Lessons from mamiá'tsikimi: the magpie

Through the warm season, my husband and I began each day by filling the birdbath and watering the planters in our building's courtyard, one storey below. [...]pedagogical practices include the holistic, land-based connection and heritage languages that Indigenous students need, and they are given time to shape the relational culture of our school communities, we won't see the growth that needs to happen. JANIS WEASEL BEAR-JOHNSON Working for the Calgary Board of Education, Janis has filled the roles of diversity and learning support advisor, classroom teacher, school- and system-based learning leader and well-being strategist for Indigenous education.