Elder Albert D. Marshall, Humber College Honorary Degree Recipient 2023

Elder Albert D. Marshall, Honorary Doctor of Letters, and Mi'kmaw Spiritual Leader is from the Moose Clan of the Mi'kmaq Nation.  He lives in the community of Eskasoni - where the fir trees are plenty  in Unama'ki  land of the fog (Cape Breton), the Traditional Territory of the Mi’kma’ki.  He was married to the late Murdena Marshall. They have six children, 14 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Their energy, wisdom, and knowledge helped create the innovative Integrative Science academic program at Cape Breton University.
The residential school experience led Elder Marshall on a lifelong quest to connect with and understand both the culture he was removed from, and the culture he was forced into ... and to help these cultures find ways to live in mutual respect of each other's strengths and ways.
He coined the phrase Etuaptmumk/ Two-Eyed Seeing as a guiding principle which encourages learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of non-Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all. Elder Marshall has been working to bring forward the concept of Etuaptmumk, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language. Elder Marshall has been working with the faculty on the course Two-Eyed Land-Based Play and Co-Learning. He co-wrote the children's book 'Walking Together’ with Louise Zimanyi. Elder Marshall is the recipient of numerous awards.
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Our health sciences are in need of this healing. Wela’lin

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Bravo Elder Albert

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Thanks 🙏