Dry Lips Oughta Move to Lethbridge College: A Theatre Initiative to Create New Ways to Teach and Learn in the FNMI Career Pathways Program (Phase One)

Theatre was incorporated into the FNMI Career Pathways Program as a way to develop teaching and learning in NAT 1150: Exploring FNMI Perspectives. Students were part of the research and development of a play they were studying (Thomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing); their contributions in this exploratory stage (Phase I) were carried forward to the play production in May 2016 (Phase II). Highway will join us offering a Master-Class and a public presentation to the community. The process was documented, demonstrating how theatre works and how Phase I reflects an Indigenous research methodology.