Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Information for four age groups: adults (over 18), youth (12-17), and parents or guardians of children age 0 to 5 and 6 to 11. Thirty First Nations from Ontario participated and survey was conducted between November 2013 and May 2015.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
Forgotten Students: American Indian High School Student Narratives on College Access
Theses
Author/Creator
Amy J. Fann
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2005.
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience: Workshop Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Fostering the Educational Success of Off-Reserve Aboriginal Learners on Prince Edward Island: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane P. Preston
Carolyn Taylor
Darrell DesRoches
Alanna Taylor
Brittany Jakubiec
Description
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 55 participants, including: Elders, parents/caregivers, and elementary, high school and postsecondary learners. Identifies factors which have a positive effect, challenges which contribute to less favourable outcomes, and what elements are needed to ensure success.
Free to Be Mohawk: Indigenous Education at the Akwesasne Freedom School
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lianne Marie Leda Charlie
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 134-135
Description
Book review of: Free to Be Mohawk by Louellyn White.
Free to Be Mohawk: Indigenous Education at the Akwesasne Freedom School
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anthony Snethen
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 117-118
Description
Book review of: Free to Be Mohawk by Louellyn White.
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.
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
Getting Connected: Improving Online Distance Education for Rural and Remote First Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Milan Aleksandar Pavlica
Description
Public Policy Project (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Gifted Native American Students: Literature, Lessons, and Future Directions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Gentry
C. Matthew Fugate
Jiaxi Wu
Jaime A. Castellano
Gifted Child Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 2, April 2014, pp. 98-110
Description
Analyzes literature-based assumptions dealing with gifted education in Diné, Lakota and Ojibwe communities and sets a research agenda.
Glossary of the Fur Trade
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Fort William Historical Park
Description
Teacher resource.
Glossary [Our Hearts are Bleeding: Digital Collection]
Alternate Title
[Our Hearts are Bleeding: Digital Collection]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Brief list of terms relating to Aboriginal land rights and title.
The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
[Jenny Clayton
Lindsay Gibson
Martin Holmes
Critical Thinking Consortium]
Description
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Grade 1: Connections between People, the Land and Features in Their Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 2: Celebrations of Giving Thanks and Acknowledgement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 3: Water the Gift of Life: Investigating Environmental Impacts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 4: Investigating Early Societies on Turtle Island
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 5 Social Studies: People and Stories of Canada to 1867: A Foundation for Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Renée Gillis
Ron Munro
Description
Modules: First Peoples, Early European Colonization (1600 to 1763), Fur Trade, and From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867).
Grade 6: Our National Identity: Canada's Diverse Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 7: Expansion of the Hudson's Bay Company: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
Grade 8: Investigating Consequences of Residential Schooling in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan to be used with the Ontario education curriculum.
Grade 8: Investigating Historical Significanace: A Métis Timeline
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch
Ministry of Education [Ontario]
Description
Lesson plan.
The Health, School, and Social Outcomes of Off-Reserve First Nations Children of Teenage Mothers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Guèvremont
Dafna Kohen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 29-53
Description
Study concludes children born to teenage mothers are more likely to have dental problems, less likely to do well in school and more likely to fail a grade.
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.
Himwic`a: Our Legends: As Told by Our Hupačasath Elders
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of seven traditional stories including: When the Eagle Went to Borrow Eyes from the Snail; The Shadow; Daughter of Sea Cucumber; The Thunderbird Has a Nest on Thunder Mountain; and When the Codfish Was Sad.
Written in English and Hupačasath.
Holistic Urban Aboriginal Educational Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Freeman
Danielle Alphonse
Description
Looks at strengthening the Aboriginal graduation rate by creating a hub model around the community.
Honoring Our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches For Teaching Indigenous Students
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 313-314
Description
Book review of: Honoring Our Children edited by J. Reyhner, J. Martin, L. Lockard and S. W. Gilbert.
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angela Code
Description
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Hunhu: In Search of an Indigenous Philosophy for the Zimbabwean Education System: Practice Without Thought is Blind: Thought Without Practice is Empty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oswell Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru
Ngoni Makuvaza
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses how western colonial ideals, that form the basis of the current education system, must be replaced with Indigenous philosophical systems as a foundation.
I Can Make a Difference and so Can You!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Flynn
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 7-11
Description
Speech presented for a Youth to Youth Summit in September, 2017.
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik
Alternate Title
Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jane Churchill
Description
Artist demonstrates the process of creating a soapstone relief print. Students then produce their own self-portrait. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 11:24.
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide to accompany film, I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik. Target ages 9-12. Contains previewing and post viewing activities, follow up discussion and activity ideas.
"I Won't Stay Indian, I'll Keep Studying": Race, Place, and Discrimination in a Costa Rican High School
E-Books
Author/Creator
Karen Stocker
The Impact of Treaty4Project on Students and Teachers: Learning From Our Experience
Alternate Title
Impact of the Treaty 4 Project on Students and Teachers
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 258
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Treaty4: The Next Generation Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Fortier-Fréçon
Leia Laing
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Students talk about the idea of treaty citizenship and relationship with Treaty 4 in Saskatchewan after attending a two-day youth conference with Life Speaker Noel Starblanket and Indigenous artist Ray Keighley.
Impacts of Social Capital on Educational Attainment in Aboriginal Communities: Lessons From Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Alternate Title
Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jerry White
Nicholas Spence
Paul Maxim
Description
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country.
Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.]
Scroll to page 66 to access chapter.
Implementation Assessment and Outcome Evaluation Planning for the Restorative Action Program (RAP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Camman
J. Stephen Wormith
Description
Examines the functionality and sustainability of the Restorative Action Program.
Third part of a multi-phased evaluation of the Program.
Implementing Indigenous Education Policy Directives in Ontario Public Schools: Experiences, Challenges and Successful Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Milne
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, July 2017, p. Article 2
Description
Examines educator and parent perceptions about the policy through analysis of interviews with 100 individuals within provincial off-reserve school system. Questions reflected three themes: parent-school relationships, roles and expectations, and perceived effectiveness of educational initiatives.
Implications of First Nations English Dialects for Supporting Children's Language Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Barbara Bernhardt
Description
Addresses concerns regarding lack of cultural knowledge to inform programs of support, screening, and intervention.
Paper from: World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa, New Zealand, November 27-December 1, 2005
Incorporating Aboriginal Content and Perspectives in Saskatchewan Curricula: Experiences of Selected Teachers
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawne M. Thomas
p. 111
Description
Cirriculum Studies Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Incorporating Culture in the Curriculum: The Concept of Probability in Nunavik Inuit Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie Savard
Dominic Manuel
Terry Wan Jung Lin
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 152-171
Description
Looks at learning situations that support students' mathematical understanding and cultural identity.
Indian Horse Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Indian Horse Productions?]
Description
To accompany film based on the book of the same name by Richard Wagamese.
Indigenization as Neoliberal Rule: The Case of the Canadian Aboriginal Head Start Initiative
Theses
Author/Creator
Valerie Jean Galley
Description
Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2005.
Indigenizing the Curriculum: An Appendix of Films and Movies, and Their Supportive Books
Alternate Title
[Community-based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helen D. Armstrong
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2014, pp. 97-99
Description
Introduction to full bibliography
Indigenizing the Curriculum: An Appendix of Films and Movies, and Their Supportive Books [Full List]
Alternate Title
Indigenising the Curriculum: An Appendix of Films and Movies, and Their Supportive Books [Full List]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Helen D. Armstrong
Community-based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives]
Description
Lengthy annotated list (221 p.) of films produced up to 2014.
Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Teaching Relationships in Three Mathematics Classrooms in Remote Queensland
Alternate Title
Proceedings 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, vol. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tomas J. Cooper
Annette R. Baturo
Elizabeth Warren
Description
Reports on part of a 3 year study to enhance students' outcomes by improving relationships between teachers, teacher-aides, students and community members.
From Proceedings 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, vol. 2 edited by Helen L. Chick and Jill L. Vincent.
Indigenous Education: Walking on Both Sides of the River: Brief Presented to the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tino Bordonaro
France Bourassa
Michael Chechlie
Pierre Choulnard
Nancy Clark ... [et al.]