There are many ways to learn about science!
Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai Elder
Science is traditionally taught and learned from a Western worldview. But there are many ways of knowing and connecting through knowledge and with science.
Humans have flourished alongside the land with the use of science and mathematics for thousands of years. Think about agriculture, which thrives through companion planting and geometry. Or our senses in relationship with the horizon, the zenith and movement of constellations, which guide navigation across land and sea.
Science becomes more relevant and relatable when we open up our minds and hearts to ways of knowing from the land, sky and spirit.
The Circle of Life represents how all things are connected and relational. The four parts represent the four directions, four sacred medicines, four stages of life, four ways of being, four winds and many more. Each of these four parts shape the TELUS Spark Science Centre Indigenous Action Plan.
An evening of celebrating fungi and how it helps with the interconnectedness of all life on earth. Indigenous science has known for thousands of years about the gifts of healing and sustenance found in fungus, their place within nutrient cycles, and even developed mushroom technologies.
Learn moreIn partnership with the Spark Indigenous Advisory Circle and the Indigenous community, a new Gathering Circle has been built as a place to gather and share stories.
Learn MoreLearn about the Moss Bag Project from Elders and founders of the project, who are sharing traditional moss bag teachings, stories, and child-rearing practices, plus get hands-on experience with a moss bag. It’s a unique opportunity to learn about science that Indigenous people have known for thousands of years!
Learn MoreGather in the Spark Infinity Dome hallway to listen to stories, teachings and Indigenous Science from Elders and Knowledge Keepers.
Included in General Admission or FREE with Spark Membership.
Learn MoreThis original Siksikaitsitapi story was gifted to the science centre by the late Dan Weasel Moccasin. His family, including Pete Weasel Moccasin, helped to create a limited-edition book of these original Blackfoot stories. The stories originated in the Blackfoot language and were told for hundreds of years by the Niitsitapi. Directed and written by Tito Gomez.
Learn MoreThe circle of life represents how all things are connected and relational. The four parts represent the four directions, four sacred medicines, four stages of life, four ways of being, four winds and many more. Each of these four parts shape the TELUS Spark Science Centre Indigenous Action Plan.
Learn MoreTELUS Spark Science Centre gratefully acknowledges Imperial, TD Ready Commitment, and Plains for their generous support of Indigenous science programming.
TELUS Spark Science Centre acknowledges it is situated on the Ancestral Lands of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), and Traditional Lands of the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Îethka Nakoda First Nation, and more recently the Otipemisiwak Métis.
Land Acknowledgement