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Author/Creator
Denise Baxter
Description
Handbook written for staff to help facilitate cultural awareness and quality education at the Lakehead Public School.
3rd edition working document.
Becoming Comfortable With the Uncomfortable: Introducing the Topic of Residential Schools in Kindergarten: Lesson Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah L'Espérance
Richard Messina
Raadiyah Nazeem
Renée Smith
Krista Spence
Carol Stephenson
Description
Uses two picture books, that focus on the experience, as the basis of the lesson.
Caught Between Catholic and Government Traditions: Americanization and Assimilation at St. Joseph's Indian Normal School
Alternate Title
Article 5
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn A. Weber
American Educational History Journal, vol. 40, no. 1/2, 2013, pp. 75-91
Description
Off-reservation boarding school established to counteract influence of Protestantism. Discusses policies and curriculum which were taken from both the Catholic and governmental school systems.
The Curriculum of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School: An American Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Joy Meness
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
Education Work: Canadian Schools and the Emergence of Indigenous Social Movements
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Riopelle
Description
Sociology Theses (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
An Ethical Space for Dialogue about Difficult History: Program Evaluation of a Residential School Education Pilot in Canada's Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Sarah Daitch
Description
Dispute Resolution Capstone Project (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2013.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Growth Chart Literacy Prompts: K-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Description
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors: A Guide for Grades 9 and 11 Social Studies Teachers in Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sharon Conway
From Indian Boys to Canadian Men? The Use of Cadet Drill in the Canadian Indian Residential School System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan J. Habkirk
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [227]-247
Description
Looks at how some students used military drill as a way to survive the abuse faced at school by finding relief in travel opportunities to participate in performances and competitions off of the school grounds.
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.
Indian Horse Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Elevation Pictures?]
Description
To accompany film based on the book of the same name by Richard Wagamese.
Little Butterfly Girl: An Indian Residential School Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi
Description
Storybook suitable for readers aged nine to twelve.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
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.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Chapter 4: Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
[Ralph Paul. Part 1]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Ralph Paul
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with former English River First Nation Chief Ralph Paul about his life as chief and educator.
Duration: 29:40
[Ralph Paul. Part 2]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Ralph Paul
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with former English River First Nation Chief Ralph Paul about his life as chief and educator.
Duration: 28:40
Reconciliation in Action and The Community Learning Centres of Quebec: The Experiences of Teachers and Coordinators Engaged in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Justice Projects
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Howell
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
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.
[Residential School Lesson 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Central Okanagan School District]
Description
Developed for Grades 8-12.
Residential School System in Canada: Understanding the Past – Seeking Reconciliation – Building Hope for Tomorrow: Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ken Beardsall
Liz Fowler
Cathy McGregor
Heather McGregor
John Stewart
Mindy Willett
Description
Second edition.
Resisting Consumption: Exploring Pathways of Resistance to the Assimilative Nature of the Canadian Education System Through Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen
Theses
Author/Creator
Blake Bilmer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
School Success and the Intergenerational Effect ofResidential Schooling
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Sacha Senécal
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6
Description
Based on data from 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey on Children and Youth relevant to children aged 6 to 14 living off-reserve. Chapter three from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Stained Glass Window in Parliament Commemorating the Legacy of Residential Schools: Colouring Book
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
"There Are No Shortcuts": The Long Road to Treaty 7 Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tarisa Dawn Little
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
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.
"Unlike Their Playmates of Civilization, the Indian Children's Recreation Must be Cultivated and Developed": The Administration of Physical Education at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1926-1944
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Braden Paeora Te Hiwi
Historical Studies in Education, Revisiting the Histories of Indigenous Schooling and Literacies, Spring, 2017, pp. 99-117
Description
Looks at the implementation of sport, exercise and recreation as part of an assimilation policy to provide character traits to the students.