the reconciliation of Indigenous students and how she was given more opportunities to succeed because she knew one teacher who made a life-changing difference in her life.

Quote by Anne Tenning, found in the same link below.

Reference:

Canada’s History. (January 13, 2017). Revising Teaching Practices in Canada with Respect to Indigenous Youth and History. [Video].YouTube. Retrieved May 24, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbQGhP4xQkw