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Research assistant sought for project examining Concordias past and present relationships with Indigenous peoples January 19, 2021 Deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 Grade: n/a Scope Reporting to Dr. Peter Gossage, History Department, and Dr. Jason Lewis, Design and Computation Arts Department, the incumbent will act as the principal investigator on a collaborative historical research project examining Concordia University’s past and present relationships with Indigenous peoples. The incumben...

Pēpi steps: Two mothers on creating taonga with te reo Māori Essays Celebrating a new series of the beloved Reo Pēpi bilingual board books, we have essays from Kitty Brown (Ngāi Tahu) who creates the books with her cousin Kirsten Parkinson, and Helen Steemson, a Pākehā mum determined to share te reo with her Māori son.  Kitty Brown Recently, my two-year-old spoke her first words in te reo Māori. I was elated. However, not long afterward her cognitive development surpassed my reo skills...