ITEP Symposium Agenda

Pre-symposium social event

4:30 to 6:30 pm:

Meet and Greet

Collect ITEP Symposium Bag

Light Refreshments

Celebrating and Uplifting ITEPs: Programs, Practices, & Partnerships

8:30 to 9:00 am: Breakfast (Salishan Catering)

9:00 to 9:40 am:

Event Opening: Musqueam Elder Larry Grant

Introductions: Dr. Jan Hare

9:40 to 10:30 am: Keynote

Dr. Leilani Sabzalian, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene, Washington (United States), Sapsik’ʷałá Program

10:30 to 10:45 am: Break

10:45 to 12:15 pm: Presentations, Structured Dialogue, & Share Out

Presenters:

1) Dr. Graeme Gower, On Country Teacher Education, Curtin University (Australia)

2) Dr. Susan Dion & Greg Querel, Waaban Indigenous Teacher Education, York University (Canada)

12:15 to 1:00 pm: Lunch (Salishan Catering)

1:00 to 2:45 pm: Presentations & Structured Dialogue

Presenters:

3) Dr. Ylva Jannok Nutti & Dr. Rauna Rahko-Ravantii, Sámi University of Applied Sciences (Norway)

4) Dr. Derek Stovin & Dr. Ken Friesen-Cardinal, Build From Within, University of Winnipeg (Canada)

5) Dr. Cheryl Torrez & Hayes Lewis, Zuni: Engaging Teachers and Community (ZETAC), University of New Mexico (United States)

2:45 to 3:00 pm: Break

3:00 to 4:00 pm: Share out & Wrap Up

4:00 to 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 to 6:00 pm:

Canadian participants invited to Rideau Hall Foundation information session (Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 18th Floor Lounge)

International participants invited to interpretive tour of the Museum of Anthropology

Generating New Knowledge: Developing New Theories for ITEPs

8:30 to 9:00 am: Breakfast (Salishan Catering)

9:00 to 9:25 am: Welcome; Announcements

9:25 to 11:00 am: Program Presentations & Structured Dialogue

Presenters:

1) Dr. Valerie Shirley & Dr. Jeremy Garcia, Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP), University of Arizona (United States)

2) Dr. Peta Salter & Gail Mitchell, RATEP, James Cook University (Australia)

3) Dr. Evelyn Steinhauer & Dr. Patricia Steinhauer, Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP), University of Alberta (Canada)

11:00 to 11:15 am: Break

11:15 to 11:30 am: Give-away Activity: Post key research questions

11:30 to 12:15 pm: NITEP Panel

Intergenerational Leadership: Lessons Learned from NITEP

Panel discussion featuring Dr. Verna Kirkness and Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald as international leaders of Indigenous education, and NITEP. Dr. Jan Hare and Dr. Dustin Louie will facilitate this conversation interspersing questions and reflections as recent leadership of this nearly 50-year ITEP.

12:15 to 1:00 pm: Lunch (Salishan Catering)

1:00 to 2:45 pm: Presentations & Structured Dialogue

Presenters:

4) Dr. Leila Sabzalian & Stephanie Tabibian, Sapsik’ʷałá Teacher Education Program, University of Oregon (United States)

5) Dr. Onowa McIvor & Aliki Marinakis, BEd Indigenous Language Revitalization, University of Victoria (Canada)

2:45 to 3:30 pm: Share Out and Posting of Key Research Questions

3:30 to 4:30 pm: Decolonization Tour (1.5 to 2 km outdoor tour)

Moving Forward: Building an International Network of ITEPs

8:30 to 9:00 am: Light breakfast

9:00 to 9:20 am: Welcome; Announcements

9:20 to 10:30 am: Integrated Table-Talk with ITEP Students

10:30 to 10:45 am: Break

10:45 to 12:00 pm: Presentations, Structured Dialogue, & Share Out

Presenters:

1) Dr. Stephen Peters, Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE), McGill University (Canada) & Melissa Drapeau, Listuguj Education, Training and Employment

2) Peesee Pitsiulak & Ooraima Holland, Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP), Nunavut Arctic College (Canada)

12:00 to 1:00 pm: Networking Session and Lunch

1:00 to 1:30 pm: Closing Circle

End of Symposium