Newsletter Contents
Support for all + poster to print!
MEQ webinar. Teaching resources.
Waseskun news & invitation. Upcoming Professional Development.
Sign up for the newsletter, join our Facebook group. Stay connected.
Indigenous Adult Education Network News & Welcome Message
Support for all
We spent time in March’s Network meeting talking about the programs we develop for those students who need more than academics and vocational training.
From programs to gain life skills or overcome addictions, like Opitciwan’s Mikon and Sakihikan, to Kahnawake’s social integration support for individuals leaving the prison system at Waseskun, to extra curricular cultural activities in La Romaine and Mashteuiatsh – we all agreed these types of holistic, culturally-grounded programs are not only encouraging but essential for engaging learners in our communities.
If you missed the last meeting, you can see the agenda and summary here.
This poster is our gift to you this month. We hope it inspires reflection in your milieu as much as it does for us.
The poster is part of a growing series of small posters to honour teachers & learning. Here is a folder of the images with and without the IAEN logo.
Feel free to use them and add your own logo if you like. (To add your logo or make changes, make a copy of the file called ‘_copy to modify teacher appreciation des enseignants.’) Here is a video that shows how to do that.
The images used are all from pixabay.com, unless otherwise noted, and are in the public domain.
This month’s poster includes a quotation from Melissa Drapeau, Pedagogical Consultant at FNAESC : “Indigenous Responsibility Towards Education. For education to be truly inclusive and equitable, and to pursue meaningful reconciliation, the Indigenization of curriculum is not optional, but essential, to validate and embed Indigenous perspectives and knowledge within all learning.”
Artificial Intelligence
Teacher-created Resources
SJ Jessica Lee, Math & Science Specialist at the First Nations Regional Education Centre in Kahnawake, recently started talking about AI with her students. Her focus is on being transparent about its use and she does this by modeling effective learning with AI.
She created a Dos and Don’ts poster for her students – one version in school-learning language and another using some Gen Alpha slang. We’ve also translated it into French and a more informal Quebecois, too.
The pages can be printed out on legal size paper, 8.5″x14″.
You can see and download all four versions of the poster here.
Teaching & Learning Resources
Jessica’s posters are included in the Indigenous Adult Education Network’s growing collection of resources for teaching and learning with Artificial Intelligence.
Think of it as a starting point, where you will find
- A conversation on building AI literacy
- Teacher-made Resources
- Links to online Courses
- MEQ Resources – including a webinar, translated into English
- And Even More Resources
Please let us know if you have anything you’d like to add to these resources!
News from Partners
News from the Waseskun Healing Community
Waseskun: a Cree word referring to that time just after a storm, when the dark clouds begin to part, the blue sky appears, and the first rays of sunlight shine through.
Waseskun is an Indigenous healing facility, the only one East of Manitoba. It serves Indigenous men coming from the prison system. “Waseskun offers a transformative space for those seeking to heal from intergenerational trauma, addiction and criminal behavior.” (from the Waseskun website)
We invite you to read their latest newsletter.
Waseskun Healing Centre invites you to join us for our summer change of season celebration on Wednesday June 18th 2025. This event is open to everyone aged 18+.
If you are interested in joining us, please confirm your presence to celinefrancois@waseskun.net.
In your email, please indicate if you will be present for the sunrise ceremony at 6:30am followed by breakfast at 8:00am. If not, please aim to arrive for 9:00am for check in.
If you would like to participate in the sweat lodge ceremony at 2:00pm, please mention that as well in your email. If it is your first time participating in sweat lodge ceremony, it is suggested to bring a towel, sandals, and water bottle. If you are a woman, it is suggested to wear a long skirt in the ceremony and kindly do not participate if you are on your moon time (menstruating).
You can see the full invitation with agenda here.
Looking forward to having you join us!
Innovative Approaches to Career Counselling with Danielle Silverman, Vision Coach International
This workshop is offered by PROCEDE and LCEEQ at the Pearson Electrotechnology Centre in Lachine. It will provide Counselling Professionals a forward-thinking approach to address the dynamic challenges faced by today’s job seekers and prepare them for future success. This will include a holistic approach and tools for reframing career pathways.
Through collaborative exercises, theoretical insights, discussions, demonstrations, and interactive methods, participants will gain innovative tools and strategies to empower their clients to overcome challenges, embrace reinvention, and pursue fulfilling career paths.
Find more information & the agenda here!
CRÉA Kitci Amik – Professional Development (In French)
Créa Kitci Amik is organizing two days of professional development for teachers and master trainers vocational training – May 1 and 2 at their Val d’Or Pavilion.
The focus will be on professional development with pedagogical tools for vocational training. The training is in French only.
If you are interested, the Indigenous Adult Education Network can help support travel expenses. Contact Tracy for more information.
Quebec Social & Vocational Integration 2025 Conference – From Social Integration to Social Participation
The QS(V)I Network is busy planning the 2025 conference along the theme From Social Integration to Social Participation. Are you interested in attending and / or presenting? Find out more information here!
You can check out last year’s un-conference here. They call it an un-conference as it has a flexible format, with different workshops and presentations spread out across the month.
This year’s un-conference will be during the month of May 2025.
FCSSQ – TREAQ Conference Note
The conference planned for May 2025 is postponed to May 28 and 29, 2026. It will take place at the Lévis conference centre near Quebec City.
Training Offer: VT in Indigenous Context
Understanding the realities and needs of Indigenous communities is essential to establishing meaningful and lasting partnerships for off-site vocational training (VT) in Indigenous communities.
The training “Favour Vocational Training in Indigenous Context” is the result of a project funded by the Quebec government’s ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (Joncas et al., 2022-2026). The aim of the training is to improve understanding of the realities and needs of Indigenous communities by non-indigenous partners and the key elements for establishing meaningful and lasting partnerships with Indigenous organizations in order to improve VT in an Indigenous context, and, ultimately, the graduation rates.
For information or reservation, please scan the QR code in the image or write to : jo.anni.joncas@usherbrooke.ca
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