The Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement (OIEE), and the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL) are excited to welcome you to the 2025/26 Truth and Reconciliation Professional Development series. The Podcast Club invites you to listen, reflect and talk with each other, while thinking & feeling our way into being good participants in the ongoing work of Truth and Reconciliation.
How does it work?
You will listen to one or two podcasts and reflect on your own identity and perspectives. We will provide a selected list of podcasts, each about 25 minutes, with reflective questions. Then we will meet monthly on Fridays while we eat our lunches. You will be invited to listen to Elders and guest from community, share in whole group conversations about significant moments in your learning, and talk in breakout group during very large group meetings.
Our first meeting will be on October 3, followed by monthly meetings on Fridays (see schedule below), along with recommended podcasts to listen to beforehand. Our time together will open with space to connect, then we’ll listen to Elders and community guests, and close with sharing and reflection.
Guiding questions to support engagement:
- How will this listening become part of who you are and how you think?
- What does it mean to be a good participant in the work of Truth and Reconciliation?
We’ll be listening to episodes from two CBC podcast series: This Place and Our Twisted Histories. Please listen to each episode in advance, according to the schedule below.
Schedule
| Date | This Place Based on the acclaimed graphic novel anthology, This Place is a 10-part journey through one-hundred and fifty years of Indigenous resistance and resilience. Through dramatizations and interviews, along with your host and time-guide storyteller Rosanna Deerchild, the series reveals the heroes, battles, triumphs and traditions which live outside and beyond the national story we have been taught … to learn, to share, and to heal the future of “this place” we call Canada. | Our Twisted Histories Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds– one word, one concept, one story at a time. |
| October 3 | Annie of Red River Where to find it? link | Discovery Where to find it? link |
| October 24 | Tilted Ground Where to find it? link | Reserve Where to find it? link |
| November 14 | Red Clouds Where to find it? link | School Where to find it? link |
| December 12 | Peggy Where to find it? link | Family Name Where to find it? link |
| January 9 | Rosie Where to find it? link | Indian Time Where to find it? link |
| January 30 | Mimkii Where to find it? link | Savage Where to find it? link |
| February 20 | Like a Razor Slash Where to find it? link | Pocahontas Where to find it? link |
| March 13 | migwite’tmeg: We Remember It Where to find it? link | Bannock Where to find it? link |
| April 17 | Warrior Nation Where to find it? link | Obey Where to find it? link |
| May 8 | kitaskînaw 2350 Where to find it? link | Reconciliation Where to find it? link |
Register here!
Location: Teams (after registration, you’ll receive a calendar invite with the Teams link)
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Friday, October 3, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
Friday, December 12, 2025
Friday, January 9, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026
Friday, March 13, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026
Interested in learning more about this or other professional development opportunities? Sign up for the CIEL newsletter, or email learnsupport@viu.ca if you have any questions.