Around 3,000 Indigenous educators gathered for the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) in Toronto, Canada from July 24 – 28 2017.
The gathering draws Indigenous representatives from around the world to share successes and strategies for culturally grounded Indigenous education. The event leads discussion on contemporary movements in education that support Indigenous worldviews.
Dr Roma Aloisi and Jonathan Lindsay-Tjapaltjarri Hermawan represented Catholic Education South Australia at the conference.
They delivered a workshop titled: Reconciliation through Truth-telling: Decolonizing education through resilient, authentic relationships.
“The presentation interrogated discursive compositions of Australian Indigenous peoples through socio-historical truth-telling,” explains Dr Aloisi.
“The discussion examined constructions of cultural identities & associated impacts upon well-being & resilience; the role of educators as cultural & spiritual custodians; and the development of culturally safe schooling environments & models of radical equity.”
The workshop was extremely well received by participants.
A St Aloysius College program led by student volunteers has provided more than 100 blankets for some of the most marginalised members of Adelaide’s community.
