Course description
Dances and lesson ideas are designed to develop physical literacy as students discover music and movements from Aboriginal communities across Canada.
Roxane holds a Masters in Education with a focus on Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Pedagogies. She is a Ph.D. student with the University of Waikato researching with women who attended residential schools and their experiences with physical literacy. She is from St'at'imc Nation and currently works as Thompson Rivers University in the Faculty of Education.
"When I choreographed the songs for the Aboriginal DANCEPL3Y resource, it was a collaborative effort with local Elders, community members and students. We worked together to find the appropriate movements that are culturally appropriate and relevant. This technique required us to hear many of the Aboriginal stories and learn about the different perspectives when creating these movements. Our choreography process is an immersion of a cultural experience." - Roxane