Inspiring Success Virtual Speaker Series
November 3, 2021, 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.
November 3, 2021, 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.
Members of the Ministry of Education’s Indigenous Education Symposium Planning Team1 are pleased to announce the final session in the monthly online Speaker Series based on the policy imperatives of Inspiring Success: First Nations and Métis PreK-12 Education Policy Framework (Inspiring Success). The rationale for this policy framework is articulated in the historical, cultural, ecological, moral, economic and Student First imperatives. Inspiring Success aims to create a provincial Prekindergarten to Grade 12 education system that foundationally places Indigenous knowledge systems, cultures and languages within the structures, policies and curricula to ensure an equitable and inclusive system that benefits all learners. The framework can be accessed here: www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/first-nations-and-metis-education#inspiring-success.
The final speaker in the monthly virtual Speaker Series is Willie Ermine, who will speak to the cultural imperative of Inspiring Success. The session, along with previous sessions, will be recorded and available to view online.
To register, please click on the link below any time before the session starts at 1:15 p.m. on November 3, and enter your name and email address. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OFn3TXCCR92WDK1uCcR6zg. Please contact [email protected] if you do not receive instructions on how to join the session.
Willie Ermine
Willie J. Ermine, M.Ed., was an Assistant Professor with the First Nations University of Canada. He is from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation in the north-central part of Saskatchewan where he lives with his family. As a faculty member with the First Nations University of Canada, he lectured in the areas of Education, Humanities, Indigenous Studies and Research Methods. He has published numerous academic articles and contributed reports to the Tri-Council Panel on Research Ethics. He has presented at various national and international conferences and symposiums on topics such as education, research and in particular, the nature of Indigenous thought. Throughout his research, Professor Ermine has worked extensively with Elders. He promotes ethical practices of research involving Indigenous Peoples and is particularly interested in the conceptual development of the ‘ethical space’–a theoretical space between cultures and worldviews.