The HDL & KGMS Squamish Language Project

Since 2010, Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School (KGMS), a private K-12 school on the North shore that serves children with learning differences, has worked in collaboration with design students from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU). Over the last three years graduate interns have engaged with this partnership, working with Anji Dawson, Counselor and Indigenous Specialist from the Squamish Nation, on integrating Squamish language and culture into day-to-day interactions at KGMS. To evolve this we aim to establish an Indigenous working group, of core and ancillary collaborators, to act as a community platform for Anji Dawson and other Indigenous instructors at ECU and KGMS to test and discuss ideas and approaches to integrating Indigenous life ways and learning styles into various curriculum at both sites.

I, Kathleen Edwards, the intern, will collaborate with makers and educators through a series of participatory workshops. We will story-tell, make together and share knowledges toward the production of materials, curriculum and pedagogy that support KGMS Learner’s needs. All knowledges produced will be documented, adapted, integrated and shared under Anji’s guidance.

Faculty Supervisor:

Caylee Raber;Mimi Gellman

Student:

Partner:

Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

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