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By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer <\/em><\/p>\n

There are few higher education courses that equally blend the academic side of learning with a strong foundation in a culture\u2019s traditions, but 杏吧原创\u2019s Rodney Nelson is fortunate enough to oversee one of them.<\/p>\n

Nelson, who works with the university\u2019s Centre for Initiatives in Education, is one of three recipients of the 2016 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. This honour is given to newer faculty who demonstrate their passion and enthusiasm for teaching, and for Nelson, these sentiments are readily evident.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of what I\u2019ve been doing has been working with Indigenous people,\u201d Nelson says. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting because that\u2019s what I ended up falling in love with, being able to teach some of our history and ceremony and share that with others, which is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

As co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Enriched Support Program, he works with Indigenous and non-Indigenous students to connect with this culture while improving their academic and coping skills. That means students meet with both Indigenous elders and academic writing coaches to receive a high level of support, leading to a \u201cvery high success rate\u201d of students advancing through their degree.<\/p>\n

Nelson, who is Anishinaabe, centers his year-long seminar courses in culture; his students\u2019 first class is in 杏吧原创\u2019s well-known teepee, where they discuss historical significance, the importance of family, and the value system of the lodge poles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the whole process going through the teaching, [students] start to realize it\u2019s a safe space . . . For the Indigenous students, it\u2019s very important to have a space to talk about issues of residential schools, survivors, the sixties scoop, and everything else that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson\u2019s course integrates academic material through hands-on learning, such as using card games tied to the material, doing scavenger hunts, or embarking on historical Indigenous walks. This coming year, he says students will be doing land-based learning with an elder in a local lodge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe incorporate ceremony into university academic rigor. That\u2019s what\u2019s important. You have to learn everything academically, but to really experience it is different,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s this experiential learning and the strong connections students form over the course of an academic year that make a difference, Nelson says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award goes out to my students as well, because a lot of learning comes from each other. That\u2019s what I really like to create in the classroom, a sharing of knowledge and experiences from everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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