699 Day Schools
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
Education Thesis (PEd) -- University of Ottawa, 2022.
Compares Registered Indians to Canada's general population in three components: life expectancy, education and income.
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Uses chapters from book by Daniel Heath Justice as a tool to educate teachers.
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Vancouver Island University, 2019.
Uses primary sources of information on the Kamloops, Shubenacadie, Beauval, and Blue Quills residential schools. Suitable for use with students in Grades 5-12.
Book is Margaret Pokiak-Fenton's memoir about attending residential school for two years. This lesson plan uses Grade 6 Program Learning Outcome (PLO)s.
For use with the article The Business That Created a Country found on p. 6 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" in Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades1 to 5.
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary of terms.
"Field Validation Version."
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
Retelling of a traditional story.
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
For use with Grades 5-12.
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Focuses on Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Designed for Grades 3-8. Information from the article Fur Trade Times in the special issue of Kayak magazine How Furs Built Canada. Students play a class game of "I Have ... Who Has?"
Examines five approaches to Indigenizes Canadian universities curriculum's by discussing the pros and cons of each approach.
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Information compiled from secondary data sources such as Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2017 (APS) and Canadian Census of Population 2016 about off-reserve Status and Non-Status Indians, NunatuKavut Inuit, and Métis students represented by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Discusses access, success, student needs, funding requirements, funding distribution and mechanisms, and existing programs.
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Forest and Nature Conservation Thesis (MSc) -- Wageningen University, 2022.
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Digitized versions of originals (1879-1949) mainly relating to day-to-day running of individual schools across Canada such as building maintenance, general administration, teachers' salaries and residences, and supplies. In some cases admissions and discharges (residential schools), death of pupils (residential schools), applications to teach, inspectors' reports, drugs and medical supplies for treatment of students, and vocational training supplies are also mentioned. Some headquarters files are included. Also included is link to indexes to the Indian Affairs School Files.
Topics include: teacher reflections, preparing for difficult conversations, the role of media coverage, daily life in residential schools, reconciliation through revitalization, and making reconciliation real.
For use with Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Lists approximately 150 works.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Health Sciences Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.