An educator in the truest sense of the word, Jason Jones inspires people of all walks of life to recognize and honour Indigenous knowledges, and to join the groundswell movement to revitalize Indigenous languages.
The Robertson Program, along with the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, and Natural Curiosity visited Six Nations to learn more about the Indigenous peoples in Treaty #13 region, near Brantford, Ontario.
The Robertson Program and the teacher candidates participating in The Aroland Experience, traveled to Ottawa, Ontario to take part in a two-day symposium called The Land is Medicine.
This year, The Robertson Program launched a new initiative to provide teacher candidates in the MA Child Study and Education program at JICS/OISE an opportunity to gain teaching experience in a First Nation school, in northern Ontario.
The Robertson team traveled this week to Johnny Therriault School at Aroland First Nation (three hours North East of Thunder Bay) to learn about their approach to land-based learning and student well-being.