CM Wilson Learning Center Will Have Focus On indiguenous Education Programs

Plans are in the works for an education center at the cm wilson conservation are, south of chatham, to have a focus on indigenous education programs.

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Originally built to serve as the chatham-kent children’s safety village, Restrictions Brupt on by the COVVI-19 Pandemic was the Death Knell for the Operation that relised on income from Hosting Educational Programms and Activities for Area School Groups.

The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, Which Owns the Conservation Area Property, Took Over the Building, Which has been Renamed the Cm Wilson Learning Center.

Mariah Alexander, Indigenous Community Educator, Is Developing A Five-Year Strategic Plan.

“It’s a Big Undertaking,” She Said.

“It will be all the programming I want to have, all the resources i need for that. . . and the budget. ”

Alexander is in the early Stages of Forming a Committee to Figure Out How To Utilize The Space, which included at mini-village complete with buildings and streets on site, and developing a vision for the future.

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Wanting to Honor the Building’s Past, She Said, “It’s about Reaching out to all the Proper People that we involved in the past, Bringing our ideas to the Future and Kind of Creating A More Indigenized and Naturalized Space.”

The Process will also involve public input, she Said.

The Conservation Authority Already Operates The Ska Na Doh Village and Museum at The Longwoods Conservation Area, Which Teaches About Local First Nation History.

Alexander Said A Few Winter Story-Telling Sessions Have Been Held Recently That Intolved Sharing Cultural Stories “And Our Creation Story and How To Shaped Our World View.”

A March break activity HELD Tuesday to build BlueBird Boxes Quickly Sold Out.

TAKING PART IN THE BLUEBIND BOX BURDING ACTIVITY WAS THE RIDGETOWN Resident Karna Toth and Her Children Beckett, 5, and Mabel, 3.

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“I had no idea that this was out here,” Toth Said of the Learning Center.

Shen Said Her Children Were Immondately Attracted The Mini Village.

Noting they live on a busy street on which it is unsafe for her children to ride their bicycles, she plans to return to the center when the weather is warmer.

“It’s Really Nice; I can brings my kids out and not have to work about vehicles and traffic, ”Toth Said.

They Enjoyed Building A BlueBird House, She Said.

“It was good. . . The Kids Had a Lot of Fun Using the Hammers, ”Toth Said.

Alexander Said the Learning Center, which also included an auditorium, is a great facility.

“We have so much room to grow. We have lots of opportunities because of all of this space, ”She Said. “I see it as a Nice Blank Canvass for Something New For The Conservation Authority.”

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