Indigenous and Jesuit Pedagogical Traditions: Finding Threads of Hope, Weaving a Future of Good Relations

FRCT Jesuit Centre Lunch-hour Lecture

  • christy-anderson

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
    220 St. Paul's College

    Speaker: Christy Anderson

    Christy Anderson is Anishinaabekwe (an Ojibwe woman) and member of Pinaymootang First Nation on her paternal lineage, and she is of settler Mennonite descent. Christy is a PhD Candidate in Indigenous Feminist Studies at the University of Saskatchewan and recently worked as Keeper of the Circle at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. Ms. Anderson fondly self-identifies as a Lover of Jesus, Critic of the Church, as she honours the spiritual beliefs and practices of both Christian and Indigenous traditions. Christy enjoys working with faith-based communities in their journey towards a future of good relations with Indigenous peoples..

ABOUT THE LECTURE: 

The art and practice of Indigenous Storytelling has been a means of transmitting knowledge for many Indigenous nations since time immemorial. The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, developed 30 years ago, was founded upon the spiritual exercises--The Examen--of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). What do these two educational philosophies, rooted in spirituality, hold in common? What threads of hope can we weave together to find common ground in our journey of reconciling and building a future of good relations?

 

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