mbwaach'idiwag

About mbwaach'idiwag

Embedding Indigenization and decolonization promises into institutional practice is difficult and nuanced work, join Western's Office of Indigenous Initiative's Sara Mai Chitty as she visits with Indigenous Peoples and allies who seek to bridge the long-held divides between Euro-Western and Indigenous communities through their work in the areas of curriculum, research and beyond. Drawing inspiration from an Indigenous relational pedagogy of visiting, Mbwaach'idiwag (they visit with each other), will start off by releasing episodes monthly, premiering at 2pm on Monday, December 21, 2020. By sharing stories of Indigenous education work happening across Turtle Island and amplifying Indigenous voices, Mbwaach'idiwag aims to provide listeners an opportunity to learn from and with Indigenous Peoples. In episode one Sara Mai visits with Dr Diana Lewis, a Mikmaq researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment and Indigenous Studies program, at Western University. They discuss Mikmaq connections to land, community-led research approaches and the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing, as Dr. Lewis tells the story of how she came to research collaboratively with Pictou Landing First Nation to document the impact of effluent from a pulp mill on the community, and land.

Publisher

Sara Mai Chitty

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Dec 2020

Latest episode

24 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Mar 2021

   "Colonial Problems rebranded as 'Indigenous Issues'"

   On March 1, 2021 The Globe and Mail published a front page news story on the "Water Crisis" in Indigenous communities, and the federal government's failure to meet their self-imposed deadline of March 31st to resolve long-term boil water advisories on First Nations reserves. Métis scholar and writer Mike Gouldhawke visits with Sara Mai to unpack his take on this "colonial problem rebranded as Indigenous issues." Follow Mike on Twitter: @m_gouldhawke

2. 

   3 Feb 2021

   Walking Along Deshkan Ziibing with Summer Bressette

   In this mini-episode created for Indigenous Awareness Week 2021 at Western University, Summer Bressette of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation tells Sara Mai about her take on land acknowledgments, relationships to land, Deshkan Ziibing and Indigenous nationhood. If you're in London, ON, go for a walk along the river and take this episode with you.

3. 

   21 Dec 2020

   Visiting with Dr. Diana Lewis

   In episode one Sara Mai visits with Dr Diana Lewis, a Mikmaq researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment and Indigenous Studies program, at Western University. They discuss Mikmaq connections to land, community-led research approaches and the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing, as Dr. Lewis tells the story of how she came to research collaboratively with Pictou Landing First Nation to document the impact of effluent from a pulp mill on the community, and land.

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