Wolastoqiyik Mi’kmaq Speaker Series Presents Etuaptmumk Two-Eyed Seeing Where Indigenous and Western Perspectives Meet

Event Details:

On Wednesday April 16, the Mi’kmaq Maliseet Institute (MMI) at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus will hold our final 2013-2014 “Welcome to Our Talking Circle” speaker series event.

To close the series for the year, MMI is honored to host Dr. Cheryl Bartlett along with distinguished Mi’kmaw Elders Albert and Murdena Marshall from the Institute for Integrative Science and Health at Cape Breton University (CBU). Together, they will present Etuaptmumk / Two-Eyed Seeing: Where Indigenous and Western Perspectives Meet.

Etuaptmumk, the Mi’kmaq word for “Two-Eyed Seeing”, is the guiding principle of the Integrative Science Program at CBU. Conceived and introduced by Elder Albert Marshall, Two-Eyed Seeing refers to learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges and ways of knowing, and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all.

MMI’s Elder-in-residence, Imelda Perley, who conceived this speaker series, explains the relevance of Two-Eyed Seeing for First Nations and New Brunswickers: “At MMI, we want our First Nations students to be proud of their language and their culture, and this will in turn help them to succeed academically. The concept of Two-Eyed Seeing is so important because it validates Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq knowledge systems, worldviews, and traditions within post-secondary institutions.”

The innovative, co-learning approach to education and research fostered by Dr. Bartlett and Elders Albert and Murdena Marshall, along with the rest of their team at the Institute for Integrative Science and Health has received international acclaim and as a result of its success Two-Eyed Seeing has been adopted by communities across Canada. In recognition of their efforts, Elders Albert and Murdena were both awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from CBU in 2009, and in 2011 Dr. Barlett was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnson.

Please join us for this free public lecture at UNB Fredericton on Wednesday, April 16. There will be a meet and greet with the presenters, including a sampling of traditional dishes, starting at 6:00pm followed by the presentation at 7 p.m.

This event takes place in Marshall d’Avray Hall, 10 Mackay Dr., UNB Fredericton, in room 261.

For more information on MMI see http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/education/mmi/
For more information on Two-Eyed Seeing and the Institute for Integrative Science and Health at Cape Breton University (CBU) see http://www.integrativescience.ca/Principles/TwoEyedSeeing/ 

Contacts:
Imelda Perley, Mi’kmaq Maliseet Institute iperley@unb.ca
Andrea Trenholm, Mi’kmaq Maliseet Institute andrea.trenholm@unb.ca

Building: Marshall d’Avray Hall

Room Number: 261

Contact:

Andrea L. Trenholm
506-206-2178
andrea.trenholm@unb.ca