Day: March 10, 2014

Please join us for the following panel presentation and interactive discuss= ion on Monday March 17th from 12 to 2 p.m. in Sty-wet-tan Hall at the First=  Nations House of Learning. Light snacks and refreshments provided. All are=  welcome!
 Experiences With Indigenous Knowledges in Teacher Education Please join us for a panel presentation with four scholars and educators fr= om three universities in British Columbia who will share their experiences = working with Indigenous knowledge perspectives, content and pedagogies in teacher education. They will be sharing successful strategies, innovative approaches, controversial events, and the complexities of this work in the te= aching and learning of pre-service candidates and beyond.

Panel presenters include:
Tina Fraser (UNBC)
Kau=92i Kelipio (SFU)
Jeannie Kerr (UBC), and
Cynthia Nichol (UBC)

Following the panel we will engage in an interactive discussion in smaller groups taking up conversations that support our teaching and learning for I= ndigenous education.
This event is supported by the Indigenous Leadership and Mentoring Initiative, Office of the Associate Dean of Indigenous Education, Indigenous Educat= ion Institute of Canada, NITEP, TEO, and the Professorship of Indigenous Ed= ucation in Teacher Education.

You are invited to a public panel discussion entitled, ‘Babies in Prison? Mother and Baby Prison Health’

Thursday March 13^th 6-8pm, UBC Robson Square, Theatre Room C300, 800 Robson St.

Join us for a free lively discussion regarding the rights of an infant to stay with their mother in prison (BC Supreme Court decision, November 2013).

Panelists will discuss why prison Mother Baby Units are essential for the health or women and their families in Canada, and how they might be implemented in all provinces and territories across Canada.