Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
Small Group Discussion by Star Lore Expert, Wilfred Buck
October 4, 2022 — October 5, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM — 2:30 PM
| Location: | Jacob Siskind Resource Centre, Room #503 (5th Floor) MacOdrum Library |
| Cost: | Free |
Indigenous Astronomer Wilfred Buck
Wilfred will share his star lore knowledge through a prepared PowerPoint and interactive question and answer session. The presentation will be 1-hour in length, with time for questions and answers at the end.
*Two sessions will be held on October 4th and October 5th at the MacOdrum Library, Jacob Siskind Resource Centre, Room #503 (Registration below).
Please Note: This event was originally the Planetarium Astronomy Discussion; however, the planetarium equipment is under repair.
Wilfred Buck “is one of the foremost Indigenous star-story experts in the world. As a science facilitator at the Manitoba First Nations Education Centre (MFNEC), he is tasked with developing science and astronomy curricula for local schools; to create his lessons, he uses the knowledge shared with him by Opaskwayak Elders and others, imparted during ceremonies and sweat lodges, as well as the star stories he has compiled. Over the past sixteen years at MFNEC, he has created an educational program with more than twenty Indigenous constellations. Buck travels to schools across the country, mainly on First Nations reserves in Manitoba, with two inflatable planetariums that look like navy-blue nylon huts. The presentations within are based largely on Ininewuk (Cree) teachings, but they also include material from Anishinaabe, Inuit, Dene, and Lakota cultures.”
– The Walrus, Teaching Indigenous Star Stories, Published August 10, 2020