CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Soaring with Knowledge Annual Conference - Indigenous Ways of Knowing – Land, Treaty, Language
DoubleTree by Hilton West Edmonton
Conference fees at the DoubleTree include: 4 featured speakers, 5 sessions (20 total), Entertainment, Private tours of Fort Edmonton’s Indigenous Experience, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, Door Prizes
Thursday, November 17, 2022
| 3:00-4:00pm |
Pipe Ceremony - Elder Leonard Saddleback of the Samson Cree Nation in Treaty Six Territory in Alberta |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 4:30-9:00pm |
Registration |
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| 6:00-6:45pm |
Dinner (included in registration) and Visiting |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 6:45-7:00pm |
Opening Prayer and Welcome
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Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 7:00-9:00pm |
Keynote Speaker 1: Sharon H. Venne – Treaty (120 min) |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
Friday, November 18, 2022
| 6:30 am |
Pipe Ceremony - Elder Leonard Saddleback |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 7:15am-9:00am |
Breakfast |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 8:00am |
Registration Opens |
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| 8:20-8:45am |
Opening Prayer and Welcome |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 8:45-10:15am |
Keynote Speaker 2: Simon Bird - ‘nohkom was a tiny Cree woman, spoke no English, never stepped into a classroom but when she spoke we all listened’ (90 min) |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 10:15-10:30am |
Health Break |
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| 10:30-11:45am |
Session 1 (75 minutes)
| 1. Robson Ballroom (65) |
Tsuut’ina Ways of Knowing |
Hal Eagletail |
2. Logan/Palisades Ballroom
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Combining Land Based and Indigenous Language Education |
Kevin Lewis |
| 3. Amethyst/Emerald Room (60) |
Wahkohtowin: Cree Natural Law **Changed session |
Phillip Campiou |
| 4. Pre-Function Space |
Planetarium sessions showcasing Cree astronomy: identifying Ininiw constellations and cosmologies - 20 max |
Wilfred Buck |
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| 11:45-1:15pm |
Lunch |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 12:20-1:20pm |
Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 1:20-1:30pm |
Health Break |
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| 1:30-2:45pm |
Session 2 (75 minutes)
| 1. Robson Ballroom (65) |
Blackfoot Ways of Knowing & Language in the Classroom
2-session series
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Lenora Rabbit Carrier and Verna Weasel Child |
| 2. Rundle Ballroom (65) |
ᑕᐯᐧᐃᐧᐣ tapwewin: Dismantling Anti-Indigenous Racism **Changed session
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Melissa Purcell
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| 3. Amethyst/Emerald Room (60) |
Land Based Learning and Curriculum |
Jason Big Charles |
| 4. Pre-Function Space |
Planetarium sessions showcasing Cree astronomy: identifying Ininiw constellations and cosmologies - 20 max |
Wilfred Buck |
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| 2:45-3:00pm |
Health Break |
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| 3:00-4:15pm |
Session 3 (75 minutes)
| 1. Robson Ballroom (65) |
Blackfoot Ways of Knowing & Language in the Classroom continued
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Lenora Rabbit Carrier and Verna Weasel Child |
| 2. Rundle Ballroom (65) |
Stoney Nakoda Language Learning Apps |
Cherith Mark |
| 3. Amethyst/Emerald Room (60) |
Traditional Medicine Teachings **Changed session |
George Desjarlais |
| 4. Pre-Function Space |
Planetarium sessions showcasing Cree astronomy: identifying Ininiw constellations and cosmologies - 20 max |
Wilfred Buck |
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| 4:15-4:30pm |
Health Break |
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| 4:30-5:00pm |
Networking |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 4:15-6:15pm |
Vendor Booths |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 5:30-6:30pm |
Supper on your own |
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| 6:30-7:00pm |
Shuttles to Fort Edmonton's Indigenous Experience
Limited Capacity - 3 groups of 30-40 persons per shuttle (15 minute increment departure times)
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DoubleTree Front Entrance |
| 7:00-9:00pm |
Special tour of the Indigenous Experience at Fort Edmonton |
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| 9:30 – 10:00pm |
Shuttles back to Double Tree West Edmonton |
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Saturday, November 19, 2022
| 6:30 am |
Pipe Ceremony - Elder Leonard Saddleback |
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| 7:15-9:00am |
Breakfast |
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| 8:00-9:00am |
Registration Opens |
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| 8:30-9:00am |
Opening Prayer and Welcome |
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| 9:00-10:30am |
Keynote Speaker 3: Dr. Herman Michell – Embracing the Rhythms of the Earth: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing First Nations Cultures, Languages, and Ways of Knowing |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am |
Health Break |
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| 10:45am-12:00pm |
Session 4 (75 min)
| 1. Robson Ballroom (65) |
Numbered Treaties: Foundations of our Relationship |
Dr. Diana Steinhauer |
| 2. Rundle Ballroom (65) |
Cree Language Teaching |
Debora Young |
| 3. Amethyst/Emerald Room (60) |
Bringing Indigenous pedagogy together in the classroom from a multi sensory perspective |
Karen J Pheasant |
| 4. Pre-Function Space |
Planetarium sessions showcasing Cree astronomy: identifying Ininiw constellations and cosmologies - 20 max |
Wilfred Buck |
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch: Indigenous Educator of the Year Award Ceremony 12:10 pm
Entertainment: Chubby Cree 12:30 – 12:50 pm
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Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 1:00-1:50pm |
Session 5 (50 minutes)
| 1. Robson Ballroom (65) |
Experiences with the 60's Scoop and the Education System |
Geri Wu and Karen West |
| 2. Rundle Ballroom (65) |
Teaching from a Sacred Balance |
Dorothy Thunder and Susan Sinclair |
| 3. Amethyst/Emerald Room (60) |
Métis Perspective Education |
Billie-Jo Grant |
| 4. Maligne/Morraine Room |
Traditional Games |
Preston Huppie |
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| 1:50-2:00pm |
Health Break |
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| 2:00-3:30pm |
Closing Keynote Speaker: Wilfred Buck - Indigenous Ways of Knowing (90 min) |
Logan/Palisades Ballroom |
| 3:30-4:00pm |
Door Prizes and Closing Prayer |
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| 4:00-5:00pm |
Newly Elected Council First Meeting |
Robson Ballroom |
| Travel back to home fires |
This year ‘2022-2023’ we are looking for Executive Members to represent the Indigenous Education Council:
- Conference Director (1 Year Term)
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- Southern Representative (2 Year Term)
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- Northern Representative (1 Year Term)
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EXHIBITORS HALL
Maligne/Morraine Room
Hours: Thursday 4:30 - 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 6:15 pm
Saturday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Delegates will find a wide variety of vendors and exhibitors from
authentic First Nations or Métis artisans and crafters
to well known educational resource distributers and publishers.
