Workshops
In my workshops and presentations, I try to honour traditional protocol. I honour place and the people gathered, the human and the more than human. Thus, my presentations follow the Indigenous knowledge practice of speaking from and to place. Often the presentation is in the form of a teaching story. It must be performed in the moment for the moment. It is theorizing in the moment, respecting the context or situated-ness of the moment in time and in place. I also play the native flute at such times as part of an embodiment of or honouring of ceremonies of renewal.
Kelly, V. (2026, February). Becoming a good relative: An Indigenous pedagogical pathway [Invited workshop]. Independent School Association of British Columbia Conference, Meadowridge School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2025, October). What kind of ancestor do you want to be: Indigenous epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies in research [Workshop]. Doctoral Seminar, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2023, September). Indigenous epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies in research [Workshop]. Doctoral Seminar, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2022, April). Indigenous liminality and practitioner inquiry [Workshop]. Advanced Professional Studies Mentor Conference, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2022, April). Indigenous mytho-poetics [Workshop]. Eco-Poetics Conference, Hollyhock, Quadra Island, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2021, September). Transformative reconciliation and the right to reach [Invited workshop]. Graduate Diploma Faculty Associates, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2021, September). Indigenous education professional development [Invited workshop]. HD Stafford Middle School, Langley School District, Langley, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2020, May). The future of Indigenous inquiry [Invited workshop]. Indigenous Inquiry SIG Pre-Conference, International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, Online.
Kelly, V. (2020, June). Arts-based Indigenous Métissage [Invited panel presentation/performance]. CACS, CSSE Congress, University of Waterloo, London, ON, Canada. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.
Kelly, V. (2019, October). Holistic education and Indigenous perspectives [Invited panel]. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Kelly, V. (2018, November). Building reconciliation forum [Invited workshop]. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2018, October). Indigenization within SFU [Invited workshop]. Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2018, October). Reaching [Invited presentation/performance]. Spark Within Youth Conference, Surrey Arts Centre, Surrey, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2018, May). Climate change and Indigenous perspectives [Invited presentation/performance]. CACS Signature Event, CSSE Congress, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2018, February). Field programs mentorship and Indigenous pedagogy [Invited keynote workshop]. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2018, January). Arts education and Indigenous perspectives [Invited keynote workshop]. Vancouver School Board Arts Education PSA, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2017, November). Building reconciliation forum [Invited workshop]. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2017, September). Traditional witness role in Indigenous education [Invited workshop]. World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2017, July). Kwunkwancin (“We sing together”) [Invited workshop]. UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2017, May). Spirals of inquiry and Indigenous education [Invited workshop]. Networks of Inquiry and Innovation (NOII) Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2017, January). Education for reconciliation and transformation [Invited presentation/performance]. PDP 401/402 Orientation, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly, V. (2016, December). Kwunkwancin (“We sing together”) [Invited workshop]. UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.