Project Team
Mathieu Feagan, Knowledge Integration
Leslie Wexler, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Madison Hill, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Vanessa Schweizer, Knowledge Integration
Naomi Paul, Research Assistant and PhD student, Systems Design Engineering
Project Summary
This project pilots a two-row learning approach to working with Indigenous and Western knowledge relations in building just and sustainable futures. Through a three-part problem-based learning workshop series, 45 UW students will work in interdisciplinary teams to analyze a complex climate problem. Indigenous and Western scholars will support student exploration of sacred space, intersectionality, cognitive justice, intergenerational and peer-learning, as key concepts for addressing climate complexity. A questionnaire completed before the workshop series will ask students about their exposure to Indigenous and Western anti-oppression frameworks; evaluation forms completed after each workshop will collect feedback on student learning outcomes; and a final questionnaire will assess student perceptions of the value of two-row learning after completing the workshop series. Staff and faculty reflections will assess possibilities for scaling-up this approach for enhancing teaching innovation and shifting academic knowledge relations towards more inclusive and transformative practices.
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