Learning Bird 2025 Wrapped: A Year of Connection, Collaboration, and Community-Led Learning

Learning Bird 2025 Wrapped: A Year of Connection, Collaboration, and Community-Led Learning

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As we look back on 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the relationships, learning, and shared work that shaped the year. From deepening long-standing partnerships to beginning new collaborations, this year was grounded in connection and guided by the priorities of the communities we work alongside across Turtle Island.

A Year of Meaningful Partnerships

In 2025, Learning Bird supported over 90 projects in partnership with 27 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit community partners. These projects involved collaboration with 10 new partners and 17 returning partners, demonstrating both the growth of our partner base and the strength of long-term, trust-based relationships.

Each project was shaped by community-identified goals and priorities—whether focused on language revitalization, curriculum development, educator support, or broader community learning initiatives.

Showing Up in Community

Building relationships in person remains a vital part of how we work. This year, our team travelled on 13 trips to 9 communities across 3 provinces and 1 territory, spending time with Elders, Knowledge Holders, educators, and community members.

These visits included facilitating professional learning sessions, supporting collaborative curriculum development, and working alongside partners on strategic community language planning. Being present in community allows us to listen, learn, and co-create resources that are grounded in local context and lived experience.

Supporting Education Conferences

Over the past year, we have had the privilege of connecting with community educators, leaders, and partners at many different education conferences. In 2025, we attended: 

Expanding the Ways We Support Communities

As community needs evolve, so do the ways we offer support. In 2025, we were honoured to collaborate on a growing range of new projects, including:

  • Strategic community language planning
  • Early childhood education, early learning curriculum, and resources
  • Community-wide language learning and cultural programming beyond the classroom

These projects reflect a shared commitment to language revitalization and lifelong learning that extends beyond school walls and into families, communities, and intergenerational spaces.

Connecting Through Webinars and Professional Learning

We were excited to continue offering webinars that create space for shared learning and dialogue with educators and community leaders. In 2025, we hosted the following sessions:

These webinars allowed us to connect with educators at different stages of their learning journeys and support practical, reflective approaches to Indigenous education.

Freely Available Resources for Educators

Sharing knowledge and supporting educators remains a central part of our work. We recognize that Indigenizing and decolonizing teaching practices are ongoing, lifelong processes, and access to thoughtful, well-designed resources makes that journey more accessible.

In 2025, we shared the following free educator resources:

Staying Connected Through News from the Nest

Throughout the year, we continued sharing updates, reflections, resources, and funding opportunities through our LinkedIn newsletter, News from the Nest. If you’re not already subscribed, we invite you to join us there and stay connected with the broader Learning Bird community.

Looking Ahead to 2026

As we move into 2026, we’re carrying forward the lessons, relationships, and shared commitments that shaped this past year. Thank you to the communities, educators, and partners who trusted us with this work. We’re excited to continue learning together in the year ahead.

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