Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Explores patterns of school completion, workforce transitions, and role of family values.
Chapter two from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
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.
Lists approximately 150 works.
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.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
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.
Related Material:
Statistical data compares 2016/2017 to 2015/2016 expenditures in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.
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.
Health Science Thesis (MSc) -- McMaster University, 2019.
Overview of accountability measures that have aided in student success.
Chapter ten from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Focus on role of resource teacher: support students, promote pride, assist students with being in dual worlds, bridge between home and school, and provide appreciation of Aboriginal culture to all. Chapter two 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.
Pitseolak Ashoona is a renowned Inuk artist from Nunavut.
Designed to complement the book Pitseolak Ashoona: Life and Work.
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.
Stories in book are based on accounts from Indigenous people who attended Kuper Island Residential School. Lesson plan is intended for use with Grades 9 and 10.