Passionate about sharing his Indigenous background, an adjunct architecture professor named a new course after the ceremony his ancestors have used for thousands of years to welcome visitors to their homeland.
This semester, William Woodworth, also known as Elder Bill, started teaching At the Woods Edge, a course focused on the relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers from the 16th century to today, and how those associations have affected both engineering and architecture.
Earlier this year, Woodworth was appointed to a new role within the Faculty of Engineering – Elder in Residence.
Woodworth provides faculty, staff, and students with culturally sensitive counselling based on Haudenosaunee teachings at his two offices – one in the Outreach department located on the first floor of Engineering 7 and the other in the second-floor library at the School of Architecture in Cambridge.
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