The Indigenous Education Gardens (IEG) are a series of workshops that support learners pursuing Reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization in their post-secondary work. Each Garden consists of 4-6 badges/outcomes. Each badge represents a plant whose teaching parallels the outcome of each workshop, bringing land-based learning and Indigenous pedagogies into all spaces.
- Learners can earn their badges by attending individual workshops, or mini symposiums scheduled through schools/departments.
- Max participants 40.
- Larger groups will need additional facilitators and cannot be delivered in A-Building decolonized classrooms
Foundations Garden
This Garden consists of four workshops that will introduce learners to the language we will use throughout the IEG workshops, a brief history of colonization, an introduction to decolonization, and ends with a reflective practice exercise. We recommend that participants take each workshop over a month; however, this Garden can be a single-day mini-symposium.
Teaching and Learning Garden
This Teaching and Learning Garden invites those who have taken the Foundations Garden to dive deeper into their practice. Learners will learn the importance of locating their self and practice, be introduced to Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, learn about relational protocols, learn how to build their practice and end with reflection. We recommend that participants take each workshop over multiple weeks; however, this Garden can be a two-day mini-symposium.
Curriculum Development Garden
After completing the Foundations and Teaching and Learning Gardens, we invite learners to work in the Curriculum Development Garden. Learners will develop a more robust understanding of Indigenization, explore Indigenous epistemologies and pedagogies, and learn to engage with Indigenous expertise and the diversity of knowledge in communities, ending with reflective practices. We recommend that participants take each workshop over multiple weeks; however, this Garden can be a two-day mini-symposium.
Research Methods Garden
For anyone interested in research with Indigenous communities, the Research Methods Garden will provide the context of the problematic history of researching Indigenous Peoples, introduce Indigenous Research Methods, and discuss ethical approaches (the six R's Indigenous Framework), ending with reflection. We recommend that participants take each workshop over a month; however, this Garden can be a single-day mini-symposium.
Leadership Garden
The Leadership Gardens explores the role of administrators in Reconciliation and decolonization, the importance of the work in post-secondary, how to make meaningful connections with Indigenous Peoples and Communities, the significance of reciprocal Partnerships, and what institutional changes mean, ending with reflection. We recommend that participants take each workshop over a month; however, this Garden can be a single-day mini-symposium.