UH West Oʻahu represents at WIPCE in Australia

A group of faculty and staff represented the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu at the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE), which was held Sept. 26-30 in Tarndanya (Adelaide), Australia.

WIPCE is the largest and most diverse Indigenous education forum in the world with representatives from across the globe.

WIPCE 2022 featured an Indigenous education program of keynote presentations, networking, interactive workshops, and discussion forums with an associated diverse cultural program.

Between UH West Oʻahu’s Native Hawaiian grants, the following partcipants presented these workshops: 

Participants:

  • Barbara Jean Kahawaii
  • Adam Kainoa Nāhulu
  • Welaahilani Wāhilani
  • Hōkū Kwan
  • Kimberly Reed
  • Kehau Kahanu
  • Jarlyza Mareko
  • Pōkiʻi Seto
  • Christielove Aloha Espinosa
  • Cathy Ikeda

Presentations:

  • Iwikuamoʻo: Embracing Genealogical Foundations to Navigate Digital Futures in the Diaspora – Christielove Espinosa, Hoku Kwan, Kim Reed for Papahana Wailau Ola Title III Pathway
  • Where the Moʻo Thrives: Sustainable Indigenous Teacher Preparation – Cathy Ikeda, Pōkiʻi Seto, Welaahilani Wāhilani for Hoʻopūliko Kumu Hou TIII Teacher Preparation Pathway
  • IMUA: First Year Native Hawaiian Educational Sovereignty Through Interactive Summer Bridge Curriculum – Kainoa Nāhulu, for Hoolei and Hoakalei, Hōkū Kwan for ʻIke Ola, Welaahilani Wāhilani for Pueo Scholars (this WIPCE was postponed twice so some programs no longer exist, but the people have stayed on to do this work)
  • Hoʻokahi Wale Nō Lā He Malihini – Changing the Approach to Education – Welaahilani Wāhilani and Lyza Mareko for Hoʻopūliko Kumu Hou TIII Teacher Preparation Pathway
  • Our Kuleana: Hawaiian Culture based education in STEM in Higher Education –
    BarbaraJean Kahawaiʻi for Pūkoʻa Kani ʻĀina

A group of people in a conference hall, standing together and smiling with a large screen in the background.