Celebrating the Local, Negotiating the School: Symposium on Language and Literacy in Aboriginal Communities
Nov. 7-8, 2008
University of Saskatchewan
Event Description
A Symposium at the University of Saskatchewan, November 7- 8, 2008, will be hosted by the Aboriginal Education Research Centre and the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre Bundle 2, Nourishing the Learning Spirit.The goal of this symposium is to explore the ways in which local literacies develop and function within local Aboriginal communities. Current research indicates that building on the language knowledge of learners enables them to use their linguistic understandings to access standard English as a language of power in the educational and political realms without relinquishing their local language, a language of power in community.See the Aboriginal Education Research Centre website .For further information e-mail: Dr. Geraldine Balzer, Symposium Co-Coordinator
Phone: 306-966-6920, Fax: 306-966-1363
From the Canadian Council on Learning website: http://www.ccl-cca.ca
