Dr. Margaret Kress Launching Land As Relation (In Person + Streaming)
Thursday Sep 21 2023 6:30 pm - Travel Alcove & YouTube, Saskatoon
Join Dr. Margaret Kress for the launch of Land As Relation (Canadian Scholars Press), co-edited by Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller. Special guests for the evening include contributors Marjorie Beaucage, a Two Spirit Michif Elder, filmmaker, artist, activist and educator, Joseph Naytowhow, a Cree Traditional Knowledge Keeper and international artist, Dustin Brass, nahkwē okihkinahomākēk is an educator from the Key First Nation, Yvonne Vizina, a Métis educator, scholar and Knowledge Keeper, and Barbara Robinson, an ally, teacher, healer, collaborator of Juan Carlos Palomino Berndt, Amazonia naturalist and researcher.
The event will be hosted live in the Travel Alcove **at 6:30 PM**, and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream. The video will remain available for viewing thereafter. Before arriving, please review details of how to attend physical events here at the store.
Land as Relation introduces readers to an intersectional approach to Indigenous space and land-based education. Indigenous and ally-partnered contributors, from elders to emerging and established scholars, share teachings and scholarship grounded in Indigenous knowledge and philosophy. These perspectives on Indigenous pedagogies are intersected with content surrounding Indigenous languages, sciences, mathematics, arts, health, and governance.
Indigenous resistance and renaissance is essential for learners everywhere to understand how a collective notion of land education contributes to walking in harmony and balance, not only for themselves, but for their families, the larger communities that they are a part of, and the world. This collection is an accessible and engaging core resource for undergraduate and graduate students of education, Indigenous studies, geography, and environmental studies.
Dr. Margaret Kress originates from the south grasslands in Treaty Four territory and the Métis homelands. She carries the name Tahkwaki Waapikwani Iskwew (Bear Clan) and is of Michif, French, English and German descent. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick.
Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller is Akskare:wake (Bear Clan) from the Kanienkehaka community of Kahnawake. She is an Associate Professor in the school of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and holds the inaugural role of Assistant Vice President Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research at Carleton University.
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