Culture in the Classroom - LUCID

LUCID sessions included:

• "The LUCID Game," a imaginative lesson planning game designed and presented by Colleen Pudsey, Raegan Sawka, and Penny Hasell;
• "Cultural Inclusion and Imaginative Education," a workshop by Mark Fettes and Tannis Calder that included an imaginative activity on the water cycle;
• "Language Teaching and Imaginative Education," a workshop by Tannis Calder and Teresa Lowther highlighting recent collaborative work on teaching Sm'algyax (the language of the Ts'msyen Nation) through a unit featuring the Ba'wis, or Bigfoot;
• "Culture & Imagination in the Science Classroom," a workshop by Mark Fettes on using the ideas of Kieran Egan and Gregory Cajete to design and teach science curriculum in a First Nations context.

LUCID Director Mark Fettes, pictured at left talking with a conference delegate, also took part in a closing panel discussion with four First Nation educators on the nature of culturally inclusive education. Prince Rupert is one of three B.C. school districts collaborating in the LUCID project. Many comments during the conference confirmed that the project's work is increasingly well known and appreciated in the district, and is now gaining attention throughout the northwest region of British Columbia.