Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together: (Part 8): Keynote Address Grand Chief Edward John
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edward John
Description
Speaks about Indigenous human rights internationally and within Canada at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 46:40.
Listening to Lives: Lessons Learned from American Indian Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Deyhle
Description
Visions from Native American youth against racial discrimination, the importance of a culturally-based educational experience, and the hope of achieving equity in education.
Literacy Matters: Unlocking the Literacy Potential of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sonya Gulati
Description
Outlines the social and economic problems associated with low literacy rates among Aboriginal peoples, and identifies best practices to address these issues.
Living Alongside: Teacher Educator Experiences Working in a Community-Based Aboriginal Teacher Education Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Kitchen
John Hodson
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 144-174
Description
Looks at themes emerging from interviews held with students involved in the Aboriginal teacher education program which was developed collaboratively between a southern Ontario university and the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council in Ontario.
Living Document: Indigenous Cultural-Linguistic Framework: Anish gaie tolamang waiwnit tci zhiikonang, Mi waa izhichigeyeg weweni Kesé kon fè dbon (What We are Doing in a Good Way in Algonquin, Ojibwa and Michif Languages)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Chansonneuve
Arlene Hache
Description
Resource document to facilitate Indigenous cultural competence and cultural safety among service providers, educators, and policy makers.
Locating Difference With Teacher Candidates
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Anne Block
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2013, pp. 57-71
Description
Discusses teaching about difference in locations where the teacher are of the dominate culture and the discomfort this can cause.
MAI Te Kupenga: Supporting Māori and Indigenous Doctoral Scholars within Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Jenny Lee-Morgan
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Sarah Jane Tiakiwai
Joeliee Seed-Pihama
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 52-61
Description
Article highlights some of the challenges Māori and Indigenous (MAI) scholars face in the mainstream university context, and the role of the MAI Te Kupenga (a support program for Indigenous doctoral students) in supporting scholars in these contexts.
Making Space for Community-Based Practice Experience and Spirit in the Academy: Journeying Towards the Making of an Indigenous Academic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelly Johnson
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. 82-90
Description
Chronicles the experiences of four Indigenous social work academics employed at a Canadian mainstream university.
The Meaning of Written English: A Place to Dream as One Pleases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 93-114
Description
Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.
Moving Towards Saimaqatigiingniq
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bethany Scott
Julie Harris
David Joanasie
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Peoples of North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Stebbins
Networks of Advantage: Urban Indigenous Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Social Capital
Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin] National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rochelle R. Côté
Description
Analysis of data from the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship in Toronto Study. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile: Thunder Bay, CY [City], Ontario, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey Aboriginal Population Profile: Thunder Bay, CY [City], Ontario, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
Nindibaajimomin: Digital Storytelling on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Oral History Centre
Description
Collection of six short videos from the Nindibaajimomin Summer Institute held at the Oral History Centre.
My Story by Eileen Clearsky.
My Mother's Love was in a Bowl of Porridge by Marlyn Bennett.
Reflections by Cheryl Morin.
Our Story by Priscilla Settee.
Heart and Mind by Dallas Good Water.
Okosisimaw by Lana Whiskeyjack.
Combined duration: 19:34.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
Not Just an Indigenous Problem: The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Efforts of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel George
Description
History: Holocaust and Genocide Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Amsterdam, 2013.
OCHRE: Opportunity, Choice, Healing, Responsibility, Empowerment
Alternate Title
NSW Government Plan for Aboriginal Affairs: Education, Employment & Accountability
E-Books
On the Bottom of the Multicultural Totem Pole: A History of Cultural Assimilation, Appropriation, and Marginalization in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Eric Oledzki
Description
Examines the historical cultural clash between traditional and western worldviews, and an alternative Indigenous frameworks to support multicultural national identity.
History Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.
Open Professional Learning Resources: Audience Profiles
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BCcampus
Indigenization Project Steering Committee
Description
Focuses on desired outcomes rather than current practices in the areas of intention, behaviour, community and systems fit in each of six post-secondary staff groups: front line staff / student services / advisors; leaders / administrators; curriculum / educational developers; educators / teachers / instructors; and researchers.
Opening the Circle: Welcoming Brother Sun
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Styres
Dawn Zinga
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. [1-3]
Description
Editorial to special issue focusing on historical and contemporary Indigenous education.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opportunity Found: Improving the Participation of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada’s Workforce
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses initiatives and recommendations to engage Aboriginal peoples in education and employment.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Pathways for Indigenous Learners: Collaborating across Aboriginal Institutes, Colleges and Universities: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Policy in Aboriginal Learning
Description
Overview of project designed to address the gap in supporting and advancing learning opportunities for Indigenous students, and learners pursuing Indigenous Studies.
Perceptions of Postsecondary Education in a Northern Ontario First Nation Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Angela Nardozi
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-23
Description
Explores the relationships of community members to postsecondary education and how the on-reserve school system creates its own challenges.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
Photovoice: Giving Voice to Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Jennings
John Lowe
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 521-537
Description
Photovoice methodology shows how Indigenous children view health and furthers the discussion for culturally relevant health education and prevention programs.
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Métissage
Alternate Title
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Metissage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Rachael Bell
Katelyn Copage
Pam Whitty
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Authors discuss ways to teach land-based or place-based literacies and how doing so can expose settler-colonial narrative and disrupt them.
Plain Talk 1: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Alternate Title
Assembly of First Nations Plain Talks
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 1
Plain Talk ; book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
KAIROS
Ed Bianchi
Suzanne Doerge
Chris Hiller
Dr. Rose-Alma J. McDonald
Description
Document is an interactive teaching tool that assists participants understand the historic relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Plain Talk 10: First Nations Education
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Articulates why Indigenous people have strong feelings regarding education rights and why it should be delivered in a culturally appropriate method.
Plain Talk 6: Residential Schools
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
The Policing of Native Bodies and Minds: Perspectives on Schooling From American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer
American Journal of Education, vol. 119, no. 4, August 2013, pp. 591-616
Description
Looks at how policy and leadership effects a group of American Indian high school students from the Pueblo Nation. Provides recommendations for research.
Presentation of Self, Culture, and Other in Public Podium Talk: Constructing Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations in Grassroots Popular Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Peters
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
Putting an End to the Silence: Educating Society about the Canadian Residential School System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jamie Lee Kuhl
Bridges, vol. 2, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-5
Description
Discusses the importance of revealing the truth regarding residential schools in order to promote healing and prevent repetition of mistakes.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950-1975
E-Books
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Racial-Settler Capitalism: Character Building and the Accumulation of Land and Labor in the Late Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E. K. Fong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 25-48
Description
Using a comparative approach to the two institutions argues that their primary goal was to mold Indigenous and Black students into a labor force for U.S. racial-settler capitalism.
Reclaiming Our Indigenous Voices: The Problem with Postcolonial Sub-Saharan African School Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Shizha
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 2, no. 1, September 2013, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses the need to implement and integrate Indigenous knowledge into the African school system.
Recognition, Redistribution, and Representation: Assessing the Transformative Potential of Reparations for the Indian Residential Schools Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantin Petoukhov
McGill Sociological Review, vol. 3, February 2013, pp. 73-91
Description
Questions whether the federal government`s attempts at apology, reconciliation and redress have the ability to challenge colonial foundations.
Reconciliation on Whose Terms? the Death of Will Maquinna at the Ahousaht Indian Residential School
Alternate Title
Tri-University Annual Graduate History Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mariah Guta
Description
Paper presented the the Tri-University Annual Graduate History Conference Waterloo, Ontario.
Looks at death in 1907 of young child and then ensuing crisis in community-school relations.
Reconciliation or Racialization? Contemporary Discourses About Residential Schools in the Canadian Prairies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda M. Gebhard
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Shows contemporary teachings about settler innocence and Aboriginal responsibility run the risk of re-inscribing the same old past colonial characteristics.
Reconciliation with Residential School Survivors: A Progress Report
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jim R. Miller
vol. 7
Description
Brief discussion of how schools functioned, abuses that took place, churches and government's response to law suits, settlement agreements and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Chapter eight from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Reconciling Canada: Critical Perspectives on the Culture of Redress
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Jennifer Henderson
Matt James
Eva Mackey
Lily Cho ... [et al.]
Reconstructing the Australian Story: Learning and Teaching for Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Claire Veronica Kelly
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2013
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Redressing First Nations Historical Trauma: Theorizing Mechanisms for Indigenous Culture as Mental Health Treatment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 5, Local Responses to Trauma and PTSD, 2013, pp. 683-706
Description
Looks at traditional cultural practices as treatment to heal a residential school survivor in a community outpatient treatment program in Manitoba.
Report on Equality Rights of Aboriginal People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Human Rights Commission