In the series Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Mathematics Education: Assessment, speakers explored Assessment as Ecosystems, Storywork, and Pedagogy, seeing assessment as a living and relational practice that nurtures learners and communities. Through stories from nature and classroom projects, they invited educators to reimagine assessment as interconnected, holistic, and responsive.
Sessions included:
- Assessment as Pedagogy
- Assessment as Ecosystems
- Assessment as Storywork
Session 1: Assessment as Ecosystems, Pedagogy, and Storywork
This session invited educators to explore assessment as ecosystems, pedagogy, and Indigenous Storywork, emphasizing the principles of interrelatedness, holism, and synergy. Drawing from examples in elementary and secondary contexts, educators reflected on how assessment can be guided by Indigenous practices and nurture learning, trust, and community well-being.
Presenters included:
- Cynthia Nicol (UBC)
- Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem (UBC & Dogwood 25)
- Janice Novakowski (SD 38 Richmond and UBC)
- Stéphanie La France (UBC)
Session 2: Assessment as Ecosystems
This session invited educators to explore assessment as ecosystems, pedagogy, and Indigenous Storywork, emphasizing the principles of interrelatedness, holism, and synergy. Presenters shared classroom examples that illustrated how responsive assessment practices can nurture relationships, honour multiple ways of knowing, and support students’ flourishing.
Presenters included:
- Cynthia Nicol (UBC)
- Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem (UBC & Dogwood 25)
- Nichola Williams (SD 69 Qualicum School District)
Session 3: Assessment as Indigenous Storywork
This session invited educators to explore assessment as ecosystems, pedagogy, and Indigenous Storywork, emphasizing the principles of reverance, respect, responsibility, and reciprocity. Presenters discussed a classroom inquiry project grounded in the Dzunuḵ̓wa story to investigate measurement, ratio, and volume, with assessment embedded throughout.
Presenters included:
- Cynthia Nicol (UBC)
- Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem (UBC & Dogwood 25)
- Josh Essery (T’lisalagi’lakw School)
- Monica Bergeron (SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson School District)
- Stéphanie La France (UBC)
- Leyton Schneller (UBC)