Toqikutimk. GrowingTogether: Our Children, Our Sunflowers ANDREW SARK

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1 5 th Gathering of Healing Our Spirits Worldwide; Edmonton, Alberta, 6-11 August 2006 Toqikutimk GrowingTogether: Our Children, Our Sunflowers ANDREW SARK Mi kmaq Youth Activities Coordinator, Integrative Science Program Integrative Health and Healing Research Project outreach enabled by funding from CIHR-IAPH, IWK, NSHRF, MPF, SSHRC and CRC

2 Toqikutimk Growing Together Our Children, Our Sunflowers MPF P jilasi Welcome Cape Breton University - Integrative Science Program Integrative Health and Healing Research Project

3 Presentation Outline 1. Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People 2. Integrative Science, Cape Breton University 3. The Toqikutimk Project: Growing Together With Our Children 4. Our Journey Through Life and The Basket of Hope (a theory) 5. Positive Growing Experiences 6. Sharing What We Have Learned 7. Questions and Answers

4 Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People Mi kma ki Unama ki Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

5 Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People Native Council of Nova Scotia Mi kmaq Language Program Artist: Michael J. Martin Cape Breton Unama ki

6 Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People Mi kmaq people, in Mi kma ki since time immemorial

7 Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People Photo courtesy of Wagmatcook Cultural Centre

8 Mi kma ki - Home of the Mi kmaq People Standing Tall

9 Integrative Science, Cape Breton University Native Council of Nova Scotia Mi kmaq Language Program Artist: Michael J. Martin Cape Breton Unama ki

10 Integrative Science, Cape Breton University Artist Basma Kavanagh Common Ground Indigenous Western

11 Toqwa tu kl Kjijitaqnn Integrative Science Indigenous our knowledges Western our world views bringing our stories together Artist Basma Kavanagh

12 Integrative Science, Cape Breton University Indigenous Two-Eyed Seeing learning to see with the strengths of each Western Mr. Albert Marshall, Mi kmaq Elder Eskasoni First Nation

13 Integrative Science, Cape Breton University Two-Eyed Seeing our key concepts & actions - respect - relationship - reverence - reciprocity - ritual (ceremony) - repetition - responsibility - hypothesis (making & testing) - data collection - data analysis - model & theory construction

14 Integrative Science, Cape Breton University Integrative Health and Healing Co-learning our way to expanding wholeness through restoration of relationships with the land

15 The Toqikutimk Project Toqikutimk dok-egh-ew-dimque sunflower booklet and images by Basma Kavanagh and Kristy Read Toqikutimk Growing Together Our Children - Our Sunflowers

16 The Toqikutimk Project WHY DID WE CHOOSE SUNFLOWERS? Robust and resilient Beautiful visualization of an abstract concept Seasonal harvest Visual example of growth Relationship awareness and sharing

17 The Toqikutimk Project The Toqikutimk Life Cycle Model Harvesting Growing Planting Nurturing

18 The Toqikutimk Project How we came to be seeds planted in fertile soil. Close consultation with respected Mi kmaq Elders Emergence of an educational initiative: Integrative Science Work with students in community settings (workshops) Development of community relationships Birth

19 The Toqikutimk Project Elders Murdena and Albert Marshall MPF sunflower booklet and images by Basma Kavanagh and Kristy Read

20 The Toqikutimk Project Planting the seeds and growing together

21 The Toqikutimk Project

22 The Toqikutimk Project

23 Baddeck Academy - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Nyanzia - Unama ki - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

24 The Toqikutimk Project

25 The Toqikutimk Project a new relationship Elementary School Children and their Sunflowers

26 The Toqikutimk Project The Toqikutimk Project in Action - Growing co-learning our way to expanding wholeness through restoration of relationships with the land

27 The Toqikutimk Project Community Field Trip Classroom The Toqikutimk project is everywhere!

28 The Toqikutimk Project (caring for my Sunflower)

29 The Toqikutimk Project New Little Brother, New Little Sister Njiknam Nkwe ji j I watch, I learn, I care, I love, I grow

30 The Toqikutimk Project Grow Share Revisit Community Involvement

31 The Toqikutimk Project

32 The Toqikutimk Project

33 The Toqikutimk Project

34 The Toqikutimk Project MPF

35 The Toqikutimk Project Making Connections through Storytelling

36 The Toqikutimk Project Kitpu booklet images by Basma Kavanagh and Kristy Read

37 The Toqikutimk Project Making Connections through Puppetry

38 poster design by Kristy Read POSTERS: From The Forest Comes Our Story

39 The Toqikutimk Project Puppetry Workshops

40 The Toqikutimk Project Where are we now, what we have learned? Life is a journey of learning and growing.

41 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Basket of Hope and Self Education Love Experience Culture Family straps for a new weave

42 Our journey through life and the basket of hope our journey through life and the basket of hope

43 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Basket of Hope and Self Level of positive identity and self worth Education Love Experience Culture Family AGE Birth Child (teen) Adult Elder

44 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Basket of Hope and Self Love Culture Experience Sense of Self and Self Worth (Hope) woven together

45 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Education Abuse Neglect Racism Family Love Bully Culture Experience Hate Fear Doubt

46 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Demons Predators Love DEPRESSION Negative Fillers

47 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Basket of Hope and Self Love Culture Experience Education Keeping the basket full of hope and positive experiences will deter demon fillers.

48 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Family Education Love Culture Experience Fill er up!

49 Our journey through life and the basket of hope Keeping the Basket full is a community effort requiring : Family Love Joint research projects Cooperative initiatives Involvement Awareness Education New understandings Acceptance Enlightenment Traditional cultural knowledge Positive experiences

50 Positive growing experiences Positive Experiences Toqikutimk: Our Children, Our Sunflowers Netapi N-JAC: To See Sharply Nikmatut Junior Adventures Club Field trips and school visits Klikn: Giver of Strength geology hikes

51 Positive growing experiences

52 Positive growing experiences Ecology-based field hikes for Netapi N-JAC

53 Positive growing experiences University - Elementary School Exchanges

54 Positive growing experiences Klikn Giver of Strength Geology Field Hikes

55 Positive growing experiences Community Outreach Awareness Displays

56 Positive growing experiences Elder Lawrence Wells Teachings with Mi kmaq Elder Lawrence Wells

57 Positive growing experiences River Interpretation And Canoe Safety Training

58 Positive growing experiences Canoe Safety Training

59 Positive growing experiences Wilderness Survival Training with First Aid

60 Positive growing experiences Cultural Exchanges and Workshops

61 Positive growing experiences Camping Expeditions

62 Positive growing experiences and, at the end of the day

63 Sharing what we have learned Preparing seeds for tomorrow and sharing what we have learned.

64 Sharing what we have learned Sharing what we have learned Posters Journal Articles News releases Newsletters Archives Calendar Internet sites

65 Sharing what we have learned A Growing Child in a Community of Growing Sunflowers

66 Sharing what we have learned Follow The Sun, Stand Proud, Grow Strong Good Medicine For The Spirit Nourishing Growth For The Soul

67 Sharing what we have learned sunflower booklet and images by Basma Kavanagh and Kristy Read With meaningful outreach programs and activities we can help keep the journey of our youth safely within our communities.

68 Sharing what we have learned Artist: Rod Restoule from: Into the Daylight; C. Morrisseau, 1998 With meaningful outreach programs and activities we can help keep the journey of our youth safely within our communities.

69 Questions and answers Toqikutimk Growing Together Our Children, Our Sunflowers MPF WELA LIOQ - THANK YOU

70 Contact Information Cheryl M. Bartlett, PhD Canada Research Chair in Integrative Science Professor of Biology Director, Institute for Integrative Science and Health Tel: (902) Fax: (902) P.O. Box Grand Lake Road Sydney, NS Canada B1P 6L2

71 Contact Information Andrew Sark Mi kmaq Youth Activities Coordinator Institute for Integrative Science and Health Tel: (902) P.O. Box 5300 Fax: (902) Grand Lake Road Sydney, NS Canada B1P 6L2