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Moving Forward: A Collection about Truth and Reconciliation supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to action in this 88-page anthology fr...Show more
Moving Forward: A Collection about Truth and Reconciliation supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to action in this 88-page anthology from McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s iLit Series. This collection includes short stories, poems, essays, and art created by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis authors and artists on the topics of truth and reconciliation as they relate to residential schools. Each selection includes Before, During, and After questions and activities that support English Language Arts grades 10 to 12 curricula from across the country. The volume contains a speech written by Justice Murray Sinclair about the meaning of reconciliation. Poetry includes I Am Graffiti by Leanne Simpson, Mechanic by Louise B. Halfe, and The Same as Trees by Nicola I. Campbell. The collection includes two memoir excerpts by Isabelle Knockwook and Sheila Watt-Cloutier. Short Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor and Joseph Boyden are included. Richard Wagamese and Niigonwedom James Sinclair each contribute personal essays. Artwork includes pieces by Tracey Anthony and Carey Newman. Steven Keewatin Sanderson’s graphic story effectively explores Rock Bottom themes in this colour comic strip using a limited amount of text. Savannah Simon provides an interview about her efforts to support learning Mi’kmaq in contemporary settings. This volume is an outstanding and relevant collection for Canadian students addressing the TRC’s Call to Action through literature.
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A comprehensive list of teaching resources, books, activities and articles based on the themes of Residential Schools and Reconciliation
Published by Saskatchewan teachers Federation
A comprehensive list of teaching resources, books, activities and articles based on the themes of Residential Schools and Reconciliation
Published by Saskatchewan teachers Federation
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Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” W...Show more
Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.
Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanie’s home was 400 miles away. He didn’t know that. He didn’t know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids—more than anyone will be able to imagine—he tried.
Chanie’s story is Canada’s story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada’s history—the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system—with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada.
The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him—as we find out about ourselves, about all of us—but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, “Canada.”
Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at The University of Manitoba.
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The Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides, developed by the First Nations Schools Association (FNSA) and the First Nations...Show more
The Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides, developed by the First Nations Schools Association (FNSA) and the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), were inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendation that departments of education develop age-appropriate educational materials about residential schools for use in public education.
These unique, BC-specific, resources for grades 5, 10, 11 and 12 use age-appropriate literature, archival resources, and videos to increase students’ understanding of the historical context of residential schools and to develop students’ awareness about the reconciliation process as a way to move us all forward.
Importantly, these resources are not just for First Nations students, but are intended for students of all cultural backgrounds.
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From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors was developed in response to the Government of Canada’s formal apology to Aboriginal people w...Show more
From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors was developed in response to the Government of Canada’s formal apology to Aboriginal people who attended residential schools. The project was created to help Manitoba students in Grades 9 and 11 understand the history of the residential school experience, its influence on contemporary Canada, and our responsibilities as Canadian citizens.
Published by Manitoba Education
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These learning resources are designed to help Grade Five students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Ab...Show more
These learning resources are designed to help Grade Five students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people over Canada’s history. The primary learning resources are published literature, enabling a cross-curricular approach employing both Language Arts and Social Studies learning standards.
While the instructional activities are presented in a structured format that is an example of how they may be incorporated, they are intended to be flexible in their use. They allow for the application of both a First Peoples Pedagogy and the BC Social Studies Curriculum.
The Grade 5 lessons draw upon literature resources that help introduce the subject of residential schools in age-appropriate ways.
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These learning resources are designed to help Grade Ten students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Abo...Show more
These learning resources are designed to help Grade Ten students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people over Canada’s history. They are for the instruction of youth from all cultural backgrounds, not just Aboriginal students.
While the instructional activities are presented in a structured format, they are intended to be flexible in their use. They allow for the application of both a First Peoples Pedagogy and the changing BC Curriculum.
The activities are designed to be adaptable and flexible. Teachers can follow the sequence of lessons, they can use particular lessons or sections as stand-alone activities, or they can adapt the activities to meet their own curriculum planning requirements and the learning needs of their students.
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These Indian Residential Schools learning resources are designed to use an inquiry approach to provide students in a number of Grade 11 and 12 courses wit...Show more
These Indian Residential Schools learning resources are designed to use an inquiry approach to provide students in a number of Grade 11 and 12 courses with an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.
These Indian Residential Schools learning resources are designed to use an inquiry approach to provide students in a number of Grade 11 and 12 courses with an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.
The learning activities are based on the use of primary source materials. They allow for the application of both a First Peoples Pedagogy and the changing BC Curriculum.
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Facing History and Ourselves
Stolen Lives is a program that walks students and teachers through an examination of the devastating legacy of Indian Reside...Show more
Facing History and Ourselves
Stolen Lives is a program that walks students and teachers through an examination of the devastating legacy of Indian Residential Schools. Students make the essential connection between the history of Canada and their world today.
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Life is changing for Canada’s Anishnaabe Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.
In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are b...Show more
Life is changing for Canada’s Anishnaabe Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.
In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?
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Tebatchimowin – an Algonquin word rooted in teboai, meaning truth. It is a complete account or report on an event or subject.
This resource consists of s...Show more
Tebatchimowin – an Algonquin word rooted in teboai, meaning truth. It is a complete account or report on an event or subject.
This resource consists of six activities, each of which examines an aspect of the history or legacy of the Residential School System. It is our hope that the information and activities will give both facilitators and participants the resources they need to examine the history of the Residential School System and to recognize the impact it has had, and continues to have, on generations of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
This guide was developed under the auspices of a joint Indian residential school commemoration project
between the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF). Funding for this publication was provided by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (Truth and Reconciliation Commission Commemoration Fund).
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This curriculum aims to increase awareness of the residential school system as a major part of the European colonizing effort against Aboriginal peoples, resulting in significant intergenerational impacts.
This curriculum aims to increase awareness of the residential school system as a major part of the European colonizing effort against Aboriginal peoples, resulting in significant intergenerational impacts.
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Legacy of Hope Foundation
In 2010-2011 the Legacy of Hope Foundation began developing an education program targeted to Canadian youth aged 11-18. This pr...Show more
Legacy of Hope Foundation
In 2010-2011 the Legacy of Hope Foundation began developing an education program targeted to Canadian youth aged 11-18. This program is designed to support educators and administrators in raising awareness and teaching about the history and legacy of residential schools – effectively providing practical tools that can be implemented in classrooms. These products come in response to demands from educators for complete in-class resources, and serve as an entry point to both the subject matter and to existing resources currently available at wherearethechildren.ca
The curriculum packages are comprised of videos including Survivor testimonies, a Teacher’s Guide with six customizable Lesson Plans (12-24 hrs of activities), teacher resources and extension activities. The Edu-kit package contains a wall-mounted timeline, and timeline in the more-compact teacher bundle is in booklet format.
Due to an overwhelming demand, our supply of the Edu-Kit has been depleted. We do have a supply of the Teachers’ Bundle which is a smaller version of the Edu-Kit but without the vinyl timeline banners. Please contact us at: info@legacyofhope.ca for more information.
Published by Legacy of Hope
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Tr’ëhuhch’in näwtr’udäh’ą/ Finding Our Way Home is a curriculum about Residential Schools in the Yukon that was co-created with a Group of Residential School survivors.
Tr’ëhuhch’in näwtr’udäh’ą/ Finding Our Way Home is a curriculum about Residential Schools in the Yukon that was co-created with a Group of Residential School survivors.
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The Teacher’s Guide for the 7 generations series is a free resource. The guide Includes instruction and activities for each title in the 7 Generations series.
The Teacher’s Guide for the 7 generations series is a free resource. The guide Includes instruction and activities for each title in the 7 Generations series.
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The Assembly of First Nations has developed the It’s Our Time First Nations Tool Kit as the basis of a comprehensive strategy to reach out to First Nation...Show more
The Assembly of First Nations has developed the It’s Our Time First Nations Tool Kit as the basis of a comprehensive strategy to reach out to First Nations students, teachers, schools, communities and the Canadian public at large. The resource is designed to bring together First Nations and non-First Nations people and foster a spirit of cooperation, understanding, and action.
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Educational resources for publications written by Donna Klockers.
Educational resources for publications written by Donna Klockers.
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