Celebrating National Aboriginal Day

Celebrating National Aboriginal Day

Aboriginal Teacher Education Program members take part in National Aboriginal Day celebration.

By Chris Moffatt Armes

June 21, 2016

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As Kingstonians gathered today at City Hall for the annual National Aboriginal Day celebrations, members of the Faculty of Education encouraged all members of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s community to join and recognize the important contributions of Aboriginal peoples.

That same thread of learning through shared experience is interwoven throughout the Faculty of Education, where the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) offers a wide range of services to support Aboriginal teacher candidates, while also providing the opportunity for non-ATEP enrolled candidates, graduate students, faculty and staff to learn about Aboriginal practices, culture and education.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I think one of the exciting things about the activities our faculty holds and attends is the increasing level of knowledge about Aboriginal culture our students 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Aboriginal and allies alike 카지노 게임 컬렉션 are able to gain as the year unfolds,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Kate Freeman, the program manager for ATEP. 카지노 게임 컬렉션There카지노 게임 컬렉션s a lot of peer learning that can go on and sharing that happens as well.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Currently, all teacher candidates receive instruction in Native Studies and Aboriginal education. The faculty also works to infuse other curriculum areas with aspects of Indigenous education 카지노 게임 컬렉션 to encourage students to think of Aboriginal education in a broader context and to seek out other opportunities to include Aboriginal content in their classrooms.

The ATEP office also hosts a weekly smudging ceremony and operates a sacred medicine garden. The ATEP resource centre is also made available for students who may need to smudge or speak with an Elder if they카지노 게임 컬렉션re in distress, and it offers Aboriginal education resources to all students and faculty at the Faculty of Education. Throughout the academic year the program hosts events that support and educate about Aboriginal education, such as guest speakers, Q&A카지노 게임 컬렉션s or campus events such as Orange Shirt Day in recognition of residential school survivors or a drum circle to mark the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Someone asked me one time why the celebration is held at City Hall, on the concrete in Springer Market Square. I said because we can,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Paul Carl, Administrative Assistant at ATEP. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We can smudge, we can have our sacred fire there, we can celebrate and enjoy ourselves and that connection between the community us. For me it카지노 게임 컬렉션s because we can.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Launched in 1991, ATEP is one of the longest-running and most comprehensive programs of its kind in Ontario. The program aims to provide support for teacher candidates and to improve knowledge and understanding of issues in Aboriginal education. For more information on ATEP, please visit the .

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