Conference session

This session explores how collaborative approaches that centre Indigenous ways of knowing and land-based learning can support deeper engagement with multiple worldviews in post-secondary education. Drawing on a 2025 doctoral study that brought together Indigenous Elders, an Indigenous practicing artist, and non-Indigenous educators, the presentation examines a four-part arts-based workshop designed around the Two-Eyed Seeing framework developed by Mi’kmaq Elder Albert Marshall. Participants will benefit from attending if they are interested in integrating Indigenous perspectives into humanities and social science classrooms in meaningful and relational ways. The session will highlight how storytelling, land-based learning, and collaborative teaching approaches can create spaces where learners engage respectfully with Indigenous knowledges while reflecting on their own cultural perspectives. Attendees will leave with insights into how Two-Eyed Seeing can be applied in reverse—supporting Western-educated learners in engaging with Indigenous worldviews—and practical ideas for designing collaborative, land-based learning experiences that foster dialogue, relationship building, and multi-eyed ways of understanding the world.