Land-Based Educator • Producer / Filmmaker
SHORT BIO:Calder Cheverie is a non-binary artist, filmmaker, and land-based educator. Their work and research focus on decolonial curriculum foundations in teacher education, Indigenous Storywork, and land-based learning.
They are currently the Storywork Coordinator and Education Consultant for Ta na wa Ns7éyx̱nitm ta Snewíyelh (Language & Cultural Affairs), Squamish Nation and are pursuing a Doctorate of Education at Simon Fraser University.
Doctoral Student, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
M.Ed Place-Conscious & Nature-Based Practices
GDE Indigenous Education & Transformative Pedagogies
PROJECTS
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S7ULH TI TEMÍXW | This Is Our Land
Multi-year film series centring Skwxwú7mesh history & traditional knowledge
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ACOUSTIC ECOLOGIES: (Re)Weaving Kinship Circles in Pedagogical Practice
Land-based professional development for teachers & post-secondary faculty
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WALKING IN RELATION: INDIGENOUS PATHWAYS THROUGH EDUCATION
A podcast about education and the Indigenous voices shaping it
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MOVING TOGETHER IN THE WAYS OF THE PEOPLE
Program and film supporting teachers & faculty to create lasting institutional change in decolonial education
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Bringing Home Conversations with Khahtsahlano
A re-telling of Khahtsahlano’s stories & teachings by his ancestors and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh knowledge-holders.
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3D ATLAS
Pre-contact atlas of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh traditional territory.
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ECOLOGICAL CALENDAR: METHODOLOGIES FOR TWO-EYED SEEING IN CO-GENERATING A SEASONAL CALENDAR
Co-generating an ecological and cultural calendar in səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation with “two-eyed seeing” methodologies.
CV
RESEARCH,
PROFESSIONAL &
ARTISTIC WORK
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Decolonial Foundations in Teacher Education and Curriculum Design
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University.
TEACHING
PUBLIC TALKS
& PUBLICATIONS
Overview of Teaching & Speaking Engagements
Advanced Professional Studies in Indigenous Education
(W)Holistic Education
Sage Journals Publication
PROGRAM
& CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum & Course Design
(W)holisitic Teachings and Transformative Pedagogies
Land-To-Skate, Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Moving Together in The Ways of the People
ARTISTIC INQUIRY
/ PRACTICE
Explorations in Non-Binary Poiesis & Kinship With Place
Article—Explorations in Non-Binary Poiesis: Sartorial Pathway to Wholeness in Queer Body
FILM & AUDIO
PRODUCTION
PRODUCER & DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
PROJECTS
• S7ulh Ti Temíxw - This Is Our Land (SERIES)
• Walking In Relation (PODCAST)
• Places Like This (FILM)
• Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ulh wa Lúlum (ALBUM)
CONNECTING
PERSONAL
caldercheverie@gmail.com
OTHER
TWO EYES STORYWORK & EDUCATION
twoeyes.storywork@gmail.com
MOVING TOGETHER IN THE WAYS OF THE PEOPLE
mtwp.educ@gmail.com
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL
ccheveri@sfu.ca
calder_cheverie@squamish.net