Aboriginal Education Research Forum 2012

Conference Agenda

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Time	Event/Activities
7:00 a.m.	Pipe Ceremony – Carlton Room Elder Myra Laramee
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast – Centennial Ballroom
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	Opening Ceremony Helen Robinson-Settee, Planning Committee Chair Opening Prayer – Elders Mary Guilbault, George Fleury, Levinia Brown, John Martin Opening Song – Niji Mahkwa School Welcoming Remarks Helen Robinson-Settee, Aboriginal Education Directorate Dr. Laara Fitznor – Program Overview Keynote Speaker Dr. Herman Michell, B.A., Med., PhD
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Health Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 1 Visioning an Indigenous Strength-Based Advising Model: A Discussion Adult Basic Education: Essential Skills for the Workplace (ABE-ESWP) Program Promising Practices and Promising Outcomes Integrating Aboriginal Literature into Curriculum for Student Success Journey to Aboriginal Research Protocols – A Partnership in Research First Nations Education Toolkit – Focus Group Discussion Creating Respectful Places for Aboriginal Nursing Students Developing a Charter for Compassion & Guidelines for Sensitive Practice for First Nations and Metis Children who have Historically and/or Culturally experienced the Child Welfare System Elder's Circle
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch – Centennial Ballroom Luncheon Prayer Inspirational Reading by James Sinclair
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 2 Council of Ministers of Education, Canada and Aboriginal Education Research World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium: International practices that respect Our Indigenous Ways to Post Secondary Education Knowledge and Wisdom: Places on the Healing Path First Nations Philosophy and Addictions Recovery Paths Toward Reconciliation in the Workplace: Exploring the Aboriginal Cultures Awareness Workshop Setting Good Footprints: Reconstructing Wholistic Success of Indigenous Students in Higher Education Gathering Stories about Relocation to Teach and Learn Aboriginal Concepts of Place Word Warriors Aboriginal Researchers and our place in the community First Nations, Metis & Inuit Research Ethics: Application of the TriCouncil Policy Statement 2 A Journey in Decolonized Research: World Heritage Site, Aboriginal Land Use and One Student at Poplar River First Nation Anishinaabe-Kwe Metis Research & Methodology: My Dissertation Experience An Exploration of the Perceived Impact of Selected Factors Related to Successful Metis Education: The Voices of Metis Graduates of a Rural Manitoba High School Elder's Circle
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.	Health Break
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions 3 ‘Language Immersion Tepee” as a facilitator of the Sami Language Learning Ogichitaakweg: Bijiinaago, Noongom, Waabang (Women Warrior/leadership) Zapatismo Thought as an Indigenous Strategy of Resistance: Research Findings on the Effects on Community Education by the Zapatista Revolutionary Movements in Mexico. Connections and Implications for Autonomous Education in First Nations of Northern Ontario and Northern Manitoba Sustainable Development Prospects in the 21st Century Anishinabe Education in the 7th Fire: Learning and Connecting Histories at Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig A Cultural and Environmental spin to Mathematics Education: Research implementation experience in a Canadian Aboriginal community Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water Building Relationships Between Indigenous & Western Science: Creating Practical Science Education at the Secondary and Post-Secondary Levels Aki Kwaamdanda: Indigenous Environmental Science and Protection Elder's Circle
4:00 p.m.	Honouring our Volunteers Honour song Closing Prayer Adjournment