Hello reader,
I wanted to share with you all a bit about myself within an interview I was asked to be part of earlier this year. It was part of UBC’s Center for Teaching Learning and Technology project to envision of education may look like in 2050. Enjoy the video (you can skip to time 4:30 for when I speak).
I wanted to share this piece because it shows two things I truly believe in. The first is that I believe in the power of education. Although we must allocate more attention to many areas for improvement of our education system, the idea of education itself is fascinating as it is really about sharing knowledge to all people and across time. The second topic that the video interview touches upon is the idea of the co-production of knowledge. I value this because I believe that everyone should be included in the conversation and each person has something valuable to bring.
The idea of education and co-production of knowledge relate to my interest for the big idea in the sense that I want to understand how knowledge from diverse communities can be shared between each other. It is the idea of integration, collaboration and perhaps solidarity. I believe that the sum of the pieces are greater than the whole, but it takes facilitation and dialogue to help with engagement with other communities, and specifically Indigenous communities. I hope to build these facilitation skill, an open-mindedness and a curiosity to continue learning and engage others in learning about our world as well.