Guardienne of the Tomes

Access Conference 2018 Opening Keynote Sheila Laroque My War Pony is a Prius: Truth and Reconciliation in Times of Technology Sacred rites in Catholicism; many Metis are raised Catholic. Focus on reconciliation (previously confession), a lot of thought and process, not just drive-through sin cleansing. Deeply reflect on what they have done and what they are going to do. Canadian government came to reconciliation through largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history - was not reconciliation freely started. In Catholicism, humans asking divine creator for forgiveness for our failings (which are inbuilt). In Canada, fried as two equal parties coming together again, but they've never been together, and have never been equal in power. Indigenous peoples are not a divine being inclined to forgive. if truth is required for reconciliation, truth is fundamental but may no the possible to get to. The TRC did not come out of nowhere, is a result of largest class action suit in Canadi...

13th Annual  American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education ( AAHHE) National Conference, Irvine, CA President's remarks: Loui Olivas Gift of books on policy, and one of assessment Culturally Relevant Assessment Tools: Implications for Policy - Richard J. Tannenbaum (moderator) Higher ed enrollment reflects range of student diversity (race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual identity and orientation, language and culture. education and development of students ant be agnostic to this diversity. Assessment is an opportunity o g4t accurate and timely evidence of what student know and can do (selection use, formative, interim, summative). But also app to engaged and motivate students. Culturally relevant assessment provides students with accessible pathways. Differentiated instructional practices, we need differentiated assessment practices. Equitable (Fair) Assessment Goal is to maximize opportunity to for students to demonstrate their standing on constructs te...