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Building knowledge: how Indigenous ways of being and knowing can help to humanize the profession of Speech-Language Pathology.
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Driving away from the early-learning
site where I work as a Speech-
Language Pathologist (SLP), a gleaming
light catches my eye. Behind the preschool,
a single building glows against
the darkening sky; the new school in
mid-construction. It’s as though the
setting sun lingers intentionally,
highlighting the school’s significance.
Or perhaps the intent is to make it
grow faster; time is running out.
Languages are dying, and with them,
unique ways of solving world
problems. But on this remote Alberta
reserve, hope grows; brick-by-brick,
this strong community is working
together to do more than build a
school, within it they plan to revitalize
their language, reclaim their culture,
and re-define their children’s futures.
On behalf of the many SLP’s who now
find themselves on similar landscapes, I
must work too, on how we can help
instead of harm. Patiently, my teachers- children, families, colleagues - help me to think in new ways, to respect others and to create relationally ethical spaces. They re-mind me of the human aspects of my work. “Slow down,” they urge me, “watch, wait”. My eyes shift forward to the long road ahead, open now to a new way for SLP’s, bright with possibility. Hiy Hiy.
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- 2020-01-01
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