Creating Space : My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Comments on social activist, Sylvia McAdam, one of the founders of the Idle No More grassroots movement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
Reports on first year of three-year research study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Discusses context, methods and training and mentoring activities.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Looks at the development of a cultural humility with Indigenous peoples, requiring self-reflection and a changing of attitudes and behaviours.