Biography

Andrew McConnell is a member of Nipissing First Nation living in the Toronto area, and has been teaching for almost 20 years. He was the coordinator for Indigenous education at the York Region District School Board for 5 years, where he directly supported the work of the Indigenous Education team, liaised with the education staff from Georgina Island First Nation, and the Anishinaabek Education System while constantly advocating for the inclusion of Indigenous content across the board. Before becoming a teacher, Andrew worked in the media, first at Aboriginal Voices, a Native arts magazine based in Toronto, and then at CTV News, where he worked in production for 7 years. Andrew is currently pursuing his PhD in Digital Media at the Lassonde School of Engineering, and teaching as a seconded faculty member for the Faculty of Education at York Univeristy

Faculty & School/Dept

• Faculty of Education -

Courses Taught

• Content Into Practice (ED/EDFE 3200)
• Foundations of Education (ED/EDFE 1200)
• Inquiries Into Learning (ED/EDFE 2100)
• New Media Literacies and Culture (ED/EDIS 3610)
• Pedagogy of the Land: Indigenous Understandings of the Land as First Teacher (ED/EDUC 2300)
• Practicum (ED/EDPR 4000)
• Science & Technology in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions (ED/EDJI 2000)
• Science & Technology in the Primary-Junior DIvisions (ED/EDPJ 2000)
• Teaching First Nations, Metis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Division (ED/FNMI 3000)
• Teaching First Nations, Metis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Senior Division - Part A (ED/FNMI 4000)
• Teaching First Nations, Metis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate/Senior Division - Part B (ED/FNMI 4001)
• Teaching and Learning with Digital Technology (ED/EDUC 3770)