EU493 B5: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) Topics in Educational Contexts (Winter 2027)

Wilfrid Laurier University•Brantford, ON

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This course is designed to help Teacher Candidates to learn how to effectively meet the needs of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit learners in the classroom and connect non-Indigenous learners to Indigenous knowledges, worldviews, and related practices through relevant and meaningful academic programming and co- curricular activities. To be examined are topics related to sovereignty, identity, land treaties, language reclamation and revitalization, environment sustainability, as well as historical and contemporary topics impacting Indigenous self-determination in the Canadian sociocultural and socioeconomic landscape. Successful candidate will work with the course lead in order to provide consistency across sections.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Education or Indigenous Studies or Indigenous Knowledge Keeper
Teaching experience with K-10 students in FNMI topics and/or lived experience as an Indigenous person (as per Laurier verification process)
Evidence of leadership and/or scholarship in the area of FNMI in schools
Education or Indigenous Studies discipline
FNMI specialization
Doctoral degree in Education
Bachelor of Education and/or K – 10 Teaching Certification
Post-secondary teaching experience in teacher education
Teaching in Ontario schools at primary, junior, and intermediate levels
CV (required)
Candidate Application Form (CAF)
Names and Contact Information for Referees (for External Applicants)
Evidence of Good Teaching (e.g., teaching philosophy; assessment practices; scholarship that informs your teaching; evaluations) (for External Applicants)
Verification of highest degree (for External Applicants)