Sessional Instructor
Barbara Smith, originally from Kahnawake First Nation (off reserve), whose spirit name is Golden Eagle Dancing Woman, is a wife, daughter, mother, auntie, sister, and grandmother. Mrs. Smith is a women traditional dancer, member of Aboriginal Women's Association of PEI as well as Native Council of PEI with a BA (Psychology), BEd (Elementary), and MEd from UPEI. She has worked as a full time Academic Resource Teacher for the past 19 years at John J. Sark Memorial School in Lennox Island, PEI. Other positions have included Core French Teacher, Social Studies Teacher and Art Teacher.
Additionally, Barbara has been engaged in research projects (Building Healthy Mi'kmaq Communities in PEI), Student Counsellor Training for Aboriginal Survivors for Healing, and has given countless presentations on First Nations Culture and Spirituality at all levels within the education system. She has been an Aboriginal Education Workshop for Teachers' Facilitator for PEI Department of Education, and continues to advance Indigenous knowledge and pedagogies.