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Commentary (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul W. Bennett
Description
Focuses on addressing the needs of students making the transition from small, often isolated reserves, to schools in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, and other towns and cities.
Agents of Change: How American Indians Helped Change the World in Only Seven Years
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian History
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the the Yale National Initiative ; 2016 Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael R. McClellan
Description
Unit lloks at how the Seven Years' War restructured the balance of power between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America. Designed for Grade 8 students.
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 6: Reconciliation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 169-175
Description
Reviews of:
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy
Canada's Residential Schools.
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Creating Racism-Free Schools through Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training, Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race: What Your Child Is Learning at School and How You Can Help
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Métis Teachers' Counter-Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Carmen Leigh Gillies
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Cultivating Alliances: Reflections on the Role of Non-Indigenous Collaborators in Indigenous Educational Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 81-104
Description
Looks at the collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous to improve Indigenous education and research.
A Digital Bundle: Exploring the Impact of Indigenous Knowledge Online Through FourDirectionsTeachings.com
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wemigwans
Description
Social Justice Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.
Exploring Culturally Responsive School Governance for Aboriginal Student Success in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Cottrell
Michael Shane Henry
Description
Purpose of research was to document successes and challenges encountered in the work of the Mamawohkamatowin Project, an initiative by the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Division.
Exploring the Intersection of Education and Indigenous Status From a Social Determinants of Health Perspective: Parent and Family Engagement in Secondary School in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ives
Vandna Sinha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, Social Determinants of Indigenous Well-Being: Building a More Complete Understanding, October 2016, pp. 1-24
Description
Study looks at cultural relationships and educational engagement of Inuit parents, families, students, educators and community members in order to increase student retention.
Exploring the Work of Treaty Catalyst Teachers in Selected Saskatchewan Schools
Alternate Title
Creating a Culturally Responsive Learning Program That Benefits All Learners: Exploring the Work of Catalyst Leadership Teams in Selected Saskatchewan Schools
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 235
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brandon Needham
Michael Cottrell
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Qualitative study involved nine participants drawn from both public and Catholic school divisions, and a First Nations controlled system. Themes which emerged are grouped under strategies, alignments, opportunities and challenges.
Failing Canada's First Nations Children
Alternate Title
16x9
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hannah James
Shawnda Mamakwa
Description
Documentary about children being forced to leave their reserves in order to attend high school. Follows a student from Kingfisher Lake First Nation to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Between 2000 and 2011 seven students from remote First Nations have been found dead in Thunder Bay.
Duration: 33:11.
Fostering Remembrance and Reconciliation Through Arts-Based Response
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Kay Dupuis
Kristen Ferguson
In Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Indigenous Education, Spring, 2016, pp. 127-147
Description
Looks at the impact a high school stage play, that portrayed the legacy of residential schools in Canada, had on teachers and students.
High School Teachers Working Towards Reconciliation: Examining the Teaching and Learning of Residential Schools
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 270
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tana Mitchell
Jennifer Tupper
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
"I Have the Worst Fear of Teachers": Moments of Inclusion and Exclusion in Family/School Relationships Among Indigenous Families in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Milne
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 53, no. 3, August 2016, pp. 270-289
Description
Paper examines ways in which class and race issues influence parent/teacher relationships through interviews with fifty Indigenous parents.
Indian Boarding Schools: A Case Study of Assimilation, Resistance, and Resilience
Alternate Title
[Contemporary American Indian History]
[Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the Yale National Initiative ; vol. 1, 2016]
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Prillaman
Description
Curriculum unit developed for high school students. Objective is for students to be able to answer the following questions: What is assimilation and its variety of terms and how are these sociological concepts related to Native American people? How was assimilation used as a discrimination tool against Native American people? How have Native American people resisted these assimilation attempts? and How have Native American people demonstrated their resilience to these assimilation policies over time?
Indigenizing the Academy: Indigenous Perspectives and Eurocentric Challenges
Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Sákéj Henderson
Description
Presenters discuss issues of intellectual or cognitive imperialism; summarize the Eurocentric knowledge systems, religions, and doctrines on which historical and current education are built and the means of enforcement by which those frameworks are held in place. Stress the need for Universities to implement Indigenous ways of knowing and thinking in all colleges and disciplines in order to affect change.
Duration: 1:18:01
Indigenous Games and Sports in the Australian National Curriculum: Educational Benefits and Opportunities?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Evans
Steve Georgakis
Rachel Wilson
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 195-213
Description
Article outlines possibilities for the inclusion of Indigenous Games and Sports (IGaS) across Australian schools; authors provide details on IGaS and suggest appropriate pedagogy for teaching purposes. Authors argue that inclusion of IGaS can promote inclusive classrooms and social justice within the school setting.
Indigenous Perspectives on Education for Well-Being in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicole Bell
Rita Bouvier
Marie Battiste
Jarrett Laughlin
Jaime Cidro … [et al.]
no. 4
Indigenous Primary School Achievement: Productivity Commission Research Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lou Will
Josh Craig
Elizabeth Hynes
Rebecca Chin
Karen Chester
Description
Discusses the gaps in achievement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and the target to half the gap in reading, writing and numeracy achievements by 2018.
Joining the Circle: Guide for Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF)
Description
Accompanying material:
Mediating the Space Between: Voices of Indigenous Youth and Voices of Educators in Service of Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 53, no. 4, November 2016, pp. 468-473
Description
Elaborates on the state of teaching and learning between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Research participants report, "very little is being taught and not much being learned".
Mestizaje and Globalization: Transformations of Identity and Power
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marzia Milazzo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 379-382
Description
Book review of Mestizaje and Globalization edited by Stefanie Wickstrom and Philip D. Young.
Mîyo Pîkiskwatitowin (Speaking to Each Other in a Good Way): The Significance of Culture Brokers in Cross-Cultural Collaboration with Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Ted View
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Representations of Whiteness in Australian History Narratives 1950-2010
Theses
Author/Creator
Robyn Moore
Description
[Sociology?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tasmania, 2016.
Moving Toward Reconciliation in Ontario's Publicly Funded Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqui Strachan
Annie Kidder
Daniel Hamlin
Description
Examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, data from the People for Education's Annual School Survey, and Pamela Toulouse's paper What Matters in Indigenous Education: Implementing a Vision Committed to Holism, Diversity and Engagement to examine ways of lessening achievement and knowledge gaps.
A Narrative Inquiry into Nlaka'Pamux Children's Responses to Online Digital Curriculum Featuring Nlaka'Pamux Parents and Elders
Theses
Author/Creator
William Rowluck
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
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.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
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.
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.
Reading for Resurgence: Indigenous Literatures, Communities, and Learning
Theses
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Description
Education Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2016.
Reclaiming Māori Education
Alternate Title
Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, Research and Practice
Reclaiming Maori Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ranginui Walker
Description
Discusses how the educational system imposed by the British served to create social injustice.
Chapter one from Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, Research and Practice edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan.
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.
Running Solo: Indigenous Teacher Identity in Roman Catholic Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler Larry Wright
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 2017.
Structural Violence in Canada: The Role of Winnipeg Educators in Decolonization and Reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Silvie Kroeker
Description
Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tampere, 2017.
Teacher/Family Partnerships for Student Learning: Lessons from Indian Education for All in Montana
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis B. Ngai
Peter H. Koehn
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 55, no. 1, Spring, 2016, pp. 23-48
Description
Looks at the results of an educational program created through a collaboration between Indigenous communities and education officials.
Teaching with Indian Givers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Norton
Craig Charbonneau Fontaine
Description
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Simon Bird
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Simon Bird
Description
Speaker discusses the importance of educators building relationships with students and staff.
Duration: 28:02.
The Voices of First Nations and Métis Educators: nahtōhta (listen), kiskēyita (learn) and nistōhta (understand)
Theses
Author/Creator
Cornelia Dawn Laliberte
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Waikato, 2016.
WE Learn Together: A Resource Guide for Bringing Canadian Indigenous Culture into the Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
WE
Description
Includes discussion of best practices and the impact of the Sacred Circle leadership program, sample lessons, articles with sources, and suggested readings list.