Mkomose's work with Waterloo Architecture students highlights Globe and Mail article
A recent Globe and Mail article interviewed Mkomose and profiled his work with Waterloo Architecture students in the ARCH 243 - Indigenous Practices course.
The article 'Why and how to plant your own food forest' takes an in-depth look at the growing popularity of food forests and details Oodena a community plan created by students this past summer.
A food forest, also called a forest garden, is a diverse planting of edible plants that attempts to mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in nature.
They came together to envision the future, and I think we need people to do that on a larger scale.
Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge) is Assistant Professor of Anishinaabe Studies at Algoma University, and has been sessional Lecturer at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University and The University of Waterloo and Coordinator of Indigenous studies at Conestoga College in South Western Ontario. He specializes in traditional Indigenous knowledge, ethno-medicine, and land-based learning. Mkomose regularly works with Elders to support conscious awakening to respond to the current state of society. He is an initiated Mayan day count keeper and regularly participates in the ancient ceremonial practices of his Anishinaabe ancestors.
