An Exploration of Land as Teacher in the Context of Indigenous Science

An Exploration of Land as Teacher in the Context of Indigenous Science

It is time to shake up and expand beyond the eurocentric construct of science which currently monopolizes education. Shake-up does not mean throw out. Rather to shake-up is to arrive with innocence, to re-examine with self-honesty, and to be willing to let go of what no longer serves all of Life.

This narrative-based exploration of Land as Teacher offers a humble invitation to re-member we are the Land and to consciously trust the Heart as a place of sophisticated intelligence.

Land encompasses everything: rocks, soil, water, plant beings, birds, sky, insects, the wind, flowing processes, communication via fungi, the stars, sun, and moon, and people---all that resonates with meaning. The mixed-wood boreal forests and living shores of Gitchii Gamii (Lake Superior) continue to provide daily whole-person sustenance—mind, body, and soul. These Land communities and the natural areas at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) play a vital role in shaping my evolving Land-inspired pedagogical praxis. I am ever grateful to the original and on-going Stewards of the Land, and to all the Wisdom-keepers who have touched my heart and expanded my mind.

Speaker: Dr. Willow Curthoys

When: October 5, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom