This is How We Learn
This is How We Learn is a First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities-based photography contest in which Aboriginal youth/students will submit digital pictures of people, places or things within their communities that inspire learning, along with a brief description of why or how those people, places or things have done so. Each entrant will only be able to submit once. Twelve winners will be selected from the entries received by a group of judges comprised of Elders, Aboriginal youth and educators. The 12 winners will each receive a Prize of a digital camera to help encourage them to continue taking pictures and to enhance their artistic abilities. Additionally, the 12 winning entries/photographs will be turned in to a calendar for 2013. The calendar will not only highlight the beauty of our communities, but it will showcase the non-Western leaning that takes place within, and the potential of our people. Finally, proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be used to establish a needs-based bursary fund for Aboriginal post-secondary students.
Estimated Cost breakdown:
$1,800.00 (12 digital cameras @ $100 each + shipping)
$3,000.00 (print run of 700 calendars)
Total: $4800.00
It is expected that the calendars will retail for $20.00 each, netting a profit of $12,550.00 after the costs of shipping. However, we expect the bulk of sales to come by way of point of sale purchases at pow wows; specifically, the Canadian Aboriginal Festival in November 2012. Of the $12,550.00, $7,000.00 will be used to create seven $1,000.00 bursaries with the remaining funds being used to duplicate the initiative in 2013.
About You
About You
First Name
steven
Last Name
vanloffeld
Confirm a user name that will be displayed publicly to identify your entry
IENatOISE
About You, Your Group, or Your Organization
Name
Indigenous Education Network - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Website
Country
Canada, ON
Please confirm that this project could benefit First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples
Yes
Twitter URL
https://twitter.com/#!/IENatOISE
Facebook URL
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Indigenous-Education-Network-at-OISE-U-of-T/171015966320910
Youtube URL
What categories best describe who your group or organization serves (check all that apply)
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people, Other.
What best describes your group or organization
University, Technical Institute or College.
How long have you, your group, or your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Innovation
Name Your Entry
This is How We Learn
Tell us the story of your idea or project
This is How We Learn is a First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities-based photography contest in which Aboriginal youth/students will submit digital pictures of people, places or things within their communities that inspire learning, along with a brief description of why or how those people, places or things have done so. Each entrant will only be able to submit once. Twelve winners will be selected from the entries received by a group of judges comprised of Elders, Aboriginal youth and educators. The 12 winners will each receive a Prize of a digital camera to help encourage them to continue taking pictures and to enhance their artistic abilities. Additionally, the 12 winning entries/photographs will be turned in to a calendar for 2013. The calendar will not only highlight the beauty of our communities, but it will showcase the non-Western leaning that takes place within, and the potential of our people. Finally, proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be used to establish a needs-based bursary fund for Aboriginal post-secondary students.
Estimated Cost breakdown:
$1,800.00 (12 digital cameras @ $100 each + shipping)
$3,000.00 (print run of 700 calendars)
Total: $4800.00
It is expected that the calendars will retail for $20.00 each, netting a profit of $12,550.00 after the costs of shipping. However, we expect the bulk of sales to come by way of point of sale purchases at pow wows; specifically, the Canadian Aboriginal Festival in November 2012. Of the $12,550.00, $7,000.00 will be used to create seven $1,000.00 bursaries with the remaining funds being used to duplicate the initiative in 2013.
Define your idea / project in 1-2 short sentences
Your digital picture of how your First Nations, Inuit or Métis community inspires learning could be featured in a new calendar and win you a new digital camera!
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Start-Up (a project that is just getting started)
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
Please tell us about the social impact of your idea or proect
1. Everyone who enters the contest is being forced to think and act creatively in order to capture a picture and describe how it has inspired their learning.
2. It will force the entrants to view things from an "educational lens" - to look at something they may or may not see everyday in order to describe what they have learned from the person, place or thing they are describing in the picture.
3. It will force entrants to look deeper at their communities; to see the beauty within even when there may not be much perceived beauty on the surface.
4. It will give entrants a sense of accomplishment and pride - in themselves and in their communities.
5. The calendar will highlight the inherent beauty within our communities and the potential of our people.
6. Proceeds will help students.
Your Future Goal(s): Tell us what you hope to achieve with your idea or project in the next year
Everything outlined in the project description will be accomplished given that it is only a one-year plan.
In 5 years, what will be different as a result of your idea/project?
In five-years time it is expected that we will have produced five calendars; highlighted 60 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, as well as 60 youth/students from said communities; distributed at least $35,000.00 by way of bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students; be financially stable enough to hire a full-time coordinator; and, be working towards producing a book to highlight a number of the submissions we received over the years.
Sustainability
Tell us about the people/ partnerships that are already involved and why they are important to your idea or project.
The Indigenous Education Network at OISE-UofT has the following people and partnerships already in place:
- OISE-UofT Dean Julia O'Sullivan has made Aboriginal Education and student recruitment a priority.
- Dr. Suzanne Stewart (Dene), Special Advisor to the Dean of OSIE-UofT on Aboriginal Education and Research.
- Steven Vanloffeld, Coordinator for the Indigenous Education Network.
- A community-based Aboriginal Council to advise on institutional policies, procedures, practices and programs to ensure they reflect and respect the interests and needs of Aboriginal communities.
- Partnership agreements with Anishnawbe Health Toronto and the Canadian Native Centre of Toronto.
If there are other people/partners that you will reach out to tell us who they are and why they will be important to your idea or project.
Describe the kinds of support you receive (other than money) or will need to support your idea or project (e.g.: donated, space, equipment and volunteers)
The Indigenous Education Network has received institutional support from OISE-UofT by way of space, equipment and volunteers. OISE-UofT is a leader in Aboriginal education and among the first Canadian faculties of education to prioritize Indigenous values and educational research following the signing of the Accord on Indigenous Education by the Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) in June 2010. The accord was developed to create a respectful and inclusive education curriculum that reflects the needs of our peoples.
Do you currently have funding for your idea or project?
No (skip next two questions)
 | 18 weeks agoSteven Vanloffeld updated this Competition Entry. |
| 19 weeks agoSteven Vanloffeld said: Thanks, Roxanne. We need to step outside the "conventional" ways of learning and education and embrace any way that inspires learning, ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 19 weeks agoRoxanne Martin said: Great Idea. As an artist, I love when students get involved with any sort of artwork, it truly brings out a different side in a child :) about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 19 weeks agoSteven Vanloffeld updated this Competition Entry. |
| 19 weeks agoSteven Vanloffeld submitted this idea. |
