Author Lauren
TW̱E ₭O₭E ȽTE E TŦE MEQ SÁN NIȽ SȻÁs TŦE W̱ENITEM ȽḴÁLJ I TŦE WÁĆ QENT E ȽTE. W̱UÁs SE TÁĆEL TŦE W̱ENITEM I U HOÍ LE TŦE ȽḴÁLJ XIĆTEṈ ȽTE SXÁĆEȽ SDÁĆEṈ U ȻENTOL TŦE ȽḴÁLJ I TŦE SDÁĆEṈ… Continue Reading →
INDIGENOUS AND NEWCOMER RELATIONS- Cedar & Bamboo As a previous ubc kid who lived in Vancouver for many, many years, this video challenged me in ways that I think were directly linked to being a white settler in a place… Continue Reading →
STORYTELLING Thinking about the generic notions of what a ‘day of school’ entails, truthfully most lessons are framed in the form of a story. Whether it’s the story of western science, or the story embedded in your math problem, or… Continue Reading →
“Birth of a family” documentary reflections (60s scoop) “We’re travelling, we’re a family!” Ben exclaims as MJ Adam’s now-adult children roll out of the YYC airport on their way to Banff. “We’re travelling, we’re a family!” as excitement. “We’re travelling,… Continue Reading →
LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION The most impactful take home moment for me in Young’s piece ‘Anishinabemowin: A way of seeing the world: Reclaiming my identity,’ was their firm reminder that maintaining language is vital to maintaining the spirituality of a community, and… Continue Reading →
KUPER’S ISLAND, PROVIDENCE FARM & ALL THE SNEAKY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS Below is a painting of Providence Farm in Cowichan territory, popularly known as Duncan. I painted this as I set reflecting on my experience visiting this building. I shared… Continue Reading →
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am very grateful to live, learn, love, leave-and-return to the beautiful territory of the Lekwungen-speaking people and the W̱SÁNEĆ nations, and in particular as an uninvited visitor and settler and colonizer to this incredible land and sea…. Continue Reading →
Description of your warm-up: Body Shakeouts This is for a grade 1 dance unit, focusing on different body parts This lesson specifically would begin with a couple warm-up shakeouts Next, music freeze dance where each time a song plays the… Continue Reading →
Canva has been such a lifesaver this term, I have used it for COUNTLESS projects to better depict my key takeaways and attempt different assessment strategies I would like to try in the future. I am particularly proud of the… Continue Reading →
Why use online tools for ELL learners? Immersion does not work, need tools to be supported, if a student can’t show intellect they will give up BC 2nd highest immigrant population Top tools for ELL learners: Google translate Google translate… Continue Reading →