Kikinoo’amaadawin Webinar Series: Natural Curiosity 

Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule (Dokis First Nation) is an Anishinaabe scholar and educator who is currently the Chair of Indigenous Education at the University of Victoria. He is concerned with bringing Indigenous worldviews to a wide audience and infusing Indigenous perspectives into mainstream practice. Jean-Paul is currently leading a study on how to centre Indigenous pedagogy and ways of knowing and being in online learning environments.Jean-Paul is also investigating what motivates educators to incorporate Indigenous perspectives in their teaching practice and how teacher candidates and new teachers can best develop the knowledge, confidence and motivation to meaningfully include Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies in their classrooms.Dr. Angela Nardozi is a guest on Turtle Island who is Italian-Canadian. She has spent a decade working alongside Indigenous communities and with non-Indigenous educators including as the Project Manager of the Deepening Knowledge Project from 2011 to 2016. She is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers and received her Ph.D. in Education from OISE/UT. She is now a consultant, coach, and a sessional lecturer at OISE in the Masters of Teaching Program. Find out more aboutDr. Nardozi here.Listen & Learn is a blog and newsletter for educators authored by Dr. Nardozi about resources and topics related to bringing Indigenous content into your teaching, from her perspective as a Settler on Turtle Island. You canread Listen & Learn here, orsign up hereto receive newsletters directly to your inbox.

Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule( Univerisity of Victoria) & Dr. Angela Nardozi (Listen & Learn)

On March 4th we welcome Doug Anderson,  Rosa Na, and Brenda Simon from <A HREF="https://wordpress.oise.utoronto.ca/naturalcuriosity/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Natural Curiosity</A>! Natural Curiosity is a resource for educators to assist in facilitating environmental inquiry. 
In 2018 Natural Curiosity released its second edition, which incorporated an Indigenous lens onto Natural Curiosity's inquiry-based approach to knowing the natural world.
Together we will:
- Learn about the resource,.
- Hear about the journey to the second edition,
- Share stories about how Natural Curiosity is being taken up in the classroom. This includes examples of how the team is working to practically realize aspects of the Indigenous lens in the classroom!
Natural Curiosity Team Bios: 
Doug Anderson, Author of Natural Curiosity 2nd Edition: The Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children’s Environmental Inquiry:  
Doug Anderson is Métis (Bungee). His family is originally from Reedy Creek and Kinesota, Manitoba, and BC, and he grew up in Ontario. He has been the Creative and Strategic Director at Invert Media since 2003 and has consulted on Indigenous education and program development across Canada for over 25 years. Since 2001, he has been devoted to research and writing on Indigenous histories and cultures, translating them to contemporary education systems and media. Since 2010, his focus has been on learning in the land, mostly in the city. He enjoys designing new ethical platforms for Indigenous knowledge, and is committed to supporting the preservation of these forms of knowledge as models for thinking and problem solving in the 21st century. Doug worked at both the government and community levels for many years in the development, delivery and evaluation of learning programs, and has many years of front line experience in building learning and training opportunities for community members of all ages and levels of learning.
Rosa Na, Program Coordinator: 
Rosa Na is a guest on Turtle Island and is the Program Coordinator of Natural Curiosity at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, OISE-UofT. Rosa works in solidarity with Indigenous partners to bring Indigenous perspectives into the heart of Canadian educational settings.
Brenda Simon, Program Director (Interim): 
Brenda is a guest on Turtle Island and is the Interim Program Director for Natural Curiosity, Brenda has extensive experience in child advocacy, social justice and environmental planning.  For the past 10 years, Brenda has been supporting educators to incorporate play, nature and the outdoors into life and learning in schools. Brenda has a deep appreciation for indigenous perspectives on education.

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