About the Global Forum

Vision & Mission

The Global Forum arose from a recognition of the need for spaces that highlight and share inspiring models and pedagogical approaches striving to render K-12 and post-secondary curricula and classroom practices more balanced and inclusive in their representations of traditionally marginalized ancient and Indigenous histories and wisdom traditions. The mission of this annual forum is therefore to foster dialogue and promote the exchange of pedagogical experiences, ideas, approaches, strategies, tools, and resources that can help with collectively fostering important and necessary change in terms of how we represent, teach, and engage with ancient and Indigenous histories, cultures, and wisdom traditions across various educational contexts.

The forum seeks to do this by bringing together educators (from both K-12 and postsecondary contexts), academics/researchers, activists, Elders, healers, government officials, curriculum developers, civil society organizations, and others to learn from and support one another.

We invite submissions that can help us learn from and critically engage with efforts to reform existing curricula and classroom practices in formal K-12 and post-secondary education contexts, as well as alternative models emerging in informal and nonformal educational settings.

Adopting online/virtual model seeks to ensure accessibility and inclusivity. The organizers are also committed to offering necessary resources and support to ensure the participation of those who may not have the technology or internet connectivity required to effectively join the conversations.

Key Objectives

The main objectives of the forum are:

To inspire participants by showcasing and highlighting various models seeking to offer more balanced and inclusive representations of ancient and Indigenous histories and wisdom traditions in K-12/postsecondary education and other public spaces. This includes both formal and informal educational settings, as well as curricular and extracurricular contexts.
To promote dialogue between various stakeholders and identify means for collaboration and support.
To offer practical tools for ongoing critical engagement with curricular representations and classroom practices vis-à-vis ancient and Indigenous histories, cultures, and wisdom traditions.
To capture and disseminate those models, experiences, and approaches, helping promote and increase exposure for existing educational resources, and creating opportunities to jointly develop educational resources that might be missing, etc.