Reconciliation through Revitalization
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
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.
Reports results of online survey conducted from November 25-27, 2022 with sample of Canadian residents 18 years or older recruited form Leger's Opinion Panel; results were weighted using data from the 2021 Census.
Goal of project is to support self-sufficiency and economic growth, improve fiscal capacity to govern while managing risk, increase transparency and accountability, and clarify governments' responsibility for service provision. Contains links to eight chapters and project summary.
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Reviews reforms made by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to their Open Suite of Programs and Peer Review (OSP) processes and its impact on Indigenous health research.
Looks at the mental and emotional toll of trauma-based research for Indigenous researchers and provides a pathway for copying.
English Thesis (PhD) - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2022.
Results from telephone interviews with 2,603 First Nations, Inuit and Métis business owners between May 10 and September 22, 2021.
Primary reading level storybook.
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.
Uses date and relationship cards to educate students about First Nations and Newcomer interactions leading up to the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.
"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."
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.
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
Cultural Studies (PhD) -- Queen's University, 2022.
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.
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.
Discusses the impact of the COVID pandemic on the two-spirit Indigenous populations in Atlantic Canada and how the response of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance (W2SA).
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Examines how the use of the Indigenous four Rs outside of the scope of research but rather applied to wellness practices that effects the Indigenous population.
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
Education Thesis (EdD) - University of Alberta, 2022.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
Discusses a braid approach intervention, a combination of different Indigenous practices, as ways to address the needs of Indigenous youth suffering from mental health issues.
Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.