Land-Based Play and Co-Learning through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing

Course Code: ECE 234

Academic Year: 2023-2024

Building on the importance and benefits of outdoor play for wholistic child development, this course uses the guiding principles and pedagogy of Etuaptmumk, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi'kmaw language. Also known as Two-Eyed Seeing, through (re)connecting Land and co-learning, the course embraces the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of being, relating, knowing and doing together for the benefit of all. This course takes place in the Humber Arboretum on the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit. Co-learning engages Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty, Elders, Knowledge Holders and students in the learning process. In connecting spirit, heart, mind and body through Land-based experiences, stories and sharing circles, learners will gain an applied understanding on how to regularly and intentionally engage children, families and other professionals in respectful, reciprocal and responsible relationships with All Our Relations (place, plant-life, animals and other-than-human being in various ecosystems).