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  • PRELIMINARY OR PREPARATORY ACTIVITY

    I would like to start today by inviting you to read  a beautiful story by late Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, whom you might already know. Amidst the novels, poems, and short stories he wrote over the years after having worked as a journalist for the Calgary Herald, one can find values, principles, and beliefs embedded in his works. One of such stories is from an anthology entitled "ONE NATIVE LIFE", published in 2009.  This story is entitled "To Love This Country". You will find the story here.

    I understand the story as an invitation to engage in dialogue, to move past our fears of focusing so much on our differences that we lose sight of our real purpose while we are here.

    After reading it, take a moment to reflect on his work, and his words... think of the differences in his experiences and yours... but think also of the similarities you find in the story. The questions below are for you to reflect upon. 

    OPTIONAL: If you feel so inclined, post a brief comment  in the  Day 2 FORUM: Reflections on Richard Wagamese Story based on these questions. 

    Questions:

    1) How were your senses involved while  reading the story? 

    2) Were you able to relate to his experiences? If so, in what way(s). If not, why not?

    3) What similarities/differences did you find in the story? ( i.e., values, beliefs, etc.)

    REQUIRED ACTIVITY:

    The ACTIVITY for today will be to watch two videos from the Indigenization Guide for Curriculum Developers  published by BCCampus, focusing on making mistakes and how we learn from them. 

    After watching the videos, reflect on aspects of those experiences. Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? What did you do? How did you overcome or work through your mishap? Did someone help you, advice you, guide you? Was it difficult? 

    Share your experience in a narrative form. The idea behind DAY 2 Our Shared Experiences is for us to merge pedagogical approaches based on our shared experiences. You can upload a document  OR  upload a recording with your voice. 

    If you want to record a video or only your voice, you can use the application in the FORUM page by clicking on the  icon (Kaltura).


    * SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCE:

    I invite you to watch  this video of Mr. Wagamese accepting the Matt Cohen Award in 2015, a couple of years before passing on to the Spirit world. If captions are not appearing (we are experiencing some glitches!), you can watch this video from YouTube and turn on CC. You can link to YouTube by clicking the video into full screen, and then click on the YouTube video arrow at the bottom right of Full Screen Mode.