Drumming Our Way Home: Intergenerational Learning, Teaching & Indigenous Ways of Knowing
with Georgina Martin
Discover the transformative power of storytelling and intergenerational learning as Georgina Martin shares insights from her groundbreaking book, Drumming Our Way Home: Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Through her personal journey to reclaim Secwepemc identity and culture, Georgina sheds light on the deep impacts of intergenerational trauma and the profound process of healing and reconnection. Guided by her hand drum, she explores how traditional knowledge and teachings can shape personal and collective identity, offering vital lessons in culture-based learning.
As shared by our TRC#57 Speaker Series season 1 alumni, Jo-ann Archibald (Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit) “Georgina Martin’s voice, hand drumming, and ideas about individual and collective cultural identity, intergenerational learning and healing, and reconciliation are vibrant, far-reaching, and need to be shared widely … [Drumming Our Way Home] offers hope and possibility for finding one’s way to a meaningful concept of home and for contributing to concrete actions of reconciliation
Whether you are an educator, student, policy maker, or someone interested in reconciliation action, please join our upcoming discussion with Dr. Georgina Martin.
Georgina Martin
Dr. Georgina Martin, of Secwepemc ancestry and a member of the Williams Lake First Nation, is a professor in the Department of Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies at Vancouver Island University. With a rich background in federal and provincial government roles, she has extensive experience in community health, land coordination, and equity initiatives. Her PhD research, Drumming My Way Home: An Intergenerational Narrative Inquiry About Secwepemc Identities, explored the stories of three generations, demonstrating how storytelling fosters stronger identities and opens new pathways for pedagogy and philosophical understanding across disciplines.
Dr. Martin’s research focuses on intergenerational trauma, cultural identity, Indigenous self-determination, education, and voice. She is dedicated to reclaiming space for Indigenous peoples by integrating respectful, relevant content into her curriculum and sharing her lived experiences through public lectures that address historical injustices and inspire reconciliation.