Debbie Pushor PhD

Telling stories to one another/ Ācimostātotān

Within the College of Education, we held a full day, interactive literacy event in which over 400 teachers and teacher candidates learned about culturally relevant literature and practices from renowned Aboriginal authors and local children’s and youth authors. The event featured our keynote speakers, Michael Kusugak from Rankin Inlet in the NWT and Richard Van Camp who is a member of the Dogrib Nation. Ten local authors (Mary Harelkin Bishop, Rita Bouvier, Penny Condon, Peter Eyvindson, Dave Glaze, Shelley Leedahl, Iris Loewen, Alison Lohans, Candace Savage and Arthur Slade) offered hands-on, practical workshops which provided a venue for learning, intensified by the smaller format.

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