15 Apr 2016

A Common Thread

  With a steady hand, he calmly held a small sewing needle and ever so gently picked up tiny brown beads one-by-one. Curtis Oland, a fourth-year Ryerson fashion design student was taught traditional woven beadwork on a bead loom by his grandmother. It takes one hour to...
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11 Apr 2016

Supporting Language Studies

Learning a language is usually a taxing activity, but for many students attempting to acquire one of Indigenous languages in Canada, the process fraught with additional pressures. Chelsea Vowel, a Plains Cree speaking Métis educator who currently lives in Montreal, recalls the...
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