Becoming a Trainer for the Blanket Exercise

Date(s): Friday, January 11
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: : D217, Abbotsford Campus

Become a Trainer for the Blanket Exercise.

This event has two parts:

Experiencing the Blanket exercise
Training to run the exercise

The goal is to build capacity at UFV so that individuals can provide this opportunity for their own faculties, schools, and/or departments.

Lunch is provided. You will be provided with all materials to run the exercise on your own.

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise was designed as a participatory, experiential learning activity to illustrate the changing and damaging relationship between Indigenous nations and the government of Canada. KAIROS then partnered with the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) to adopt the national version of the Blanket exercise for BC and the Nlaka’pamux territory. This version became a part of “The Gladys We Never Knew” where it is identified that:

“The exercise is designed to deepen understanding of the denial of Indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout Canadian history. It explores the major themes and recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, examines how federal policies and programs impact the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada and identifies what Indigenous peoples and their allies are doing to bring about positive change” (p.53).

This highly effective experiential learning opportunity can be used in the classroom to educate students about the history of colonization and Indigenous-Settler relations in Canada.

Space is limited and expected to fill early, please register by emailing FPS.Committees@ufv.ca