Learning Opportunities

The cultural camp will allow school administrators, educators, learning leads, and support staff the opportunity to experience numerous firsthand teachings of Indigenous people’s ways of knowing.

Calgary Regional Consortium is offering an exciting and experiential cultural camp: Think Indigenous, to share ways of Indigenous being, knowing, doing and relating. The camp will increase awareness and build foundational knowledge of Treaty 6, 7 & 8 Indigenous people, as well as creating a strong connection to the Métis perspectives and Inuit voices of Alberta. Sharing Indigenous history and knowledge, the camp will allow a deeper understanding of the connections to Reconciliation and the Calls to Action. The camp experience will include: land based learning, ceremony for men and women, learning from story, spiritual ceremony and more.

The added experience of Tipi camping will enrich the elder teachings of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this camp participants will:

• Share in authentic teachings and rich cultural experiences.
• Deepen appreciation of ways of knowing, histories and perspectives of our Indigenous People in Alberta.
• Build foundational knowledge with Elders and Knowledge Keepers.
• Understand protocols, social traditions and cultural practices.

This learning opportunity is offered through a grant from Alberta Education.