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.
Educational resource tells the story of Thomas George Prince.
Education Thesis (PEd) -- University of Ottawa, 2022.
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
Designed for Grade 6 students.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
Uses data from the 2016 Census of Population and the Remoteness Index Classification.
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and heritage Michif.
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and Northern Michif.
Uses primary sources of information on the Kamloops, Shubenacadie, Beauval, and Blue Quills residential schools. Suitable for use with students in Grades 5-12.
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
For use with Grades 5-12.
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.
Website contains links to educational material for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including summary of housing topics, lessons plans, E-learning games and guides, and activity booklets. Content is arranged around 4 themes: traditional teaching of the community, First Nations housing topics, home maintenance and home safety.
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.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Moose Hide Campaign is an Indigenous-led movement to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and children. Site includes links to teacher resources such as a curriculum guide, lesson plans, and videos.
Tells some of the traditional stories associated with astronomical features of the night sky.
Children's book.
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.
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
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.
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.
Each month children take part in an activity which fosters cross-cultural understanding.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Three thematic activities which explore knowledge transfer: learning through objects and tools, learning through making and learning through land and community.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
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:
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.
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.