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...Educational Change on Haida Gwaii
| What | Seminar |
|---|---|
| When |
2007-10-25 from 16:30 to 19:00 |
| Where | EDB 8651, SFU Burnaby Campus |
| Contact Name | Teresa Martin |
| Contact Email | ierg-ed@sfu.ca |
| Contact Phone | 778-782-4479 |
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"Islands on the Edge: Science, Culture, and the Politics of Educational Change on Haida Gwaii" will be presented by Dr. Mark Fettes, Co-Director of IERG.
Please join us at this event during which Dr. Fettes will report on his work during the past year in Haida Gwaii. Haida Gwaii is a group of islands off the northwest coast of British Columbia. School DIstrict 50 (Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte) and the Haida Nation are partners in the 5 year Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) that Dr. Fettes leads: "Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Development" (LUCID)
About this session:
4:30 The session will open with a very brief introduction of "What is Imaginative Education"
4:45 Mark Fettes
Separated from the mainland by over 70 kilometres of ocean at its closest point, Haida Gwaii is renowned for its unique biological and cultural heritage, the product of more than 13,000 years of settlement and adaptation following the last Ice Age. The islands have not been immune to the processes of colonization and resource extraction that have transformed the cultural and natural ecology of British Columbia, but today they find themselves at the forefront of a massive political and economic shift towards new forms of governance and community development. This talk explores the question of how the schools in Haida Gwaii may respond to this shift, and some of the educational, social and political complexities that hamper efforts to bring about change. The conclusion will highlight some broader critical implications for the BC education system, including the universities.
6:00 Optional socializing time with beverages and light snacks.About Mark:
With a professional background ranging from biology to language planning, Mark Fettes is concerned with how educational systems engage with different ways of knowing and being, and with the integration of such systems in wider cultural patterns. His interest in the imagination stems from his work on a critical-realist theory of linguistic ecology and its applications in such diverse areas as ecological, indigenous and multicultural education. Much of his work focuses on the interplay of language, imagination, community, and schooling.
Download the Adobe PDF FlyerIf you would like to bring your class, or have any questions, please email Teresa Martin (ierg-ed@sfu.ca)