Learning about land and place

Three people standing on a riverbank with trees and water around them.

April 22, 2024 —
Offered by Community Engaged Learning, the Land and Water program at UM brings together students, community members, knowledge carriers and Elders for immersive urban land-based experiences. Using a decolonizing approach to education, it provides the opportunity for participants to learn about Indigenous Peoples’ enduring relationships with land and place.

#UMIndigenous, community engaged learning, indigenous education, Indigenous knowledge, land-based

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Students

Learn on, from and about the land in the Land and Water program

October 2, 2022 —
Applications are now open for the Land and Water program, which offers immersive urban land-based experiences, and engaging online workshops and activities facilitated by Indigenous elders, knowledge holders, artists and others.

community engaged learning, Indigenous, land-based

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A watercolour painting of horizontal lines that suggest a prairie landscape with a far-off horizon.

TeachingLIFE

Land as teacher

June 29, 2022 —
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land

Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, experiential learning, Indigenous, land-based, TeachingLIFE, Transforming the Learning Experience

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Elder Diane Maytwayashing shares teachings about the Bannock Point petroforms with Land and Water participants.

Students

Join the Land and Water team, learn from the land

September 23, 2021 —
Applications are now open for the Land and Water program, which offers immersive urban land-based experiences, and engaging online workshops and activities facilitated by Indigenous elders, knowledge holders, artists and others.

community engaged learning, Indigenous, land-based

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