Marie is a Mi’kmaw educator from Potlo’tek First Nations of Cape

Breton (Unama’kik), Nova Scotia. She has worked actively with

First Nations schools as a teacher, administrator, classroom

consultant, and curriculum developer, advancing Aboriginal

epistemology, languages, pedagogy, and research. Her research

interests are in initiating institutional change in the decoloniza-

tion of education, language and social justice policy and pow-

er, and postcolonial educational approaches that recognize and

affirm the political and cultural diversity of Canada and the ethical

protection and advancement of Indigenous knowledge. Marie’s research was instrumental in shaping the

Accord on Indigenous Education, a policy document developed by the Association of Canadian Deans of

Education (ACDE) in June 2010, designed to create a respectful and inclusive education curriculum that

reflects the needs of Aboriginal people, to which OISE is a signatory.

OISE Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 • 6:00 p.m.George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto

Admission is free. RSVP to: steven.vanloffeld@utoronto.ca Seating is limited.

Bringing Aboriginal Education into Conventional Education: Nourishing the Learning SpiritA public lecture by Marie Battiste

Marie BattisteMarie Battiste is Professor in the College of Education and Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan