Location: Oakham House
55 Gould Street, Toronto M5B 1E9 (map)
This is one of two afternoon session options for the in-person 2024 Fall Education Event on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The other option in this time slot is Behavioural challenges: the threshold for eviction? The morning options are Ask the lawyer and Beyond participation.
Fee: Registration for the full-day Education Event is $130 per person for the first two participants. Any additional people who register from your co-op will receive a 50% discount.
The fee covers a choice of two workshops (one morning session and one afternoon session), as well as pastries and coffee or tea in the morning, two breaks and a hot lunch.
Summary
The Blanket Exercise is based on using Indigenous methodologies and the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, and resistance. Everyone is actively involved as they step onto blankets that represent the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. By engaging on an emotional and intellectual level, the Blanket Exercise effectively educates and increases empathy. Waaban Nang Collective provides Indigenous led teams from local communities.
We have very limited space for this event and we expect it to sell out. Register today!
