John Oliver may have jokingly referred to Canada as the baby England and America abandoned in the snow, it remains one of the most diverse, beautiful and awesome places on this planet and wait...the good news is that its people are just as diverse, beautiful and awesome! En français dans le texte!
If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu (Chief Owen Lyons) WIPCE 2017 Part 3 (Research Notes 2)
These are my notes from Thursday 27 July 2017 1) WIPCE Morning session on Peaceheeping 2) Halonen, Lars-Joar and Ingebringten, Ludvik (2017), 'Challenges of language revitalization in an institutional context', paper given at WIPCE 2017, Halonen, Lars-Joar and Ingebringten, Ludvik, 24-28 July 2017. 3) Rogers, Jessa (2017), 'photoyarn: The power of Indigenous storytelling in Education: … Continue reading If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu (Chief Owen Lyons) WIPCE 2017 Part 3 (Research Notes 2)
Indigenous languages in the City (WIPCE research notes) WIPCE 2017 Part 2
These are my notes regarding Several sessions which took place on Wednesday July 26th, 2017 at WIPCE:1) Ignite session 78 on Indigenous languages in the City (with detailed notes, abstracts and background info;2) Teale, Alan (2017), 'New South Wales: Governance and its impact on education', paper given at WIPCE 2017, 24-28 July 2017.3) Williams, Shayne … Continue reading Indigenous languages in the City (WIPCE research notes) WIPCE 2017 Part 2
Art makes you happy
Today was supposed to be WIPCE Community Tour Day...except that I got the time wrong and that my new Cree Friend Darryl who made it even 15 mn before schedule missed it too!I could have taken it later but organised my own Indigenous art tour...so let me take you on a walk which included a … Continue reading Art makes you happy
Education is our Buffalo! WIPCE 2017 part I
The World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education is a remarkable opportunity for Indigenous people worldwide to share their experience and practice. However this time, I perceive a clearer political agenda encompassing language and earth survival...
Échos des Vikings: ma saga Tune!
15'000 ans, les ancêtres des 1st Nations, 1000 ans les Islandais ou Vikings, 900 ans les basques, 500 ans les français, 250 ans Captain Cook, 150 ans la Confédération, 2017, une Tune débarque!
Toronto and Hamilton: Memory Lane.
The WIPCE conference next week made it possible for me to gradually reconnect with a city where I spent a year in the mid eighties. This is step one, a short one on my way to Newfoundland and Viking routes.
A perfect stay
Yesterday was a Perfect Day... the perfect day of a perfect week!There are are several possible definitions to perfection, this one is my personal and non exhaustive interpretation.