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Dr. Dawn Sutherland

Dawn SutherlandUniversity of Winnipeg, Faculty of Education Canadian Research Chair of Science Education in Cultural Contexts d.sutherland@uwinnipeg.ca

Dr. Sutherland’s work involves exploring the relationship between culture and science education in Indigenous communities, particularly in Manitoba. She incorporates traditional Indigenous Knowledges into science lessons, and is collaborating with colleagues from around the world to develop an academic framework for teaching science to Indigenous students and to establish a research center. She started Design It in 2010 and is interested in creating engaging engineering design lessons for all students.

Kimberly Thomson

Jenikka Lumbera

Don Claudio

Design It

Faculty of Education

University of Winnipeg

Winnipeg. MB

R3B 2E9