Welcome to the sixth and final episode of the Conversational Métis Sash, Weaving Together. In this episode, I weave together some of the oral strands gifted by the podcast guests, including Métis scholars Dr. Jennifer Markides, Dr. Lucy Delgado, Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Dr. Laura Forsythe, and Métis teacher Dana Chaulk. By bringing each voice forward to advance Métis-specific findings in Truth Before Reconciliation teacher education, we weave together our Conversational Métis Sash.

We hope you will be inspired by these conversations and learn more about what you can do for your strand by participating in this transformational work.

Music Used in Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream Caper by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348017">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

Phase Purple by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348037">Blue Dot Sessions

Engine Flicker by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/349498">Blue Dot Sessions

Basketliner by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348038">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Gale by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348026">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream As Testimony by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348019">Blue Dot Sessions

Greycase by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348046">Blue Dot Sessions

Flor Vjell by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348030">Blue Dot Sessions

He Has a Way by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348040">Blue Dot Sessions

Lady Marie by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348154">Blue Dot Sessions

Vessel Five by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348923">Blue Dot Sessions

In our conversation, Dana expands on how she applied what she learned from listening to the previous podcast episodes of Dr. Jennifer Markides, Dr. Lucy Delgado, Dr. Yvonne Poitras-Pratt, and Dr. Laura Forsythe. She applied everything that she learned into her pedagogies, practices, and overall life, all amplifying Métis-specific outcomes in addressing Truth Before Reconciliation and combating settler colonialism, as well as other findings.

Music Used in Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Basketliner by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348038">Blue Dot Sessions

Palms Down by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348036">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Curious Case by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348020">Blue Dot Sessions

Greycase by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348046">Blue Dot Sessions

Gale by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348026">Blue Dot Sessions

Across the Table by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348021">Blue Dot Sessions

Phase Purple by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348037">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

Flor Vjell by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348030">Blue Dot Sessions

First Results by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348029">Blue Dot Sessions

Lady Marie by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348154">Blue Dot Sessions

Our conversation honours Wahkotawin as a way of life. It reflects how we can honour our responsibilities by considering what we owe to our obligations; centering our Michif relationships, and beyond. This is reflected within Laura’s commitments through the circles she’s a part of, but also, to the students, being future teachers, she teaches at the University of Winnipeg. Our conversation honours Wahhotawin, and reflections about the fields of Truth Before Reconciliation Education and Indigenous Education, and our ways of life and being within them.

Music Used in Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream Caper by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348017">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream As Testimony by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348019">Blue Dot Sessions

Across the Table by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348021">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

Palms Down by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348036">Blue Dot Sessions

Phase Purple by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348037">Blue Dot Sessions

Basketliner by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348038">Blue Dot Sessions

Greycase by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348046">Blue Dot Sessions

Our conversation honours the brilliance of knowing who we our through our stories, our families, our histories, and how who we are can be honoured as pedagogy and within educational practices.

Music Used in Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream Caper by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348017">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream As Testimony by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348019">Blue Dot Sessions

Curious Case by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348020">Blue Dot Sessions

Across the Table by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348021">Blue Dot Sessions

Thunderpass by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348023">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Town Market by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348025">Blue Dot Sessions

Gale by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348026">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

Palms Down by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348036">Blue Dot Sessions

Phase Purple by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348037">Blue Dot Sessions

Basketliner by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348038">Blue Dot Sessions

Golden Grass by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348039">Blue Dot Sessions

He Has a Way by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348040">Blue Dot Sessions

Slow Toe by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348041">Blue Dot Sessions

Our conversation honours integrating Michif identity, and all its multiplicities in the classroom. In addition to this contribution, representation and honouring Two-Spirit and Indigi-queer pedagogies, practices, and stories are important to include within K-12 classrooms and teacher education.

Music Used in Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream As Testimony by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348019">Blue Dot Sessions

Curious Case by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348020">Blue Dot Sessions

Across the Table by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348021">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Town Market by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348025">Blue Dot Sessions

Gale by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348026">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

First Results by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348029">Blue Dot Sessions

Flor Vjell by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348030">Blue Dot Sessions

Our conversation honours integrating Métis values and curriculum, expectations and pedagogy in thoughtful ways. In addition to this contribution, when Métis are able to gather, co-create scholarship, and build meaningful relationships, it makes us stronger.

Music Used In Episode:

Beignet by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream Caper by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348017">Blue Dot Sessions

Dream As Testimony by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348019">Blue Dot Sessions

Curious Case by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348020">Blue Dot Sessions

Across the Table by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348021">Blue Dot Sessions

Thunderpass by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348023">Blue Dot Sessions

Taoudella by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348024">Blue Dot Sessions

Town Market by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348025">Blue Dot Sessions

Gale by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348026">Blue Dot Sessions

Turning by Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348027">Blue Dot Sessions

The Conversational Métis Sash is a podcast created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. This podcast is created by Madelaine McCracken, who is a Red River Métis educator, researcher, and consultant.

The series brings together thoughtful conversational contributions with Métis scholars, including Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Dr. Jennifer Markides, Dr. Laura Forsythe, and Dr. Lucy Delgado, and Métis teacher Dana Chaulk, who are all located throughout the Northwest Métis Homeland.

Each episode offers stories about their lived experiences, pedagogies, and teaching practices as they teach Truth Before Reconciliation to pre-service teachers in Métis-specific ways. We invite listeners into stories that centre wahkotowin, relationality, reciprocity, balance, and responsibility, values grounded in Métis worldviews.

Through these conversations, the podcast aims to make research accessible and weave together personal narratives, critical reflection, and creative expression to impact the pedagogy and practices of all who choose to listen.

This podcast draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Maarsii for listening.

Music Used in Trailer:

Beignet by Blue">Blue">https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/348016">Blue Dot Sessions