- OUTDOOR PARK
- WHERE WE GATHER
The Gathering Circle
In 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.
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Indigenous Science
There are many ways to learn about science!
“Learning science and mathematics through relationships with the land is an ancient process that is holistic, transformational and relevant today.”
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.
Indigenous Guiding Framework
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.
- North represents organizational change.
- East represents community relationships.
- South represents Indigenous ways of knowing at every visit, and include physical, outdoor and virtual experiences.
- West represents education.
- CREATIVE KIDS MUSEUM
- THE MOSS BAG PROJECT
Wrapped with love
Learn 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 More- ON GOING SERIES
- BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
What is Indigenous science?
Gather 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.
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- MAKOIYOHSOKOYI
A short dome film adaptation
This 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 More- INDIGENOUS WAYS
- OF KNOWING
The Circle of Life
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.
Learn MoreTELUS Spark Science Centre gratefully acknowledges Imperial, TD Ready Commitment, and Plains for their generous support of Indigenous science programming.
Reconnecting with the Land
TELUS Spark Science Centre acknowledges the traditional lands of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), the Tsuutina, the Îethka Nakoda, and more recently Métis Nation Region 3. We are grateful for the caretakers of these lands and all who thrive where the Bow and Elbow Rivers meet.
Land Acknowledgement