Indigenous Land Acknowledgements for Farm-Based Educators: What? Why? And Now What? (Spring 2022)

This 3 part series is designed for farm-based educators interested in deepening relationship to place. The act of creating and speaking an Indigenous land acknowledgement is a practice that is becoming more common in the eastern parts of Turtle Island. While we experience it as a moment at the beginning of a gathering, it is actually part of a bigger process for our society and for the individual. Throughout this three-part workshop series, we will address the history and  purpose of  land acknowledgments, examine our unique contexts, and support one another as we each craft a research-based, personalized and heartfelt land acknowledgement. By acknowledging Indigenous people’s relationship to land, and exploring our own relationship to land, we will enter into a process of truth and reconciliation. Time and space will be created to consider the connections to and implications on our teaching practices.  

This 3-part workshop series is designed for farm-based educators, but will benefit anyone interested in deepening their relationship to place. Presented in partnership with Gedakina and Shelburne Farms, each session builds upon the foundation of the previous session(s). There will be land-based homework to complete between sessions.

SESSIONS are Tuesdays: 

• March 1
• March 15
• March 29