Message for All
Land. Earth. Shkagmikwe.
We know with certainty that Anishinabek and Indigenous Nations are people of incredible resilience!
Anishinabek people have had – and always will have – a connection to and be caretakers of Mother Earth. Our connection to the land and Shkagmikwe is the source of our undeniable and unbreakable resiliency.
Kenjgewin Teg will be sowing seeds for future generations of Anishinabek Nation citizens who grow and learn to become empowered, kind, honest, and always mindful of our original Anishinaabe instructions on how to ‘be’ from the Creator. This is who we want all of our graduates to be when they are out there in the world as they achieve and earn their certificates, diplomas and degrees!
How can we ensure we are living by the Ngo Dwe Waanigizd Anishinaabe (the Anishinabek Nation preamble to the Anishinabek Constitution) in our Kenjgewin Teg Educational framework?
Debwewin & Learning Our Truth: Our Own Reconciliation
Anishinaabe Aadziwin is one of Kenjgewin Teg’s formally defined education framework components. It is also one foundational element in the organization’s worldview in delivery of our partner and soon-to-be own-accredited post-secondary programs in Ontario’s quality assurance prescribed guidelines by the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council. Kenjgewin Teg’s educational framework was articulated and summarized in 2017, titled Year 2020 & Re-Envisioning Its Future: Anishinabek Education Framework for Kenjgewin Teg – Geyaabi Waa Ni Zhiwebag.
Thinking of Enrolling? An Anishinaabe Aadziwin Message to Students
Gdoo-mosemi-ekidying
We are starting to acknowledge the history of where we are in our Nation to Nation relationship. Now we are in the process of educating other nations to recognize our own bundles of how we are connected to the land. Many nations are recognizing this by acknowledging what has taken place in history.
Thinking of Joining our Team? An Anishinaabe Aadziwin Message for Team Members
In the same way that students/ekinoomaagejik have their own personal learning journey with Anishinaabe Aadziwin, all of our team members and faculty have similar human resource performance learning expectations as part of personal and professional development as a team member of Kenjgewin Teg. All team members are invited to engage in many opportunities in Anishinaabe Aadziwin to support implementation of our formal, approved educational philosophies in Anishinaabemowin, Anishinaabe Aadziwin and as a trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive place of learning.
As a team member of Kenjgewin Teg you may find yourself learning side-by-side with our students in a collective Anishinaabe Aadziwin learning journey!
Anishinaabe Aadziwin. Education Our Way.
Kenjgewin Teg is recognized in the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017. The way forward we have chosen in Indigenous education involves positively challenging current ideas, assumptions and existing systems about how we teach and learn and define student success. As an Indigenous place of learning, we are careful not to believe in ‘Indigenous student education gaps’ or ‘Indigenous student achievement gaps’ that often frames faults or deficiencies within learners, or their families, or their First Nation communities. We think it’s our places of learning, including Kenjgewin Teg, that need to change – and not only students/ekinoomaagejik.
To be sure, and undeniably – there are many challenges that must be overcome to have personal and community wellness. Kenjgewin Teg instead chooses to challenge existing education systems and policies that are in need of change. We believe the time is now to boldly continue challenging current education systems we’ve known for far too long, and policies and standards that have been in place for many decades. If we do this well at Kenjgewin Teg, Anishinaabe Aadziwin in our post-secondary education place of learning will be our measure of success in implementing our anti-oppressive education philosophy.
Being a part of creating and re-defining Anishinabek education sovereignty, as many other organizations are also doing – is exciting work!