Susan Dion on Storytelling and Identity
On July 21, 2015, Cambridge Now ran a story headlined "How storytelling defines us and shapes our experiences" that mentioned York University professor Susan Dion. York's newsletter YFile listed the mention in its roundup of media coverage on July 22, 2015. This page describes who Dion is and where her research sits. It does not attribute any particular statement to her, because the text of the story has not been verified.
Quick facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name | Susan D. Dion |
| Heritage | Potawatomi-Lenapé |
| Position | Professor, Faculty of Education, York University |
| Field | Indigenous education and teacher education |
| Mention | Cambridge Now, July 21, 2015 |
| Listed by | York University YFile, July 22, 2015 |
Research
Dion specializes in issues of Indigenous education and in the role of Indigenous relationships in teacher education. Her work looks at how teachers are prepared to address reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada, given the legacy of residential schools, and at how those subjects should be taught in primary and secondary classrooms.
She uses collaborative inquiry, a method built on reflective practice. She has worked with the Toronto District School Board's Indigenous Education Centre on a First Nations school and curriculum initiatives, with the Ontario Ministry of Education on the Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project, and on the "Listening Stone" project, which applied collaborative inquiry to First Nation, Métis and Inuit educational initiatives in Ontario school boards.
Selected publications
| Year | Title | Publisher or journal |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Braiding Histories: Learning from Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences and Perspectives | UBC Press |
| 2014 | "inVISIBILITY: Indigenous in the City—Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Youth and the Project of Survivance" (with Angela Salamanca) | Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 3(1) |
The storytelling story
The argument of the Cambridge Now story itself is not documented here.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Susan Dion? A professor in York University's Faculty of Education who specializes in Indigenous education.
When did Cambridge Now mention her? On July 21, 2015.
What is her best-known book? Braiding Histories, published by UBC Press in 2009.
What is the "Listening Stone" project? A collaborative inquiry project involving First Nation, Métis and Inuit educational initiatives in Ontario school boards.
Sources
Wikipedia article on Susan Dion; York University YFile media roundup, July 22, 2015.