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Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942-1952
Before Truth: The Labors of Testimony and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
The Children Remembered: Residential Schools Archive Project
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
"Don't Let Fear Take Over": The Space and Memory of Indian Residential Schools
Education Achievements and Labour Market Outcomes of Students in the University of Manitoba Access Program
The Effectiveness of Neo-Liberal Labour Market Policy as a Response to the Poverty and Social Exclusion of Aboriginal Second-Chance Learners
Elders' Teachings About Resilience and Its Implications for Education in Dene and Cree Communities
First Nations Child Welfare in Manitoba (2011)
First Nations Women and Sustainability on the Canadian Prairies
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
Genocidal Carcerality and Indian Residential Schools in Canada
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
Grand Rapids, Manitoba
Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class
Health Conditions at Norway House Residential School, 1900-1946
The History of the Federal Residential Schools for the Inuit Located in Chesterfield Inlet, Yellowknife, Inuvik and Churchill, 1955-1970
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
Indians of the Prairie Provinces / (An Historical Review)
Indigenous Peoples of Manitoba: A Guide for Newcomers
It's Our Time: First Nations Education Tool Kit: Teacher's Guide (National and Manitoba)
Knowledge Synthesis: Aboriginal Workplace Integration in the North
Language Attitudes, Perceptions and Identity: Some Haida and Cree Data
Let's Talk Treaty!
Louis Riel Spy Mission Task 2016
Mock letter from John A. Macdonald requesting students infiltrate the Red River Settlement to gather information. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Métis Resistance Part 1
Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
[Phil Fontaine Discusses His Childhood]
The Potential for Self-Help Housing in Northern Remote Aboriginal Communities
A Public Lecture by AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde: Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Reader's Theatre: Grade 2 Social Studies: The Signing of Treaty Six
Four scenes, each taking place at a different location (Ottawa, Fort Garry, outside Fort Carleton and Fort Carleton) and involving individuals significant to the negotiations such as Governor Alexander Morris, James McKay, Chief Ahatahkakoop, Chief Mistawasis, Poundmaker and Peter Erasmus. Includes discussion questions and short biographies.
Reconciliation and Healing: Alternative Resolution Strategies for Dealing with Residential School Claims
Reconciliation: Rebuilding the Canadian Child Welfare System to Better Serve Aboriginal Children and Youth
Selected Approaches to Enhance Access and Retention of Indigenous Learners in Post-Secondary Education: Options for the BC Ministry of Advanced Education
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.