Boozoo, Mko Mose Indizhnikaz, Meshekenh n’doodem, d’ eshkan ziibi n’doonjiba Anishinaabe inini n’dow. Hi, my English name is Andrew Judge and my spirit name is Bear Walker (Mko Mose), I am Turtle Clan (Meshekenh n’doodem) was born and raised near the horned river (d’ eshkan ziibi n’doonjiba) and I am both Irish and Anishinaabe. My dad was born in Thessalon, ON and my Mom was born in London, ON. I was born and raised in London, ON. I have been working in the area of Indigenous education for the past decade. I started by engaging youth at an Indigenous science camp in Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, I then began designing, facilitating and implementing mentoring programs for Indigenous elementary and secondary students at the CAMH centre for Prevention Science.
Dr. Andrew Judge (Mko Mose, Bear Walker) is a tenure-track faculty at Algoma University and has taught Indigenous knowledge based courses at the University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University. He is the former coordinator of Indigenous Education at Conestoga College. Dr. Judge is the co-founder of The Indigenous Collective, a platform that highlights the work of Indigenous leaders in performance and story-telling. He has received over $800,000 in SSHRC and Ontario Trillium Foundation grant funding and has given over 70 lectures on Indigenous land-practices and cosmologies.
Each day I continue to be humbled by the teachings of my ancestors and I am always excited to share the little I have learned with anyone interested.
Chi Miigwetch (Big Thanks)
