Learning Opportunity

kiyokewin - Visiting with Community and Métis Education Resources

Registration closes:
Feb 12, 2025 at 4:00 pm MTN
Webinar will NOT
be recorded
Facilitator: Holly Brandsma
Date:February 12, 2025
Time:4:00 pm to 5:00 pm MTN
Cost:
No Charge
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 25-AB-015
Type:
Webinar
Focus: First Nations, Métis, Inuit and TRC

About this Learning Opportunity

kiyokewin is visiting in Michif.  kiyokewin is a traditional way in which Métis people connect and shape community and relationships with each other, the land, water, plants, cosmos, and animals.  In this session you will learn how kiyokewin can educators, students and community connect more deeply.  Rupertsland Institute will share how many initiatives, resources and programs are created through kiyokewin.  Explore how meeting the TQS/LQS.SQS standard of fostering, building and maintaining relationships is woven into authentic Métis resources.

This session addresses the LQS competencies

  • 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
  • 4. Leading a Learning Community
  • 5. Supporting the Application of Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Metis and Inuit

This session addresses the TQS competencies

  • 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
  • 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
  • 5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Metis and Inuit

About the Facilitator

Holly Brandsma

Holly Brandsma, is a proud Métis woman, Educator, mother and wife connected to the historical Métis community of mânitow
sâkahikanihk - Lac Ste Anne and resides in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan - Edmonton. Holly has facilitated learning in various capacities
such as consulting, as a curriculum coordinator and has taught from K-12 for over 20 years. Holly is reclaiming language and
cultural ways of knowing and being and loves being on the land. Holly is passionate and committed to advancing Métis education
as a Metis Education and Learning Initiatives Consultant with Rupertsland Center for Teaching and Learning.