Canada

In Search of April Raintree is the unabridged version of the story and is recommended for Grade 10 and above. The abridged version, April Raintree, can be used with younger students.

Book teaches children how to count from 1 to 10 in Cree. Recommended for Grades K-3.

Video.

Health Sciences Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.

Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Alberta, 1975

Uses date and relationship cards to educate students about First Nations and Newcomer interactions leading up to the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.

Historical social studies textbook.

Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.

Communications Capping Project MA) -- University of Alberta, 2020.

Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.

Law Thesis (LLM) -- York University, 2015.

"The evidence provided to this commission provides an interesting record of thoughts by the government and (mostly non-Indigenous, male) experts about food, Indigenous people and the Canadian North-West ten years after the near-extinction of the buffalo."

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Reports results of online survey conducted on September 29, 2014 with a sample of 1508 randomly selected Canadian adults who were Angus Reid Forum panelists.

Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.

Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.

Catalogue for exhibition of the same name which featured works by Daphne Boyer, Maureen Gruben, Susan Pavel, Skeena Reece, and Marika Echachis Swan.

Designed by Indigenous artists.

Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.

Annotated list of books in written in Dogrib that are suitable for use in the classroom.

Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.

Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.

History Thesis (PhD) -- University of California San Diego, 2019.

Looks at the various contributing factors for the increased smoking rates of Indigenous youth in Indigenous communities.

Literature reviews focused on overall wellbeing, health governance, patient intake, coordinated discharge, aging, and palliative care.

Humorous short story from One Good Story, That One by Thomas King.

Art Thesis (M.A) -- Dalhousie University, 2015.

Examines how a Community School (CS) model can be used to improve Indigenous education and facilitate more cross-cultural collaboration.   

Fifty-three images relating to the fur trade.

Social Work Mémoire (MSW) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.

Website designed for Grade 3-6 students looks at the relationship between the Indigenous peoples of the plains and the buffalo.

Lesson involves having students create a story using coloured illustrations from books as inspiration.

Discusses the Mi'kmaq traditional story of the Celestial Bear hunt (Ursa Major).

Cultural Studies (PhD) -- Queen's University, 2022.

Examines the social and academic failures of Indigenous students moving from Indigenous controlled schools, where they were successful, to non-Indigenous run high schools.  

2nd ed.

4 Volumes

General information on treaties in Canada.

Focuses on five themes: First Nations peoples' lives before contact, the impact of newcomers' arrival due to the fur trade, the importance of the buffalo, understanding what a treaty is, and the significance of the number four.

Special focus on Mi'kmaw culture and history. Lesson plans for Grades 4-9.

Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.

Additional material:

"A guide of playful, creative, reflective and engaging activities to encourage Indigenous language learning."

Learning-to-read story in English, Cree, and Cree syllabics. 

Reports results of online survey conducted from September 23 to September 25, 2022 with 1512 Canadians, 18 years or older, randomly recruited from Leger's Opinion panel.

Reports results of online survey conducted from June 9-12, 2015, with a sample of 1511 Canadian adults who were members of the Angus Reid Forum. Respondents were asked whether they agreed with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's key recommendations.

Related Material: Survey Questionnaire.

Data from online survey conducted from March 20-27, 2018, with a sample of 2,443 adult Canadians who were members of the Angus Reid Forum.

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Victoria, 2018.

For use with article Black and Indigenous by Oscar Baker III found on p. 12 of the special issue "Black History in Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.