Category: FNMIEAO

Upcoming Learning & Sharing Opportunities

Several opportunities for learning and sharing are coming up this month! Learn more about these opportunities and how you can get involved below.

Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education Symposium, October 13-15

The symposium is hosted by UOIT, sponsored by the Fields Institute and SSHRC, and is supported by the MKN. The registration deadline is Sunday, October 8th. Learn more about this great opportunity and save your spot here.

The Math Pod, October 11, 18, 25, & November 1

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The Math Pod is an OPEN learning opportunity organized in collaboration between three regions in the Province of Ontario:

Barrie Region: Math Leadership and Learning Network (ML2N)
Northeastern Ontario Region: Mathematics Leadership Network (MLN)
Northwestern Ontario Region: Math Leadership and Learning Network (ML2N)

The Math Pod is a collaborative learning space for educators who want to learn more about mathematics. They will be engaging with researchers through podcasts, blogging and Twitter chats.

Join them for their Fall series of podcasts on October 11, 18, 25, and November 1 at 8 p.m. with Cathy Fosnot and Stephen Hurley. Learn more at themathpod.ca and follow them on twitter @TheMathPod for regular updates!

NOMA Mini Conference with Cathy Fosnot: The Development of Numeracy, K-8, October 21

The Northern Ontario Mathematics Association (NOMA) will be hosting a full day of learning with Cathy Fosnot in North Bay on Saturday, October 21. All educators are welcome to register for this incredible opportunity. Seats are limited! See their event flyer for more details.

FNMIEAO Educator Conference, October 28-29

FNMIEAO’s conference will be held in London, Ontario, and will include several workshops specific to the work of the Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Education CoP. Presenters include IK CoP members such as Pamala Agawa.

Registration and all other conference details can be found on their guidebook.

OAME 2018 Session Proposals: Due November 1st

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The OAME 2018 conference will take place on May 3-4, 2018. Be sure to submit your session proposal here before November 1, 2017!

FNMIEAO Educators’ Conference – Details & Registration

Don’t miss out on the FNMIEAO Educators’ Conference on October 28-29 2017 in London, ON!

FNMIEAO’s conference will include several workshops specific to the work of the Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Education CoP. Presenters include IK CoP members such as Pamala Agawa.

See the information below regarding registration and other conference details:

Register through eventbrite.
Don’t miss out on early bird rates for hotels (ending September 18).
School board GROUP registration form.
All conference details will be continuously updated here on their guidebook.
For more information, please visit the FNMIEAO website.
If you have any questions, please contact: conference@fnmieao.com

First Meeting of the Indigenous Knowledge CoP

On June 27-29, 2017, our Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Education Community of Practice met at Trent University to discuss goals, plans, and hopes for the CoP going forward.

After two days of rich conversation and sharing, members reflected on the following:

What do you hope this network will be able to do? For yourself? For others?
What are the resources/current work that we can we share at the moment?

See their reflections below (click to enlarge).

What does knowledge mobilization look like, sound like, feel like in the context of this CoP?

This was the question that the IK CoP hopes to answer by the end of August 2018. To work toward answering this question, they set the following goals:

Continue discussions raised from this meeting
Establish connections and build relationships (need support in building relationships)
Create safe places for educators to engage in Indigenous learning
Create a collaborative work space through TeachOntario
Focus on developing protocols/readiness tools
Continue to do work & attend conferences to present current work (oral dissemination focus)
Prepare video or radio/podcast style pieces on why this work is important
- Need to show the power of mathematics in Indigenous education
- Realize the immense mathematics learning in IK

The IK CoP is holding a Math Culture Camp mid-August to further develop their plans for this coming year and beyond.

For more information on the Indigenous Knowledge CoP, visit their page.

Photo credit: Virginia Brown

IK CoP Updates

Want to know what our Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematics Education (IK) Community of Practice has been up to? We are excited to share the following updates!

MEETINGS

The IK CoP met online with TVO to discuss how they can use TeachOntario to create an online environment that will showcase their work and create a collaborative virtual working environment.

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Many lead members of the CoP attended and presented at this year’s OAME conference, including Jodie Williams (top right), Colinda Clyne (bottom right), and Pamela Agawa (top left), pictured below.

The IK CoP also held a face-to-face meeting with their members who attended the OAME conference to get to know each other and the work they are connected to, and discuss their upcoming meeting in June 2017.

PUBLICATIONS

To help inform their network of the work they are doing, the IK CoP submitted their work to be published in the FNMIEAO annual newsletter.

SURVEYS

Three surveys have been sent throughout the province to assess the landscape with respect to the work of the IK CoP. They are targeting School Board Math Consultants/Coordinators, Math educators K-12 in provincial system, and Math educators in First Nations Schools.

If applicable, please take a few minutes to complete the surveys here:

This data will be shared at their June meeting and will inform their work going forward. As well, it will create a baseline for comparison at the end of the 4-year CoP.

FNMIEAO EDUCATOR CONFERENCE

The lead organization in our IK CoP, the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education Association of Ontario (FNMIEAO), will be holding its Educator Conference on October 28 & 29, 2017 in London, Ontario. The theme of this year’s conference is Reconciliation through Education: Hearing the Truth.

Please consider coming and sharing your work! To do so, please respond to the call for presenters and/or request a vendor table by May 30^th, 2017.

If you would like to attend, registration will open the first week of June.

For more information on the IK CoP, see their page and subscribe to our mailing list to receive regular updates.