Join Lynn and Louise for this exciting #HumberEarthMonth2022 event! We will walk together to connect with the Land and Water of the Humber Arboretum. We will look for signs of Ziigwan (Spring), listen to the story about Grandmother Maple and a Maple Teaching, taste sap, and learn more about how Early Childhood Education students engage spirit, heart, mind and body in a new Two-Eyed Land Based Play and Co-Learning course. 

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About the facilitators 

Lynn Short and Louise Zimanyi are co-lead investigators on a three-year project supported by the Lawson Foundation's Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0. 

Lynn Short (she/her) of mixed Ojibway, Irish, German and English heritage. Lynn completed her Indigenous Knowledge Certificate under Onaubinosay (Elder Jim Dumont) and continued to work with him, co-teaching for four years. In her current role as the Environmental Stewardship Coordinator for the Humber Arboretum and the Indigenous Curriculum Specialist for Land and Culture-Based Programs at Humber College, Lynn maintains strong connections to the Land. 

Louise Zimanyi (she/her) is a Professor in the Early Childhood Education department. As a settler on these Lands, through her work and research, Louise is walking together with Indigenous communities as part of a co-learning journey that engages the early childhood field in more political, ethical and decolonized learning and transformative pedagogy and practice.