Biidaaban Community Service-Learning
Biidaaban Community Service-Learning is an Indigenous education program delivered through Nipissing University.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- November 2019: This program encourages students to give back to the community through volunteer work and reflective assignments. It provides student teachers with opportunities to experience the indigenization of learning environments and curriculum. The program supported a project where students created a booklet of art and poetry based on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.[2]
- September 2020: The program is delivered in partnership with Lakehead University and Algoma University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was delivered in a remote manner for students from various First Nations and traditional territories. Participants in the program created a resource for educators titled A Reconciliation Revitalization Teacher Resource Through the Traditional Values of The Seven Grandfather Teachings.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biidaaban Community Service-Learning revitalizes reconciliation", Anishinabek News, 14 September 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Biidaaban Community Service-Learning helps future teachers study MMIWG Final Report", Anishinabek News, 1 November 2019 (archived copy; original article).