{"id":6304,"date":"2025-08-29T00:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:43:30","slug":"learning-from-a-kindergarten-dropout-a-complementary-reflections-workbook-1-2023-by-carleton-university-student-zaineh-harahsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/learning-from-a-kindergarten-dropout-a-complementary-reflections-workbook-1-2023-by-carleton-university-student-zaineh-harahsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning From a Kindergarten Dropout: A Complementary (Reflections) Workbook 1, 2023, by Carleton University student Zaineh Harahsha."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are sharing this reflections workbook on the teaching of Elder (Hon PhD) William Commanda, created Zaineh for the Carleton University Students as Partners Program 2022-2023. It is an indicator of the ongoing relevance of his legacy in the academic world.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KD-Workbook_v2.pdf\">Learning from a Kindergarten Dropout Workbook: the <em>Circle of All Nations<\/em> Teachings of Elder William Commanda<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Learning-from-a-Kindergarten-Dropout-Workbook-the-Circle-of-All-Nations-Teachings-of-Elder-William-Commanda-1.jpg\" alt=\"Learning from a Kindergarten Dropout Workbook: the Circle of All Nations Teachings of Elder William Commanda\" width=\"576\" height=\"786\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here is an image and a link to the discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/82C8CAB9-362B-441C-BA32-CE3BAC8F291A_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Learning From a Kindergarten Dropout: A Complementary (Reflections) Workbook 1, 2023, by Carleton University student Zaineh Harahsha\" width=\"594\" height=\"448\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/circleofallnations.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0a8Q7cJ4dPFPi6FjjSbVvhm9A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Click the link to watch Carleton University student Zaineh Harahsha present the Reflections Workbook:<\/strong> <a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #f05d5e; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icloud.com\/photos\/#\/icloudlinks\/0a8Q7cJ4dPFPi6FjjSbVvhm9A\/\">icloud.com\/photos\/#0a8Q7cJ4dPFPi6FjjSbVvhm9A<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>This is also an announcement about two upcoming<i>\u00a0Circle of All Nations<\/i>\u00a0outputs:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><i><strong>1.<\/strong>Learning from a Kindergarten Dropout, Books One and Two<\/i><i>\u00a0(first published in\u00a0 2005 and 2007)\u00a0<\/i>and our kayaking reflections book<i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>Passionate Waters Butterfly Kisses<\/i><i>\u00a0(2008),\u00a0<\/i>all originally published while Grandfather was alive, soon to be available internationally via Kindle; these will be followed shortly by\u00a0<i>Learning from a Kindergarten Dropout Books Three and Four<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0comprising reports completed during the last years of his life and immediately after. This series will ensure that there is a comprehensive understanding for the public at large as well as for academics of his most significant contributions to the grown public consciousness of Indigenous realities and his passionate and inspirational peace and environmental work in Canada and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>We are creating a <i>Circle of All Nations CAN TEACH\u00a0<\/i>module on our website! Eventually the website will be a fully accessible archive of the legacy of William Commanda and our ongoing\u00a0<i>Circle of All Nations<\/i>\u00a0work! Not for nothing was Grandfather known as the\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dot.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdot.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNINGYUWU%40cmail.carleton.ca%7Ce597c196fd264227f56108dde678eb69%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638920129597980134%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Meh8WTbnoGY1w1E4NhBiN0AIXqHWXPGinILfEVhXJRk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">dot.com<\/a>\u00a0elder from the turn of the century; he has been a big part of the online world, as his Facebook friends know, long before Meta and the AIDude entered the stage as personas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are sharing this reflections workbook on the teaching of Elder (Hon PhD) William Commanda, created Zaineh for the Carleton University Students as Partners Program 2022-2023. 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