Episode 2: Decolonizing Assessment with Teachers and Community Members of Opaskwayak Cree Nation

In this episode, we welcome the community, educators, and researchers of Joe A. Ross School in Opaskwayak Cree Nation to discuss decolonizing assessment through Anisininiwak epistemologies and ontologies. Re-imagining Literacies Assessment is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment also acknowledges the support of the University of Manitoba, Brandon University, the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Research Team and the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Working Group. A special thanks to our guests in this episode, the community, educators, and researchers of Joe A. Ross School in Opaskwayak Cree Nation, including Dr. Burcu Yaman Ntelioglou, Bev Fontaine, Elder Dr. Stanley Wilson, Sylvia Lathlin-Scott, Priscilla Constant, Janna Personius, and Marlene Ross. The song The Perfect Life by Moby appears courtesy of mobygratis.com. Drumming in this episode is performed by drum instructor Ken Henderson and two students of Joe A. Ross School, Jacob Constant and Trapper Fontaine. For more information on Re-Imagining Literacies assessment, including other writings and podcasts, view our website at www.reimagininglitassessment.ca. You can also find us online in most online spaces with the handle reimagininglitassessment.