WCDSB will cover the cost of your registration for this professional learning course!
Braiding Sweetgrass for Educators Course (4 x 60 min sessions)
Join us for these four engaging and insightful online sessions which will unpack the essential elements of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults.
This will be facilitated by award-winning and best-selling Indigenous author, Monique Gray Smith, who adapted Robin Wall Kimmerer’s New York Times Best selling book, Braiding Sweetgrass for a new generation of readers. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.
Monique will take you on a learning journey, exploring the 6 sections of the book and the chapters within each of them, including key content for classroom and school use.
Dates and Times:
- Wednesday, Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 – 4pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time on Zoom Meeting
- Recorded and recordings made available to registrants after for those who can’t attend live (available for 3 months after the session)
In each session we will attend to:
- Indigenous wisdom
- Teaching of the Plants
- Scientific Knowledge
- History and Social and Emotional Wellness
- The reflection questions, calls to action and beautiful illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt
All registrants will receive:
- 4 x virtual 60 min learning sessions with Monique Gray Smith!
- Access to the recordings (available for up to 3 months following the sessions)
- A Certificate of Completion
Facilitator:
Monique Gray Smith is an award winning Indigenous author and educator. In addition to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, she has authored many other books including Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation and Lucy and Lola, part of The Journey Forward. Monique’s books are used to share wisdom, knowledge, hope and the important teaching that love is medicine. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years.
