{"id":112,"date":"2011-02-23T11:22:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:22:59","slug":"sarah-gazan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/archive\/archive-2011\/sarah-gazan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Gazan"},"content":{"rendered":"

What education have you taken? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a Bachelor of Arts\/Bachelor of Education from the University of Winnipeg. I am presently enrolled in the Masters of Education program at Brandon.<\/p>\n

What accomplishments are you proud of? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was always taught by my mother to be humble about my accomplishments.<\/p>\n

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Tell me about yourself\/ your background\/ your history. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a member of the Wood Mountain Lakota Nation. I have experience working in education as a teacher and in areas\u2019 community and program development. Most of my work has been with First Nations communities in Northern Manitoba. I am very grateful to the people and the communities that I have worked with as I have learned so much over the years. I am presently working as a Policy, Reporting and Grant Consultant with the School District of Mystery Lake. My two greatest mentors were and are my parents who taught me about social justice, love and kindness.\u00a0 I have a wonderful and supportive partner, Leslie, two beautiful daughters, Kaya and Hannah and three beautiful step daughters, Alicia, Felicia and April. I have one sweet granddaughter, Lena.<\/p>\n

How did you become interested in your field of study? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher because I really enjoyed being with children.\u00a0 I think that as I teacher that I have always believed that education is more than just academic success but it is about helping students to develop their sense of self-worth and identity.\u00a0 Part of the reason that I returned to school was because I needed to develop a more theoretical understanding of my work and to take the opportunity to reflect and enhance my practical and technical skills.<\/p>\n

What is your philosophy in life? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was taught from a young age that we have a responsibility to care for one another and to engage in practices in our personal and professional lives that support social justice and equity. I think that has to do with understanding our own humanity and humanness; understanding that we make mistakes and that we can learn from them, that we all have gifts to celebrate and that it is important to have a purpose in life which may change as we go through different stages. Right now, I think that my most important purpose is raising my children to be good human beings. I try to live my life guided by the values of dignity, honesty, respect, kindness, sharing, caring and courage as I think that is the foundation for a good life.<\/p>\n

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Where do you see yourself in the future? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I really enjoy the work that I am doing today and as I tend to take life as it comes I have not made too many big plans for the future other than completing my Masters and raising my children.<\/p>\n

Nominator\u2019s Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah’s written work is exemplary.\u00a0 When Sarah chooses to add to class discussion, she is open, honest and humorous.\u00a0 I have\u00a0 a feeling that Sarah has quite an impact on her community.\u00a0 Her Thompson cohort members look to her for support with their academic\u00a0 tasks.\u00a0 Sarah has been a significant support to researchers in the community and she is someone who makes things happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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