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.
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.
Colouring and activity book teaches children to count to ten in 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.
Lesson plan for use with picture book by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak and Vladyana Krykorka which is the story of a little Inuit girl who is lured into a cave by an Ijiraq who refuses to take her home. She outwits him and finds her way back using an inuksugaq as a landmark. Recommended for Grades Kindergarten to 2.
For use with book by Joseph Bruchac and James which retells a traditional story designed to teach lessons about humility. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Geared toward Kindergarten to Grade 3. Story is about a Inuit girl who learns about traditional naming practices.
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.
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
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.
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.
2nd revised edition. Uses archival photographs of material culture.
Story about an Inuit girl who disobeys her mother, goes fishing on the sea ice and is kidnapped by Qallupilluit. Recommended for Preschool to Grade 2.
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.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
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.