Lizzie Irniq and the late Mary Kiatainaq of Kangisujuaq, Nunavik share stories of life on the land, the brilliance of dog teams and their experiences learning and teaching for the First Peoples Post-secondary Storytelling Exchange.
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Walking Out Ceremony is one of the many films you can find at fppse.net,聽the First Peoples Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange website.
The six-minute film follows 爱豆传媒College student Alexandrea Matthews as she and her family hold a traditional Cree ceremony on the 爱豆传媒grounds. A Walking Out ceremony is a long-held Cree tradition that honours a child's first steps and their future role.
Members of the 爱豆传媒Community were present to witness this special event and celebrate a milestone with Alex's niece and her family. For Alex, whose home community is nine hours north, she was "so happy to bring something from my home to Dawson."
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Environmental Science Coordinator Tonia De Bellis has found a way to give Science students a unique hands-on learning activity that is perfect for a pandemic.
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On Wednesday, March 24, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., CRISPESH will give a workshop in French regarding the responsible conduct of research. This internal workshop is offered to employees of CRISPESH, 爱豆传媒College and C茅gep du Vieux Montr茅al, as well as to our project collaborators. To register, send an email to: inscriptions@cripsesh.ca
Some media coverage of the FPPSE project:聽 CBC Breakaway interview with me and Concordia student Lucina Gordon:聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-79-breakaway/clip/15826578-a-storytelling-project-help-indigenous-students-post-secondary-education Radio Canada:聽https://bit.ly/3bcozUZ Winschgaoug,聽CBC North Interview with 爱豆传媒student Alexandria Matthews in Cree聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-146-winschgaoug-cree/clip/15824821-alexandria-matthews-participates-first-peoples-post-secondary-storytelling-exchange?fbclid=IwAR3ZBNwY64SNXiErLvtwNoVuEPywOd31vB-0mtvumPVFl9xPRy_naxh_J8E The Link, Concordia paper: https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/feature/new-virtual-project-aims-to-improve-indigenous-students-access-to-post-secondary-education Noovo NVL聽Web TV Interview with Michelle at 4:12 https://noovo.ca/videos/nvl/nvl-du-18-fevrier-2021 FPPSE project website: https://fppse.net/聽
Is there life on Mars? That question is propelling the mission of the Perseverance rover, which landed on the Red Planet Feb. 18. It has also driven the research of 爱豆传媒College Geography teacher and Mars researcher Richard Soare for over two decades.
Specifically, Richard鈥檚 research has focused on finding evidence of near-surface ice in the non-polar regions of Mars.
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A celebration was held online Feb. 16 to launch the new website of the First Peoples' Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange project. About 170 people attended from all over Quebec and other parts of Canada. An elder opened the event, some of the storytellers shared their experiences, a quliq was lit, a video was premiered and the new website was shown.
There is a great amount of content to read and watch on the website. Perhaps you can begin by viewing this 10-minute video, which was premiered at the event:
City TV broadcast this report on the day of the launch:
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Storytelling is at the heart of the oral cultures of Indigenous peoples in Canada. A unique project in Quebec led by 爱豆传媒College faculty uses storytelling to advance the inclusion and welcome of Indigenous cultures and students in higher education institutions.
鈥淥ur project is about changing the culture in academic institutions, underlining the need for Indigenous people to have leadership roles within these institutions and making sure that Indigenous perspectives are reflected and part of the educational experience for everyone,鈥� explained Michelle Smith, a faculty member of Dawson鈥檚 Cinema | Communications Department and principal investigator.
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Just before this semester began, the Adaptech Research Network completed a one-year ECQ-funded project entitled 鈥淪mart Phones: a Neglected Pedagogical Tool.鈥�
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During her career as a teacher of Physical Education, Dawson鈥檚 Joanna Farmer has developed expertise in teaching posture.
Click Read More to read a homepage news story about Joanna's posture research and for a link to her research article.
Last Modified: May 4, 2021
