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Vision, Purpose and Goals
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Brightwater Vision Statement
Brightwater offers opportunities for inspiration and discovery with development of a deeper understanding of self within community. Brightwater experiences strive to create sustainable and meaningful connections to the land through instructional programming, hands–on learning and engagement in Indigenous ways of knowing. Brightwater enhances learning to meet the
provincial curriculum
and is premised on holistic experiences within the prairie landscape from Indigenous and Western world views.
Brightwater Purpose
The Brightwater Science and Environmental Program functions to inform, guide, and move the Saskatoon Public Schools community toward a global ethic of
Education for Sustainable Development
; environmental, social and economic sustainability. Brightwater programming aligns new curricula to inquiry which provides students with opportunities to build upon their prior knowledge, skills and attitudes towards the land. Brightwater programming, SPS site and the PotashCorp Eco-Science and Indigenous Learning Centre reflect place-based 21st century learning and environmental sustainability.
Brightwater Goals
To provide all students with opportunities to be appreciative and responsive to nature, wildlife, land, water, air and one’s place within the natural world
To emphasize holistic reflection and self-awareness within the context of nature and ceremonies that honour the spiritual connection to the land of the First Peoples of Saskatchewan
To encourage the exploration of a wide variety of career paths, including entrepreneurship, through Brightwater experiences as they relate to the environment, economics and social justice
To demonstrate the collective valuing of sustainable use of natural resources for future generations and to help students understand the impact of human society on the natural environment, demonstrate active sustainability from ethical resource use from Western perspectives and Indigenous ways of knowing
To inspire and sustain ecological learning and other connections to the land through a wide variety of curricular experiences and Indigenous ways of knowing nature