Seeing the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation’s connection to their land firsthand made me rethink everything I thought I knew about British Columbia. The last project in BC First Peoples was called Echoes of the past. The goal was to explore Indigenous peoples across Canada and share our learning by creating a collaborative […]
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Echoes of the Past – Learning Intentions
This is my learning intentions post for our new BCFP (BC First Peoples) project, where we’re starting to think like anthropologists. In this project, we’re exploring how to understand unfamiliar societies using observation, analysis, and ethical thinking. It’s a new way of looking at the world through different perspectives instead […]
Truth BEFORE Reconciliation
In our first BC First Peoples project, called Truth BEFORE Reconciliation, I learned a lot more than I expected to. This project really opened my eyes to what actually happened in residential schools and how it still affects people today. To complete this project we had to first go through […]