About the Event

This session invites educators to reframe play as a powerful, culturally responsive practice: one that fosters identity building, learner voice, and belonging across diverse learning environments. Participants will explore practical strategies for embedding culturally responsive play, loose-parts play, and identity-affirming play pedagogy.

This session is designed for educators, facilitators, instructional designers, and professional development leaders working across education, post-secondary settings, and community-based learning environments.

Participants will:

• Identify how a culturally responsive pedagogy of play can amplify learner voice
• Foster identity-building and strengthen relationships with diverse families and children
• Explore the role of loose-parts play and identity-affirming play as culturally sustaining, inclusive teaching tools

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This notice is to inform you that this session may be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording may be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Kamini Kamdar (she/her) is a PhD candidate whose research focuses on culturally responsive pedagogy, newcomer families, and children in early childhood settings, educational policy, and family engagement. She brings experience as an early childhood educator and researcher with a passion for bridging theory and practice to create inclusive and meaningful learning spaces. Her intention is for participants to reflect on how culturally responsive approaches to play can deepen belonging and representation in educational contexts.