Enacting Slow Pedagogy and Indigenous Approaches to Learning in Sustainability Teaching
How does Indigenous learning parallel the western notion of Slow pedagogy, and how can these influence how sustainability is taught in higher education? UBC Scholars Shannon Leddy (Métis) and Lorrie Miller, authors of (University of Toronto Press, 2024), illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs – Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility – can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. In considering the importance of engaging in decolonizing and Indigenizing approaches to education through Slow and Indigenous pedagogies using the lens of place-based and land-based education, they share how they are grappling with the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the soul-work of how to decolonize and rehumanize education in meaningful ways. Please .
This webinar is hosted by the at the University of Toronto, one of the initiatives of the Teaching & Learning Sub-Committee of the .
About the Speakers
Dr. Shannon Leddy
Dr. Shannon Leddy is a card-carrying member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia and an associate professor of art education at the University of British Columbia, whose practice focuses on using transformative pedagogies in decolonizing and Indigenizing teacher education. Before arriving at UBC, Shannon taught high school Art, Social Studies, and English. She is the Co-Chair of the Institute for Environmental Learning, and her book, Teaching where you are: weaving slow and Indigenous pedagogies, co-written with Dr. Lorrie Miller, is now available from the University of Toronto Press. She is also a mother and a Nehiyawin/Cree language learner as well as a Danish language learner. to learn more about her work.
Dr. Lorrie Miller
Dr. Miller is a Vancouver-based educator, writer and textile artist who holds a PhD from UBC. She has worked in teacher education for much of the past decade. Recently, she was the Associate Director for the Institute for Veterans Transition at UBC, and presently teaches textile-focused art education in the Department of Curriculum Studies. Her work exploring pedagogical approaches is woven with her passion for visual arts, in particular in textile and tactile form, and experiential learning via Slow and Indigenous pedagogies. She is curious about the possibilities in education, asking what can education look like during challenging times to bring out the best in us all. to learn more about her work.
