FNUniv Faculty Researchers and their projects
Program Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator & Associate Professor
- Walking Together is the seventh title in the Voices of the Prairies series. Developed by the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, this edited collection brings together accomplished Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from the prairie provinces to forward critical research about a range of contemporary child welfare issues currently impacting Indigenous children in Canada.
- Shannon Avison, Assistant Professor, worked to complete an InSpirit research grant, Indigenous Language Broadcasting, from Library and Archives Canada throughout the 2020/21 fiscal year.
- Canadian Heritage awarded a grant to Shannon Avison in Indigenous Communication (INCA) and Fine Arts to produce a website and podcasts in the Indigenous languages of Saskatchewan. After consulting with language keepers and Elders, the project was named 辫卯办颈蝉办飞锚飞颈苍–language in Cree. Due to COVID, most of the training for podcasters and designers has been done over Zoom; however, 鈥渨e did record the first four episodes of a cooking show in person, following COVID protocols and entirely in Michif.鈥� Although there are many podcasts by Indigenous producers, few are in Indigenous languages. The 辫卯办颈蝉办飞锚飞颈苍 podcasts are produced entirely in Indigenous languages, with English used only in the program summaries and producer bios.
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Program Coordinator & Lecturer
Description: A hands-on guide for parents and caregivers to develop best practices in revitalizing and teaching Cree to young children. In n膿hiyaw膿t膩n k墨kin膩hk / 鈥�Speaking Cree in the Home, Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer provide an introductory text to help families immerse themselves, their children, and their homes in 苍脓丑颈测补飞脓飞颈苍鈥攖he Cree language.
- Dr. Andrew Miller, Assistant Professor, in partnership with the Firelight Group and Saskatchewan Indigenous Land Technicians (SALT), delivered an Indigenous Mapping Workshop in March 2021.
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