Aboriginal Education Research Forum 2016

• Elder Myra Laramee

• Opening song by Freeman White Jr.

Welcoming Remarks

Honouring Shawane Dagosiwin’s Co–Founder – Dr. Mary Young

Keynote Speaker

• Dr. Marlene Atleo

• Respect, reciprocity, reconciliation, and relevance: Changing relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth through dialogue (Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing & Jerica Fraser)
• Opaskwayak Educational Authority Indigenous Programs in Language, traditional learning and leadership (Sherry Peden & Opaskwayak Educational Authority)
• Mathematics as a cultural role in school and human development: Commonalities between Canadian Indigenous and Chinese ethnic minority student populations (Anthony N. Ezeife)
• Exploring the work of Manitoba First Nations Director of Education: A qualitative research study utilizing a Postcolonial theoretical framework (Nora Murdock)

• Metis Song Writing - Glen McCabe

• Beyond a simple ‘Indigenizing’ (Chris Beeman & Robert Hamilton)
• Indigenizing the education system (Jarita Greyeyes)
• A journey from Cultural awareness to cultural competency training - Kairos blanket exercise, Part 1 (Myra Laramee)
• Echo Program – Findings on the benefits of teaching through Indigenous pedagogies and incorporating Indigenous perspectives (Patricia Sayies)

• Student Success Initiatives: An examination of two student support projects (Marlene Gallagher, Laara Fitznor, Joanne Sabourin, and Cynthia Dutton)
• A place of our own – Re-examining the colonial paradigm of the museum structure by empowering northern Indigenous artists (Delia Chartrand & Chris Bignell)
• A journey from cultural awareness to cultural competency training – Kairos Blanket exercise, Part 2 (Myra Laramee)
• The things that heal: The toll of suppression and repression (Glen McCabe)

• Elder John Martin

• Dr. Laara Fitznor, Marlene Atleo & Sherry Peden

• Dr. Pamela Rose Toulouse

• Métis community based research (Lawrence Barkwell)
• Indigenous education across the curriculum (Rob Riel, Myra Laramee,
  Marsha Missyabit, Geraldine Campbell, Sophie Boulanger, and Rudy Okemaw)
• Nikan Itapitan Kinanaw: Let’s look forward to Kinanaw
  (Elder Stella Neff, Brenda Firman)
• Anishinaabe language & literacies: Teachers’ practices in Manitoba (Violet Okemaw)

• Morningstar: Network of Student Support at R.B. Russell Vocational High School –
  One Year Later (Bev Wahl & members of Morningstar Council)
• Moving towards reconciliation in out K-12 schools
  (Sonia Prevost-Derbecker & Renee McGurry)
• Guidelines for ethical researching Manitoba First Nations (Olga McIvor)
• The Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint for Universities, Colleges, and Public School Boards (Celeste McKay)

• Bannock and Tea Grandparents Circle
  Hosted by Kathy Mallett

• Closing Circle
• Closing Prayer
• Adjournment