Brief document discusses female leadership in the community, with a focus on Sharon Bernard, principal of Membertou Elementary School, and her efforts to introduce culture-based education.
Accompanied by video directed by Catherine Martin.
(Duration: 20:29).
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 27-30
Description
Comments on how the model of The Circle of Courage identifies strategies and methods for meeting needs to assure that all children and youth may thrive.
Excellent teacher resource includes links to information and videos about the following topics: worldviews, oral traditions, Elders, culture and language, kinship, Aboriginal and treaty rights, healing historical trauma, symbolism and traditions, connection to land, Indigenous pedagogy, well-being, and traditional environmental knowledge.
Related material: Talking Together: A Discussion Guide.