Chris Garner: Transforming the Teacher in Indigenous Education
Looking back to the 1950’s and 1970’s in remote schooling, teacher Chris Garner challenges the way we view success in Indigenous Education, making a powerful case for the role of the educator to evolve, bringing success for students and, ultimately, Aboriginal people’s desired outcomes.
Jenny Ellerb: The Ancient Mounds Project
Through photographs — images, Jenny Ellerbe tells us the story of rural northeastern Louisiana and what it gives to those who live there season after season, generation after generation. Her goal is not just to document this area but to really crawl inside it and see what makes it unique.
Paula Abood: Healing Through Storytelling
Paula Abood speaks about the importance of storytelling in developing confidence empathy and building communities. Paula is a Community Cultural Development (CCD) worker, Writer and Educator who has worked with culturally diverse communities for the past 25 years to build capacities in a range of settings.
Why Resilience
Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, explores how resiliency can empower even the most destitute and vulnerable communities. “When the World Bank was planning to invest $100 million dollars in upgrading the slums in Nairobi, these slum-dweller leaders were represented at the table.”
The Work of Soliya
In this talk, Lucas Welch introduces the work of Soliya and the need for educational exchanges between students from all over the world, especially amongst students from the United States and the Middle East. He talks about the potential and impact of student exchange programmes using a virtual platform.
