Aboriginal Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Lesson Plan
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from seven documentaries: Mother of Many Children, If the Weather Permits, The Other Side of the Ledger, Forgotten Warriors, Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance, My Name Is Kahentiiosta and Uranium.
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- University of British Columbia, 2006.
Statistics on tourist expenditures, average length of stay, and characteristics of domestic, US and overseas visitors along with brief discussion of surveys and research conducted by Indigenous Tourism Alberta and Destination Canada.
Analysis of 2019 survey, site visits, and inventory database, and Indigenous Tourism Canada's 2017 research on Alberta and Canada's supplier sector.
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES) -- York University, 2019.
History Thesis (PhD) - York University, 2019.
Compares Registered Indians to Canada's general population in three components: life expectancy, education and income.
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Examines the influence of the Battle of Seven Oaks on the creation of Métis nationhood.
Developed in conjunction with an exhibition featuring works by Bev Koski, Katie Longboat, Jean Marhsall, and Olivia Whetung.
Geography Thesis (MA) -- York University, 2019.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
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.
Law Thesis (PhD) -- Oxford University, 1995.
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.
Legal Studies Thesis (M.A) -- Carleton University. 2019.
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.
Health Thesis (MA) -- Dalhousie University, 2019.
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.
Review of 48 documents relating to challenges, priorities and promising practices.
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.
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 book created for Ojibwe language immersion. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary of terms.
"Field Validation Version."
Native Studies Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2019.
Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.
Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in a script for the traditional story.
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
Retelling of a traditional story.
Contemporary Arts Project (MA) -- Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Brief list.
Focus is on use of shelters. Uses data from the National Homelessness Database and the 2016 Census.
Related Material: Report Summary published in 2023
Search strategy involved academic databases, search engine queries, targeted website review, and reference tracking. Forty-four sources were located. Definitions of land-based healing, Indigenous and Western frameworks, wise practices, and characteristics of specific programs are discussed.
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.
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.
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.
Produced to accompany the exhibition.
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?"