Resource person: Neerava: info@fircom.ca

Location: Cabins | 508 Fircom Bay Road, Gambier Island, BC, V0N 1V0

Description:

Are you a post-secondary educator interested in learning more about Indigenous education, culture and ways of knowing? If you are, this professional development retreat is for you!

April 10-11, 2025 (Thursday-Friday)

Retreat Fee: $465
Accommodation CABIN
Note: There will be 6 participant per cabin. There are 8 bunkbeds (16 beds) per cabin, so if you have a larger group, you may request more people in one cabin. Otherwise, we are only placing 6 registrants in each cabin. 

- Interactive and engaging seminars in Squamish Nation history, language, ethnobotany, culture, stories and stewardship in a welcoming, encouraging outdoor-education setting

Hosts: Longstanding partners the David Suzuki Foundation, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Camp Fircom 

Why this Pro-D Retreat?

- You’ll leave the camp with a deeply enriched understanding of the Squamish people and the place they’ve stewarded for thousands of years.  

- Through conversations with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh educators and leaders, as well as a community of committed practitioners already creating changes, you’ll deepen your understanding of why change is necessary within the classroom and build your own capacity to engage effectively in indigenization, decolonization, justice and inclusion. 

- You’ll take part in sessions and workshops led by Squamish knowledge keepers, educators and others.  

- You will strengthen your networks by building community with educators across the Lower Mainland and beyond who have an interest in bringing Indigenization, decolonization and justice into K to post-secondary classrooms.

- You’ll connect and network with other educators with an interest in bringing Indigenous-led education into classrooms and lecture halls.  

- And you’ll experience all this on gorgeous Chá7elkwnech (a.k.a. Gambier Island), a 20-minute boat ride from Horseshoe Bay.  

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Cancellation Policy:

Once payment has been made, there is a $100 cancellation fee up until 30 days prior to the start of the retreat. With fewer than 30 days notice, there are no refunds. If there is a medical emergency, a positive COVID-19 test, or illness with a doctor’s note with less than 30 days notice, then a camp credit minus a $100 cancellation fee will be applied to the account, to be used for any program or accommodation rental within one year.

Available spots: 18/24

Price: $465.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 21 - 99 years old on the day of the activity

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