Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation: Selected Resources
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Reports findings from three surveys disseminated to teachers, curriculum leaders and representatives of professional education organizations in 2021.
Examines an anti-racism educational program to address racism in Canada.
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 3, Aug. 1946, pp. 387-394
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
Examines progress on the Calls to Action published in the previous year's report and results of survey of Winnipeg school divisions and faculties of education in Manitoba with respect to school trustee representation, number of Indigenous teachers, employment equity policies, staff profile, student profile, and student enrollment in Bachelor of Education programs.
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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.
Canadian Studies Thesis (PhD) -- University of Ottawa, 2022.
Looks at ways to address health inequality for Indigenous Australian populations by adding Indigenous perspectives into health practices.
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Pitseolak Ashoona is a renowned Inuk artist from Nunavut.
Designed to complement the book Pitseolak Ashoona: Life and Work.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Includes biography, discussion of artist's style and techniques learning activities, and image file. Designed to complement Norval Morrisseau: Life and Work by Carmen Robertson.
Sample lesson focuses on one chapter in book which follows the adventures of grandfather and his grandson. Recommended grades 2-3.
Health Sciences Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Using an Indigenous students perspective to look at Indigenization within Canadian universities.
Pre-reading activities, chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, and extension activities geared toward Grades 9 to 12.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
History Major Research Paper (MA) -- Nipissing University, 2022.
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work-related skills.
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work-related skills.
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work-related skills. Covers salmon fishery, subsistence fishing and career opportunities in the industry.
Basic information on appropriate clothing, predicting weather, safe travel, and survival techniques.
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.
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.
Photographs of 20 plants accompanied by a brief description of their medicinal uses.
Set of 19 Kindergarten to Grade 12 lesson plans which focus on Manitoba.
For use with article Black and Indigenous by Oscar Baker III found on p. 12 of the special issue "Black History in Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.