Survivance of Indigenous Knowledges and Lifeways

Welcome to a seminar with Laara Fitznor!

Survivance of Indigenous Knowledges and Lifeways for Future Generations Indigenous Wellness 

 
Laara’s own description of the seminar: 
In this seminar, I will highlight the guiding principles that I, as an Indigenous Scholar navigating multiple realities throughout my academic career, observed in the unfolding of their richness that we have as Indigenous peoples. Using my family story that intersects with the wider Canadian landscape I will share how Indigenous knowledge(s) can be a gift to all who wish to know about Indigenous realities and knowledge richnesses. 
 

 

Laara Fitznor is a member of the Nisichawaysihk Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, and was raised in the boreal forests around the lakes and river systems in Wabowden, Manitoba. Laara Fitznor has a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE) with a focus on Aboriginal knowledge, education, and anti-racism. 
 
Over the 36-year span of her career Laara Fitznor worked to advance Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in education, incorporating decolonizing and bridging pedagogies into her work so people can learn to challenge past wrongs, and coexist, and collaborate in a way of transformative possibilities toward relevance, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility. 

Laara Fitznor has served on many boards, councils, and graduate thesis committees locally, nationally, and internationally, the purpose of which was to advance Indigenous perspectives and knowledges, and Indigenous methodologies for programming and research. Laara Fitznor has also been a presenter and keynoter for many conferences both in Canada and abroad. She has assisted professionals (teachers, educators, social workers, police officers, and others) to understand the uniqueness of Aboriginal peoples' histories, philosophies, cultures, knowledge(s), and contributions to Canadian society. 
Laara Fitznor remains active during her retirement, and she is currently a committee member of separate projects, for instance the University of Winnipeg's Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak (Rocky Cree) as Advisory Council chair, and the Aboriginal Education Research Forum 'Shawane Dagosiwin' as Program committee chair.