Please join Bonny Lynn Donovan for her Starting the Conversation talk:
Visiting with the tmxʷulaxʷ: Indigenous ecocultural literacy in the early learning years
Wednesday, March 26
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Arts 368, In-person
Via Zoom, please e-mail: Icer.ok@ubc.ca
Bonny Lynn’s qualitative study addresses ecological sustainability through Indigenous language reclamation and the intergenerational transfer of traditional ecological knowledge to early learners, as Indigenous anti-colonial praxis.
In this culturally sustaining/revitalizing Indigenous Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS) study, a traditional mentor/apprenticeship education model was used with four-year-old preschoolers and middle years students (grades six to eight) from a Syilx/Okanagan band school.
An Indigenous Participatory Action Research (IPAR) design centered the voices of the children, the nsyilxcǝn language, and ecological knowledge from the Land.
Bonny Lynn was a recipient of The ICER Student Community Engaged Research Award in 2024.
Bio:
Bonny Lynn is a Métis PhD candidate in the Community Engagement, Social Change, and Equity (CESCE) Theme. Her co-supervisors are Dr. Jeannette Armstrong and Dr. Leyton Schnellert. Bonny Lynn’s research interests include Indigenous ecocultural identity and literacy, Indigenous language reclamation, and early childhood education.
