Indigenous voices

As an example of decolonizing pedagogies in a Manitoba Post-Secondary Education institution, please engage with the following video titled ‘Origami and Truth and Reconciliation RRC Polytech’.

This 6-minute and 16-second video produced by the Emerging Media and Production department at Red River College Polytechnic introduces Paul Bourget, Educational Assistant program instructor, Elder Una Swan, and the Origami project.

The colours of the 1000-crane mobile are thoughtfully chosen, incorporating the four directions of Traditional Teachings (red, black, yellow, white in the top layer) and “Every Child Matters” (orange in the bottom layer), as well as diversity of peoples joined in harmony (multiple colours in the middle layer). This could be considered an application example of the Two-Eyed Seeing framework and the inclusion of multiple perspectives (Indigenous, Japanese, Western) in teaching and learning.