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The Deepening Knowledge Project began approximately in 2008 and was born out of cross- departmental collaborations between Kathy Broad, then OISE\u2019s Academic Director of Initial Teacher Education, and Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule, then with the Department of Leadership, Adult and Higher Education at OISE (now at University of Victoria).<\/p>\n
The project is a part of the 91Ö±²¥, University of Toronto<\/strong>, which is located on the territories of Anishinaabe and Onkwehonwe peoples.<\/p>\n Led by a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty, students and staff, DKP provides information about the history and perspectives of First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit and Native American cultures; information related to the issues of pressing concern to Indigenous peoples and their communities today; as well as curricula for teachers to incorporate this into teaching practice.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1141″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” type=”grid”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”121″ img_size=”large” qode_css_animation=”element_from_left”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#5f77a8″ border_style=”solid” width=”100″ thickness=”3″ up=”20″ down=”32″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The Deepening Knowledge Project has commissioned Anishinaabe-Kwe artist Sofi Rostampour to design the artwork for our logo. Sofi\u2019s artist statement is as follows, \u201cThese vamps serve as a representation of the knowledge gained experientially \u2013 through our journey and the way we walk, typical of how Indigenous Knowledge is gained. The picture depicted honors niibi (water), and its ability to hold memory and thus knowledge. The star nation is depicted above, knowledge of where we come from as Anishinaabe \u2013 \u201clowered from the sky.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The grandfathers (the island) in the water are old beings bearing witness to creation having been around since time immemorial. The turtle for us, represents truth, a microcosm depicted on this one\u2019s back of the moon\u2019s cycle. Grandmother moon watching over. Interconnection and interdependence being the basis of our ways of knowing and thus walking in a good way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”grid”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” color=”#5f77a8″ border_style=”solid” width=”100″ thickness=”3″ up=”20″ down=”32″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1128″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Integrating Indigenous peoples’ perspectives, histories, knowledges and pedagogies into all levels of education in Canada.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1128″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Providing a forum where Indigenous and settler people can come into relationship with one another.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1128″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Opening up spaces where settler Canadians can come to know their own storied connections to place and tangled relationships to Canada\u2019s colonial history.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1128″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Calling teachers to their responsibilities in taking up Indigenous knowledges (not culture) into their classrooms and teaching practices.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1128″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Activating understandings of what it means to be in good relationships with Land that has and continues to exist first and foremost in relationship to Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”grid”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] What is the Deepening Knowledge Project? [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#5f77a8″ border_style=”solid” width=”100″ thickness=”3″ up=”20″ down=”32″][vc_column_text] The Deepening Knowledge Project began approximately…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full_width.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOrigin Story of the Deepening Knowledge Project Logo<\/h1>\n
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DKP seeks to build relationships by:<\/h1>\n