TERESA M MILES
GET TO KNOW ME
Personal Profile
I am a wife, mother, stepmother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, auntie, cousin, and friend to many. I am a member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Treaty 5. I hold an EdD. (Curriculum in Context), MEd. (Leadership in Learning) and B.A. (honours) in Criminal Justice. My research focuses on the Emotional Experiences of Non-Indigenous Educators Teaching Indigenous Curricula: Reconciliation Through Narrative Inquiry. My research was created on and contributes to the concept of reconciliation. As I embark on there next steps of my own journey creating curriculum, workshops, engaging in speaking opportunities and teaching at the post secondary level I look forward to every new opportunity that comes my way.
Workshops
Past and Upcoming
Goal Setting for Indigenous Students
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Participants were presented goal setting tips and strategies. Goals were divided as short-term, mid-term, long-term, and those that related specifically to the Indigenous post secondary Students
Life Long Learning
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Participants were presented with concepts and strategies related to life-long learning to help further themselves and be a positive influence to their families, and those that would look to them as an example of Indigenous student success stories.
Building Capacity for Reconciliation: Education, Health Care, Child Care & Residential Schools
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre (ACLRC)
Building Capacity: Truth & Reconciliation with an overview of the Medicine Wheel. Teachings about the Medicine Wheel as well as the Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous Peoples' history. Topics of discussion include health, education, children's services and residential schools
Speaking Engagements
Past and Upcoming
November 2024
Inspire National Gathering
Title: Indigenous Reflections in a Medicine Wheel Word Cloud
The concept of this presentation grew from my research and dissertation as a Doctor of Education student.
Teachings for this exercise include Medicine Wheel foundations such as colours, directions, and sacred grasses. The seven Grandfather teachings are incorporated into the Medicine Wheel.
Teaching about the Medicine Wheel is combined with concepts of reconciliation. Participants are required to choose one word as a summation of what reconciliation means to them. These words are then incorporated into the quadrants of the Medicine Wheel to create a Medicine Wheel word cloud.
