Braiding Indigenous Pathways with the First Nations Pedagogies Network
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Brew a cup of tea, take a deep breath, and sit in circle with your cousins from the First Nations Pedagogies Network. Our network consists of Indigenous Educators from many different Nations who work in both rural and urban Indigenous communities with young children and their families. Of the BC Aboriginal Childcare Society (www.acc-society.bc.ca), FNPN is in grateful partnership with the Early Childhood Pedagogies network (www.ecpn.ca). For more please visit www.fnpn.ca
Episode results
Braiding Indigenous Pathways with the First Nations Pedagogies Network
Mar 24, 2023
Food Sovereignty and Security
Members of the First Nations Pedagogies Network talk about their experiences with and vision for food sovereignty and security, with consideration for what we see and experience in our communities and early learning spaces. Here is a list of additional resources we explored as part of this conversation:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-food-in-canada-is-tied-to-land-language-community-and-colonization-1.5989764/the-dark-history-of-canada-s-food-guide-how-experiments-on-indigenous-children-shaped-nutrition-policy-1.5989785
Grinding Stone Collective
https://www.sovereignseeds.org/about
‘A Guide to Your Baby’s First Foods’
https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/Traditional_Food_Fact_Sheets.pdf
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/Right_to_food.pdfdcast
Who Controls the Hunt?: First Nations, Treaty Rights, and Wildlife Conservation in Ontario, 1783-1939 Hardcover – March 1 2018.
Canning/preservation of foods – link to Shauna’s Series
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc-files/babys-first-foods
https://www.svns.ca/farm-animals.html
https://nativefoodalliance.org/our-programs-2/indigenous-seedkeepers-network/
https://thediscourse.ca/author/jared
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QE0cg_ycnJfgzV-fu_LuA
https://www.firstthingsfirst.org/2021/10/reintroducing-traditional-indigenous-foods-to-keep-young-children-healthy-in-body-mind-and-spirit/
fpc_20190614-en.pdf (canada.ca)
The Food Policy for Canada - agriculture.canada.ca
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Braiding Indigenous Pathways with the First Nations Pedagogies Network
Feb 23, 2023
Land Acknowledgments
Members of the First Nations Pedagogies Network talk about their experiences with and vision for the practice of land acknowledgments in education and in particular, early learning spaces. Here is a list of additional resources we explored as part of this conversation:
https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-series/
A Lido TV spoof of land acknowledgements (starts at 13:30, but the whole episode on Colonialism is fantastic if you have time): https://gem.cbc.ca/media/lido-tv/s01e01
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/west-vancouver-land-acknowledgments
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Advancing Early Childhood Education Outdoors Now
Nov 16, 2021
3: Pedagogies
In this episode, our theme is outdoor early childhood pedagogies. We address child-led approaches, inquiry, risky play, and land-based education.
We invite policymakers, practitioners, researchers and families to celebrate young children outdoors and envision a licensed category of nature-based child care tailored to British Columbia.
Outdoor activity materials: sketch book; drawing utensils; a notebook and something to sit on (optional)
Links to Additional Resources
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada:
_Calls to Action__ _(see number 12)
_TRC Website_
For more information on Indigenous languages:
_First Voices_
Speakers in this episode, by order of appearance:
Iris Berger, EdD, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education Programs, Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC/Roundtable Organizing Team
May Sam, Elder in Residence, Camosun College, BC
Mads Bølling, PhD, Postdoc Research Fellow, Steno Health Promotion Research, Steno Diabetes Centre, Denmark
Carie Green, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Henry Mathias, PhD, Strategic Lead, National Care Standards Team, Care Inspectorate, Scotland
Tricia Edgar, MRM, Director/Co-Founder, Fresh Air Learning, BC
Aliza Yair, MEd, Program Specialist, Outdoor Preschool Pilot, Department for Child and Youth Development, State of Washington
Elin Kelsey, PhD, Roundtable Moderator/Award-Winning Author of Hope Matters
Mariana Brussoni, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & School of Population and Public Health, UBC/Roundtable Organizing Team
Aron Bookman, JD, Partner, Carfra Lawton LLP, BC
Liz Williams, ECE, Daycare Manager & Principal/Language and Culture Coordinator, Wo’umxhl Simalgyex Daycare, Gitwangak Education Society/First Nations Pedagogy Network
Danielle Alphonse, MA, Professor/BC Regional Innovation Chair, Aboriginal early Childhood Development, Vancouver Island University, BC
Belva Stone, ECE, Director/Co-Teacher, Muddy Boot Prints, Early Learning Outside Inc, BC/Roundtable Organizing Team
Speaker bios are available on our website: https://eceonow.pwias.ubc.ca/
Episode production by Kailee Hirsche. Narration and sound editing by Thomas Powell.
These podcasts were created with generous support from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC; Island Health; and the Lawson Foundation.
Music: Dreamy Piano Soft Sound Ambient Background by WinkingFoxMusic -Pixabay Download: https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-dreamy-piano-soft-sound-ambient-background-4049/
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