Box Circle Exercise

Jan 22, 2020 |14:00-16:00

  • Wednesday, January 22, 2 to 4 p.m., in the Gym

Box Circle is a teaching tool to share the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada. Participants step into the role of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people and experience what it must have felt like to live in these communities during colonization, residential schools, the sixties’ scoop and now.

If you are interested in the session, we do ask that you commit to the entire two-hour window.

This session is open to all students and employees. No experience necessary. All materials provided.

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This activity is part of the First Moon, First Person Celebration in partnership with the Circle of Turtle Lodge.

This session speaks to the following Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action:

14. We call upon the federal government to enact an Aboriginal Languages Act that incorporates the following principles:

iv. The preservation, revitalization, and strengthening of Aboriginal languages and cultures are best managed by Aboriginal people and communities.

63. We call upon the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada to maintain an annual commitment to Aboriginal education issues, including:

iii. Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect

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