Six Nations of the Grand River is the largest First Nation reserve in Canada and is the only reserve in North America that has all six Iroquois nations – Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora – living together. The Robertson Program, along with the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study
Wellness is inseparable from the land.– Shelia Watt Cloutier The Robertson Program and the teacher candidates participating in The Aroland Experience, traveled to Ottawa, Ontario to take part in a two-day symposium called The Land is Medicine. The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, the largest Indigenous health centre in Canada, hosted more than 100
On Friday, September 8, about 400 teachers and early years educators met in Windsor, Ontario to think about mathematics teaching and learning in early years classroom. The event was organized by the Greater Essex County District School Board and The Mathematics Knowledge Network. There were two keynote sessions: one by
Joan Moss and Zack Hawes explain the benefits of focusing on spatial reasoning in early years math with lessons for teachers to explore When Ontario was introducing full-day kindergarten in 2010, Robertson Program Research Lead Dr. Joan Moss was investigating and developing ways to enhance mathematics education in the early
This year, The Robertson Program launched a new initiative to provide teacher candidates in the MA Child Study and Education program at JICS/OISE an opportunity to gain teaching experience in a First Nation school, in northern Ontario. Our long-time educational partners at Johnny Therriault School in Aroland First Nation enthusiastically agreed to
The Robertson team traveled this week to Johnny Therriault School at Aroland First Nation (three hours North East of Thunder Bay) to learn about their approach to land-based learning and student well-being. We were warmly welcomed by all the educators and school administrators Bill Beaucage and Marlo Sobush, whose powerful
Six Nations of the Grand River is the largest First Nation reserve in Canada and is the only reserve in North America that has all six Iroquois nations – Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora – living together. The Robertson Program, along with the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study
Wellness is inseparable from the land.– Shelia Watt Cloutier The Robertson Program and the teacher candidates participating in The Aroland Experience, traveled to Ottawa, Ontario to take part in a two-day symposium called The Land is Medicine. The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, the largest Indigenous health centre in Canada, hosted more than 100
On Friday, September 8, about 400 teachers and early years educators met in Windsor, Ontario to think about mathematics teaching and learning in early years classroom. The event was organized by the Greater Essex County District School Board and The Mathematics Knowledge Network. There were two keynote sessions: one by
Joan Moss and Zack Hawes explain the benefits of focusing on spatial reasoning in early years math with lessons for teachers to explore When Ontario was introducing full-day kindergarten in 2010, Robertson Program Research Lead Dr. Joan Moss was investigating and developing ways to enhance mathematics education in the early
This year, The Robertson Program launched a new initiative to provide teacher candidates in the MA Child Study and Education program at JICS/OISE an opportunity to gain teaching experience in a First Nation school, in northern Ontario. Our long-time educational partners at Johnny Therriault School in Aroland First Nation enthusiastically agreed to
The Robertson team traveled this week to Johnny Therriault School at Aroland First Nation (three hours North East of Thunder Bay) to learn about their approach to land-based learning and student well-being. We were warmly welcomed by all the educators and school administrators Bill Beaucage and Marlo Sobush, whose powerful
