Reflection, Reflection, Reflection: Seminar 3 & 4

Seminar Three

Seminar three was the lovely group that I had the pleasure of presenting with. We created two themes based on our assigned research title, Truth-Telling. Jen and Tess did an amazing job on covering (Mythbusting) common stereotypes about Indigenous Peoples. Ty and I told some facts about places in Regina named after not so great people, specifically Davin School and Dewdney Ave. One thing that I am so glad we did was taking our seminar outside into the open space of the green. For me, being outside gives me mental clarity, the fresh air with noises of birds and bugs lets me pay attention and I believe many of my classmates are the same way. Having the trees around us gave us the sense of comfort as it became a facilitated discussion rather than the Eurocentric way of teaching inside of a classroom. I am so grateful for the willingness of my peers during the improv activity. We were a little hesitant as to how much participation we would get but we were so pleasantly surprised. I do wish we had maybe done something a little different with the activity to make it fair so Jodie and Tammy did not have to do all of the talking. I had a lot of great powerful discussions with my group about the misconceptions of the truth all around us as well as a lot of fun conversation too. Very grateful for this experience and all of the knowledge I gained for myself as well as from my peers.

Seminar Four

Seminar four brought so many things to light for me as well as truly made me think and reflect on what it means to be a treaty person and what responsibilities come along with that. The many activities throughout this seminar made it feel like I had enough time to reflect on my understandings as new knowledge was coming in. The mind map was the first activity we did and I really enjoyed making those connections as to how I benefit from treaties/what treaties have given me. My favourite part of this specific activity was hearing what was on other mind maps around my table, as it gave me more knowledge as to how others recognize treaties. Going around in a carousel with partners was also a really good way to collaborate with peers and bring in that reflection that helped my understandings towards my miskâsowin journey. The part that really stuck out to me within this seminar is when Briana asked the question “well are we ALL treaty people?”, creating a discussion around the question if individuals of the Metís culture believe they are treaty people. This discussion and questions brought me to a place where I was hungry for information and an understanding. This seminar sparked so many great thoughts and revelations for the growth in my miskâsowin journey.