Friday, February 8, 2013 BL 1024

1. Friday, February 8, 2013 BL 1024 Faculty of Education Graduate Students’ Conference 2013: Pushing the Boundaries of Learning and Knowing Keynote by Edward Doolittle, First Nations University Interdisciplinary Research in Applied Indigenous Mathematics: Mathematical Maps of our Tongues 10:00 – 11:30 am (keynote and discussion) ABSTRACT Doing research from an Indigenous perspective requires us to consider not only Indigenous knowledge as content, but also to engage with problems which are considered important by Indigenous people, and to apply Indigenous research methodologies to the solution of those problems. In this talk, Dr. Doolittle will describe his current research program on word puzzles in Cree and other Indigenous languages and how it touches on all three facets mentioned above: detailed language knowledge as content, mapping as an Indigenous methodology, and the actual construction of results considered valuable and useful educational tools by Indigenous people. Dr. Doolittle is a Mohawk from the Six Nations reserve in southern Ontario and is the only First Nations mathematician in Canada. He earned his Ph.D. in pure mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1997, has taught at the University of Toronto, York University, Queen’s University, and the University of Regina, and has been on the faculty of First Nations University since 2001. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Governor General’s Gold Medal and has been recognized as one of the “Great Minds of the University of Toronto.“ Dr. Doolittle is currently engaged in a critically needed comprehensive research program on Aboriginal mathematics education in Canada, supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Development Grant and numerous other awards. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Break Student Paper Presentations 12:30 pm Rawnda Abraham Nim-bii-go-nini Ojibwe language revitalization strategy: Towards a sovereign cultural identity and academic success 12:50 pm Melissa Oskineegish How can non-Native teachers develop culturally responsive programs in remote First Nations Communities? Learning from the experts 1:10 pm Holly Tsun Haggarty & Why is this funnel not working? An embodied dialogue Kathleen Murphy 1:30 pm Coffee/Tea Break 1:50 pm Jennifer Holm Improving mathematics teaching through professional learning groups 2:10 pm Erin Cameron Reframing the curriculum: A critical analysis of dominant obesity discourses in education 2:30 pm Natalie Gerum A university for the Anthropocene? Learning about climate change at Lakehead University