Dr. Michael Yellow Bird
Date/Time: October 30th, 2024. 9:30-11:15am.
Location/Platform: TSC 1.07 (Student Centre) and online via Zoom.
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Indigenous contemplative practices and teachings have enabled Indigenous Peoples to develop a deep, intimate relationship with the natural world and an appreciation and respect for its beauty, diversity, and complexity. The understanding that the Earth is a living being with dynamic ecosystems such as rainforests, savannahs, grasslands, deserts, and aquatic systems that support human life, has provided a pathway for humans to experience a sense of unity, harmony, and interconnectedness with all living things. In this presentation, Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, shares how Earth-based Indigenous contemplative practices can promote a stronger connection to all life on the planet and support the idea of the greening of higher education. He combines Indigenous wisdom along with western science to show how learning Earth contemplations can create important changes in the brain and body that can transform our relationship with the Earth. Participants will come to understand the connections between western neurosciences and Indigenous knowledge and ways of being and how this content is relevant to the greening of social work education and can be added to their teaching and curriculum.
To learn more about Dr. Michael Yellow Bird and our Greening Higher Education series, you can visit our Distinguished Visiting Teaching Scholars page.