Reclaiming a Sovereign Imagination: Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education from a Blackfoot Perspective

In this episode of the HERHealth Podcast, we spotlight Dr. Gabrielle Weasel Head’s powerful AVA webinar, “Reclaiming a Sovereign Imagination: Meaningful Assessment in Higher Education from a Blackfoot Perspective.”Dr. Weasel Head (Tsapinaaki), a member of the Kainaiwa Nation and Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies at Mount Royal University, offers a transformative vision for assessment rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing from Blackfoot worldviews, she challenges dominant academic paradigms and invites educators, researchers, and institutions to reimagine how we relate to knowledge, learning, and one another.This episode explores:How cultural paradigms shape our understanding of knowledge and realityThe limitations of Eurocentric assessment models in post-secondary educationWhat meaningful, relational, and ethical assessment can look like from a Blackfoot perspectiveHow to begin creating space for Indigenous ways of knowing in institutional contextsJoin us for a critical and inspiring conversation that urges us to rethink the foundations of education through the lens of sovereignty, transformation, and inclusion.Let's get started. 🔗 Watch the full webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZM4Qyb_t6EAt AVA we are working together to make things better. Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AVA ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AVA Resources & Links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@avatraining_ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@avatraining_ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alliance against Violence & Adversity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alliance against Violence & Adversity (AVA)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe now and be part of the movement to transform health for women and girls at risk.