Alderville First Nation FREE Concert and Celebration
Excerpts from the concert and celebration - 26 November, 2008, Alderville (See a larger view of the poster)
We used George Ella Lyon's poem Where I'm From as a starting point for children telling stories about math and about the Alderville First Nation.
Four songs about the Alderville First Nation
- I'm from a place that is peaceful
- I'm from the beating of the drums
- I'm from a beautiful community
- I'm from the Black Oak Savanna
Two songs about Math
- I'm from Math that makes me happy
Introductions
- Keri Gray introduces Tracy Bone and JC Campbell
- George Gadanidis talks about the project
- Catherine Davis talks about the work of the children
About the Alderville First Nation project
- This project is led by:
- George Gadanidis, UWO
- Janette Hughes, UOIT
- Ricardo Scucuglia, UWO
- With assistance from:
- Catherine Davis, Alderville First Nation Student Services
- Keri Gray, Alderville First Nation Learning Centre
- Dave Mowat, Alderville Council
The Alderville First Nation project is part of a SSHRC-funded project (2008-2011) on Students as Performance Mathematicians by George Gadanidis (UWO), Marcelo Borba (UNESP, Brazil), Susan Gerofsky (UBC), Cornelia Hoogland (UWO), and Janette Hughes (UOIT).- We have been working at the Alderville First Nation Learning Centre with middle school students. The students have been developing digital stories of (1) of their community and (2) of mathematics. Using these stories as a basis, the students worked with aboriginal performance artists Tracy Bone, JC Campbell and Dave Mowat, to develop live performances to be shared with their community.