Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education

Many conversations around open education (OE) focus on a Eurocentric framework of copyright and intellectual property rights that are sometimes in tension with Indigenous knowledge systems. In this session presenters will discuss an ‘in the works’ edited volume which centres in Indigenous ways of knowing, culture, experiences, and worldviews within the work of open education pedagogy and advocacy work. Presenters: Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous programs and services librarian for the Xwi7xwa library at UBC, and program manager librarian for Indigitization.   Donna Langille, settler scholar, and Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus.  Tashia Kootenayoo, current President of the University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan. Naim Cardinal, Educational Facilitator with UBC Okanagan’s Indigenous Programs and Services team. Brad Wuetherick, Métis scholar of higher education teaching and learning, and Associate Provost, Academic Programs, Teaching and Learning at UBC Okanagan.