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Lesson plans celebrate Indigenous ways of Knowing, Doing and Being to instil cultural pride and connection through respectful dialogue, learning from local Elders/Knowledge keepers, land-based learning, storytelling, and community service projects.
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The Future Pathways Fireside Chats video series features Indigenous Role Models from various careers and communities speaking about their educational and experiential learning journeys. These interviews provide hope for the future, talking about how to handle uncertainty in their lives and careers, and how they balance and maintain well-being.
Themes of addressing uncertainty, hope for the future, and well-being offer insights on how youth can thrive as individuals while simultaneously building skills and competencies to navigate a world of uncertainty and volatility.
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Featured Stories
Explore these featured Fireside Chats and the learning and career journeys being shared!
Fireside Chats Pathfinders Circle
Join host Ashley Richard as she reconnects with past Fireside Chats interviewees to get updates on their journeys, lessons learned, and latest accomplishments since their original interviews!
Episode One: Diane and Janelle We check in with Diane Roussin and Janelle Desrosiers to find out how their journeys have continued since they were first interviewed for Future Pathways Fireside Chats!
Episode Two: Christine and Lucy We reconnect with Christine M’Lot and Lucy Fowler to see how their journeys have unfolded since their first interviews on Future Pathways Fireside Chats!
Episode Three: James and Jared We reconnect with James Harper and Jared Kozak to see how their journeys have evolved since they were first interviewed for Future Pathways Fireside Chats!
Featured Quotes
"If you've got something that you're worried about, a big decision to make, write it out on a piece of paper and put it under your pillow and ask the ancestors and say a prayer. When you wake up in the morning, you're going to have those answers."
