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Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Speaker Series: Heather Stahl and Shawn DeGreeve

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Jan. 17, 2024, 11:52 a.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our third noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk!

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Geoff Hamilton, Site Co-Ordinator, OurLearningCircle.org
www.geoffhamilton.com

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Speaker Series: Introducing Nicki Eastly

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Oct. 2, 2023, 12:27 p.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our first noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk of 2023!

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Speaker Series: Diane Gall on North American Indigenous Notions of Virtue

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on March 3, 2023, 3:57 p.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our second noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk of 2023: Diane Gall's discussion of "how she is broadening her presentation of moral theories with a comparative introduction to…

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Speaker Series: Kallie Lavoie

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Feb. 14, 2023, 1:04 p.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our first noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk of 2023: Kallie Lavoie's discussion of how the Social Work program has responded to a review of its Indigenous curriculum content…

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Speaker Series: Clint Lawrence

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Oct. 16, 2022, 4:13 p.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our first noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk of 2022: Clint Lawrence, history and art history instructor, discusses why and how he foregrounds Indigenous experiences using tw…

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Series: Christy Gust on using OurLearningCircle.org

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on April 7, 2022, 12:42 p.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our third noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk: Christy Gust on using OurLearningCircle.org.

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Series: Deborah Forbes -- Indigenous Art

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on March 24, 2022, 11:58 a.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our second noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk: Deborah Forbes, "Two Indigenous Canadian Contemporary Artists Who Challenge Everything."

Noon-Hour Decolonization/Indigenization Series: Hamilton Poetry Assignment

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on March 3, 2022, 10:28 a.m.

Hi folks,
Please do continue the conversation begun today during our first noon-hour decolonization/Indigenization talk. I'd love to get your feedback on my poetry assignment, and to hear about your own experiences teaching similar content.
- Geoff

Resources for Learning/Teaching about Residential Schools

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Jan. 28, 2022, 4:29 p.m.

Hi folks,
OurLearningCircle.org's student researcher, Caylee Gingras, has begun to compile a list of resources for learning and teaching about residential schools in Canada. The list, which we hope to expand steadily, can be found in our site librar…

Feedback on OurLearningCircle

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Dec. 8, 2021, 5:02 p.m.

Hi folks,
Do post your suggestions here about how OurLearningCircle.org might be improved. And for instructors: do email me directly (ghamilton@mhc.ab.ca) if you'd like more information on how you might incorporate the site into your classes.
- Geof…

Indigenous Texts for a Children's Literature Course?

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Nov. 6, 2021, 4:32 p.m.

I may be teaching a Children's Literature course soon -- either at the 2nd- or 3rd-year level -- and wondered if anyone could recommend texts by Indigenous authors that might make a good fit. Anything you can say about why you chose the text, and wh…

Re: MHC's October Virtual Q & A with First Nations Scholar Dr. Dustin Louie

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Oct. 29, 2020, 12:44 p.m.

Thanks so much for the questions, folks!
The Q&A can be viewed here.
And -- do continue the conversation here (and perhaps on other parts of the site, too)...

Re: MHC's Virtual Q & A with First Nations Scholar Dr. Dustin Louie

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Oct. 15, 2020, 12:04 p.m.

Yup! Click here for the first Dr. Louie Q&A video (n.b. I believe it expires at some point, so the link may not be active for long)...

MHC's October Virtual Q & A with First Nations Scholar Dr. Dustin Louie

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Oct. 9, 2020, 10:49 a.m.

Hi all,
Medicine Hat College's Campus Connections Series is delighted to have scheduled First Nations scholar Dr. Dustin Louie for a second Q&A session on Thursday, October 29th, from noon – 1 p.m. We'd love to hear from the MHC community about …

Re: Indigenous Utopian Literature?

  By: Geoff_Hamilton on Aug. 28, 2020, 1:43 p.m.

A preliminary answer (I'll try to drum up some responses from others better informed than me!)...
The distinctiveness of an Indigenous utopianism (and the 'fit' of the term itself for Indigenous worldviews) would be, I reckon, a fascinating topic fo…