In support of the recently announced Year of Climate Action, we are excited to announce that the theme for this year’s Teaching and Learning Week (October 25-27th) is climate pedagogy, which will provide focused professional development for faculty and instructors.
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/teaching-commons/events-and-activities/upcoming...
Are you interested in the UN Sustainable Development Goals? Do you like games? We are organizing a fun online workshop where you can meet students from Toyo University and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and learn about the UN SDGs through card games!
Workshop includes:
When? Oct 22nd at 8 pm Eastern Time (Online)
Limited spots are available!
Email: coordinator.sustainability@lakeheadu.ca to register.
Activist pedagogy and the two other r-words
Reflecting his own experiences and what he has learned from others, Gerald Walton argues that despite gains for social justice, campus spaces continue to be pervaded by unacknowledged privilege and social inequities. He describes himself as someone who “lives and works in privilege” in some ways but not in other ways. With examples from his own teaching, Gerald makes an argument for how privilege remains a mostly-untapped source of social equity, both on campus and elsewhere.
Gerald Walton’s experiences in life, including as a student and professor, reflect the contradictions of being both insider and outsider, and fitting in and not fitting in. As a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University, he brings his experiences with identity and social inclusion and exclusion to his teaching. Winner of the 2018 Advising and Mentoring Award from the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education, Gerald earned a PhD from Queen’s University in 2006 and joined Lakehead University in 2008. Gender, social difference, and skill development at the graduate level are the main areas of his teaching. He had no idea that, despite challenges, his appointment at Lakehead University would be the most satisfying work experience of his life.
What are you, or do you wish you were, doing about climate change in your teaching? Join us for this interactive session where we briefly describe the urgent need for climate action and then open the floor to discuss what climate change education is already happening and how we can infuse more in our teaching across our campuses. We will also weave into our discussion research-informed best practices of climate change education that move beyond knowledge and understanding to fostering leadership and action.
***please note that part two will be held in the new year.
Dr. Paul Berger
Dr. Ellen Field
Eliminating violence in our approaches to education requires the privileging of Indigenous worldviews through Aki Gakinoomaagewin based on Anishinaabeg traditions founded on Indigenous Activity Based Learning. Examples will be provided of how we are employing Aki Gakinoomaagewin to transform our teacher training programs at Lakehead University that privilege Anishinaabeg ways of learning embracing respect for Aki. Can this type of approach be considered a form of climate pedagogy?
Dr. Paul Cormier is a member of Lake Helen First Nations / Red Rock Indian Band in Northern Ontario. He holds a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Manitoba, a MA in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University, and a BEd in Elementary Education from McGill University. His research interests include Indigenous peace building, traditional Indigenous education systems, and considering research as a process for peace building in Indigenous contexts. Paul is an Associate Professor, and Chair in Aboriginal education at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada.
Join us to hear three unique perspectives on interdisciplinary, experiential, and place-based climate change education. During this moderated panel discussion, each panellist will share specific examples and insights to inspire and inform your teaching and learning.
The format will be a moderated panel discussion with time for questions from the audience.
Dr. Lindsay Galway - Lakehead University
Dr. Margot Parkes - University of Northern British Columbia
Dr. Thomas Beery - Kristianstad University (Sweden)
Moderated by Dr. Connie Russell, Lakehead University
Join us as we launch Teaching and Learning Week 2021. In support of the recently declared Year of Climate Action, we are excited to announce that the theme for this year’s Teaching and Learning Week (October 25-29) is climate pedagogy. The week will provide focused professional development for faculty and instructors.
The launch will include an opening prayer from an Elder, and remarks from Dr. David Barnett (Provost and Vice-President, Academic), and Nemma Swatton, Rory Smith, and Brook Ailey, grade twelve students at Superior CVI High School and members of Fridays for Future Thunder Bay. The launch will conclude with a keynote address from Dr. Elin Kelsey. Dr. Rhonda Koster (Deputy Provost) will MC this event.
In this keynote, Elin Kelsey PhD makes a compelling case for why evidence-based hope is so critical to teaching and learning for climate action. She'll share approaches and sources to integrate real world climate change solutions into our educational practices in ways that enable us to move beyond the eco-anxiety and disempowerment of doom and gloom towards meaningful engagement.
Dr. Elin Kelsey, PhD, is an author, scholar and passionate leader in the evidence-based hope and climate change solutions movement. Her newest book for adults, Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical For Solving The Environmental Crisis was published by Greystone Books in 2020.
Join the Climate Action Park team on a walk around Thunder Bay's main campus and learn about Lakehead University's stormwater infrastructure and upcoming projects. This walk will explore the rain garden, CASES bioretention area, and proposed climate action park.
Registration is required, limited spots are available.
Meet at the Braun Building Rain Garden (across from the Patterson Library) at 12:00 pm
Proof of full vaccination and daily COVID screening is required to attend.
Learn why your next vehicle should be electric!
Check out a variety of electric cars and bikes, meet Thunder Bay's EV owners, ask questions and learn what it's like to own an EV in the North!
When: Saturday, October 16 (Rain Date October 17)
Where: 1-3 PM Parking Lot 9, LU Thunder Bay Main Campus
Contact: EV owners willing to participate - EVANO.connect@gmail.com
Proof of full vaccination and completion of daily Covid screening required to attend. Please use "Mobile Safety - Lakehead U App" from the App Store or show documentation on arrival.
EV owners please arrive at 12 noon.
