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Addressing Racism in the Healthcare System: A Policy Position and Discussion Paper
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation
Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report, 2020 Report.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Communicating Effectively with Indigenous Clients: An Aboriginal Legal Services Publication
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Document Regarding Bill 96
Argues for exemptions and amendments to The Bill, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which requires that French be used exclusively in the healthcare and education systems, public services, workforce and economic development.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers [Volume 1]
Indigenous Peoples: Language Guidelines
Inuit Language Loss in Nunavut: Analysis, Forecast, and Recommendations
Let's Learn Michif!
Colouring book teaches words in Northern and Heritage Michif and English.
Literature Review for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: Off-Reserve Indigenous Housing Needs and Challenges in Canada
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
Manitoba School Survey on Indigenous Languages Teaching: 2021 Report
Questions were asked about language programming, delivery and priority level, reasons for not having programming, and unfilled teaching positions.
Métis Traditional Food Number 1
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves students learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, making bannock, and Michif words associated with cooking and food.
Métis Traditional Food Number 2
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 involves students learning and speaking Michef words associated with food and cooking, learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, and making bannock.
Michif Language Research, Literature Review, Teaching Resources and Annotated Bibliography
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Multiculturalism Policy Index: Indigenous Peoples
National Indian Education Study 2015: American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8
Opinion on First Nations and Inuit Language Difficulties in the Workplace
Discusses language as a socio-economic characteristic, a determining factor with respect to the labour market, and barriers created by reduced fluency in English and/or French. Concludes with recommendations and courses of action.
Plain Talk 8: First Nations Quality of Life
Plain Talk 9: Cultural Competency
Sahtú Glossary: Cancer Terminology
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Survey on Indigenous Teachers Manitoba Report 2017
Survey asked questions about ancestry, cultural-linguistic identity, participation in professional learning activities, language fluency, knowledge of specific Indigenous subject areas, and comfort level in integrating Indigenous perspectives in the classroom.
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Traditional Harvesting Number 1: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Traditional Harvesting Number 2: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.