The University of Guelph-Humber’s Early Childhood Studies program has launched Walking with Children, a five-year initiative supported by the Flanagan Foundation that develops culturally-grounded curriculum rooted in Indigenous worldviews of childhood. Led by Humber Polytechnic Professor Maya-Rose Simon, an Anishinaabeg from the Chippewa Tribe of Sault Ste Marie, the project emphasizes land-based education and intergenerational learning. As the first step of the project, UoGuelph-Humber and collaborators such as the University of Waterloo rebuilt a wiigiwaam at the Silverthorne Early Learning Earth Centre. “We are not just rebuilding a structure—we are rebuilding ourselves, our connections, and our future,” said Simon.
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