Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge) shares Traditional Indigenous Knowledge related to practical strategies to engage communities in Indigenous land-based learning and sustainability practices. He will outline several ways to utilize Indigenous land-based restoration strategies to engage communities by sharing some of his successes and failures over the past decade of embodying this work. You will also learn ways to implement an Anishinaabe method of restoring land.

STEPS TO JOIN THE WEBINAR

1. Grab your tickets today - Register here!!
2. Mark your calendar and save the date
3. Invite a friend or two
4. Download the ZOOM app to your cell phone, tablet, desktop, or laptop
5. Show up to the workshop with your pen and paper
6. RELAX, LEARN, ASK QUESTIONS, & ENJOY!

MEET THE SPEAKER

Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge) is Assistant Professor of Anishinaabe Studies at Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig. He has Lectured at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, The University of Waterloo, and Coordinated Indigenous studies at Conestoga College where he established a network of Indigenous leaders to restore land. Mkomose specializes in Anishinaabe cultural knowledge, ethno-medicine, and land-based learning.

Mkomose has learned from, worked and consulted with, and served Indigenous Elders and community leaders for over a decade. He has founded several community-led Indigenous knowledge based programs at elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels and works tirelessly to promote Indigenous land-based sustainability practices.

Mkomose has delivered over 100 invited lectures related to Indigenous knowledge, with a pointed focus on the restoration of Anishinaabe teachings, across Canada and internationally. He supports conscious awakening using Anishinaabe Cosmovision to respond to the current state of society, with the generous support of plant medicines. Mkomose is both Midewiwin and an initiated Mayan Day Keeper. He regularly participates in the ancient ceremonial practices of his Anishinaabe ancestors.

Currently, Mkomose is working with scholars from the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Mississauga Nation to assist in establishing best practices for Community Engaged Learning at post secondary institutes. He also supports the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in aiding students to better recognize the value in designing sustainable and edible habitats for the benefit of future generations. Over the past year at Algoma University and Shingwauk Mkomose has led multiple projects including a maple syrup harvest, a bean, sunflower, tobacco, and pumpkin harvest circle, and the building of a traditional teaching lodge. As the Laidlaw grant coordinator he has facilitated teachings from eleven local and international Anishinaabe community leaders in sharing their knowledge with cumulatively over 1000 students and guests.

Currently Mkomose is in the midst of preserving thousands of seeds which he will distribute to those interested.

The Signal Boost Initiative is a three-year joint initiative of ReForest London and the London Environmental Network, aimed at dramatically increasing the number of public environmental education opportunities available here in London. It is a project of the new Westminster Ponds Centre for Environment and Sustainability.

This event is offered as a part of the Signal Boost Initiative, which was made possible with support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.