{"id":33971,"date":"2015-06-10T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=33971"},"modified":"2015-06-10T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T18:58:05","slug":"special-symbolic-gift-now-on-display-at-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/06\/special-symbolic-gift-now-on-display-at-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Special symbolic gift now on display at Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\n<div id=\"attachment_33973\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33973\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33973\" title=\"canoe\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/canoe-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"A birch bark canoe donated to Brock University is now on display in Welch Hall.\" width=\"504\" height=\"296\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A birch bark canoe donated to Brock University is now on display in Welch Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Faculty of Education at Brock University was proud to host Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Harvey Yesno June 9-10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Grand Chief Yesno, who was delayed \u00a0and unable to attend the celebration of a traditional birch bark canoe Tuesday, June 9, was able to particpate the faculty\u2019s alumni and teaching awards breakfast prior to convocation on June 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The journey of the canoe has been a lengthy one, as its origins began in 2007 when a research team from the Brock University Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education met with students from Queen Elizabeth District High School in Sioux Lookout, Ontario as part of a research project. The canoe was built by the high school students using traditional methods, including harvesting the materials. They gave it to the Brock researchers, and it is now finally on display at the University\u2019s Welch Hall, home to the Faculty of Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cA gift is a very special token in all cultures,\u201d said Dean Fiona Blaikie to a gathering of about 30 people Tuesday afternoon. \u201cGifts symbolize connection, they symbolize relationships, they symbolize partnerships and the giving to us of the birch bark canoe symbolizes the connection we have with the Nishnawbe Aski a very importation connection and one we wish to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Brock President Jack Lightstone offered similar sentiments, recognizing the symbolism that runs throughout the canoe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cThe canoe to me symbolizes opportunity, symbolizes development, symbolizes growth, symbolizes making a better life,\u201d said Brock President, Dr. Jack Lightstone. \u201cIn a way education is now one of those vehicles for opening up opportunity to all the peoples of our land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">On Wednesday, June 10, Yesno joined Brock administrators on stage as students from the Faculty of Education, including nine graduates from the Bachelor of Education Primary\/Junior Aboriginal program, were recognized during spring convocation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33974\" title=\"brock-2015-june-9-canoe-fab-241\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/brock-2015-june-9-canoe-fab-241-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"brock-2015-june-9-canoe-fab-241\" width=\"504\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Education at Brock University was proud to host Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Harvey Yesno June 9-10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[182,3099,98,972],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33975,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions\/33975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}