Anishinaabe community leader Liz Osawamick shared her stories and knowledge as a Water Walker with the Grade 4s at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) earlier this week. For the past few months, students in Robin Shaw’s class have been conducting an extensive inquiry into water. Liz’s
The Grade Two class at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study travelled to Greenwood Conservation Area to release the salmon alevin they had been caring for in their classroom. The students bad been conducting an inquiry-based investigation into the life cycle and habitat of Atlantic Salmon and this was
For the third time this school year, the Robertson Program travelled to Mine Centre Public School near Fort Frances to spend time with the kindergarten students at “camp,” the school’s outdoor classroom. Camp can be found a 10-minute walk from school, down a dirt road that leads to an open
By Dr. Julie Comay I was recently privileged to attend Anongoohns Kendaasiwin – Revitalizing the Art and Science of Star Knowledge, an extraordinary two-day gathering of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, educators and scientists, aimed at developing curriculum through a mutual sharing of Indigenous and Western understandings of the cosmos and our
The Robertson Program’s Founding Director, Bev Caswell, co-presented our work with colleagues Jason Jones and Marjolaine Lapointe at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference earlier this week. AERA is the largest annual gathering of education researchers, bringing together more than 14,000 scholars conducting a wide range of groundbreaking studies in
Anishinaabe community leader Liz Osawamick shared her stories and knowledge as a Water Walker with the Grade 4s at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) earlier this week. For the past few months, students in Robin Shaw’s class have been conducting an extensive inquiry into water. Liz’s
The Grade Two class at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study travelled to Greenwood Conservation Area to release the salmon alevin they had been caring for in their classroom. The students bad been conducting an inquiry-based investigation into the life cycle and habitat of Atlantic Salmon and this was
For the third time this school year, the Robertson Program travelled to Mine Centre Public School near Fort Frances to spend time with the kindergarten students at “camp,” the school’s outdoor classroom. Camp can be found a 10-minute walk from school, down a dirt road that leads to an open
By Dr. Julie Comay I was recently privileged to attend Anongoohns Kendaasiwin – Revitalizing the Art and Science of Star Knowledge, an extraordinary two-day gathering of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, educators and scientists, aimed at developing curriculum through a mutual sharing of Indigenous and Western understandings of the cosmos and our
The Robertson Program’s Founding Director, Bev Caswell, co-presented our work with colleagues Jason Jones and Marjolaine Lapointe at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference earlier this week. AERA is the largest annual gathering of education researchers, bringing together more than 14,000 scholars conducting a wide range of groundbreaking studies in
