We all know that relationships are the key to success when teaching. Here are some great resources for you to start the year off right and focus on building those very important relationships with your students!

This is a list to help students decide how they want to share their learning. This can help provide voice and choice in their learning.

This historical document on the Saskatchewan First Nations' contribution to Canada's freedom and democracy was published by the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans’ Association. It outlines the history, contributions and stories of First Nations' peoples in the development of our country.

This is an excellent resource for understanding cultural burning and the importance of fire in First Nations communities.

From the website:
The resources, wise practices and lessons learned shared in the We are Fire Toolkit are based on interviews and a literature review carried out by the Muskrats to Moose Project Team on Indigenous-led fire practices and settler and state-led fire management in the Saskatchewan River Delta in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Muskrats to Moose: Braiding Cultural Burning and Western Fire Management Project is being carried out by the following team members:

This is an excellent resource for understanding cultural burning and the importance of fire in First Nations communities.

From the website:
The resources, wise practices and lessons learned shared in the We are Fire Toolkit are based on interviews and a literature review carried out by the Muskrats to Moose Project Team on Indigenous-led fire practices and settler and state-led fire management in the Saskatchewan River Delta in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Muskrats to Moose: Braiding Cultural Burning and Western Fire Management Project is being carried out by the following team members:

On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The jury’s subsequent acquittal of Stanley captured international attention, raising questions about racism embedded within Canada’s legal system and propelling Colten’s family to national and international stages in their pursuit of justice. Sensitively directed by Tasha Hubbard, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker’s own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.

The First Nations University, Indigenous Continuing Education Centre (ICEC), is proud to offer an exclusive tutorial introducing the National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education (NCCIE) website and its on-line Teaching Resource Centre for Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators. The Teaching Resource Centre is an invaluable tool for all educators. The lesson plans are searchable by subject and grade. Each lesson plan comes complete with learning outcomes, a teacher’s guide,
activities, assessment guidelines, and materials. Lesson plans and videos were co-developed with community partners across Canada in the spirit of reciprocity – to contribute to the growing educational resources that highlight Indigenous perspectives.

The tutorial is designed to highlight the educational videos, stories, and lessons available on the NCCIE website and support learners and educators in their journey of knowing and understanding Indigenous education.

The tutorial will:
• Describe where to locate useful educational resources (e.g., videos, stories, and lessons) on the NCCIE website.
• Identify resources that may be useful in your educational journey or in your teaching practice.
• Examine and implement a variety of website resources into your courses and contexts.
• Assess the support you may need to deliver website content.
• Design a plan for implementing resources from the NCCIE website.

Topics include:
- Resource Guide Overview
- History of the NCCIE (The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
- Integrating Indigenous Content into the Classroom
- Navigating the NCCIE Website
- Four Directions Model for Indigenous Education
- Using a Medicine Wheel in the Classroom
- Integrating Indigenous Content into the Classroom
- Relationship-Building with Indigenous Communities
- Adaptations of lessons to different provincial curricula

The following is a collection of webinars to support teachers with using the NFB's Campus Resource that is currently avaiable free in SK.  "Established in 2012, CAMPUS is a subscription service that offers expanded online access to NFB educational resources—a collection that includes films, interactive productions and teaching tools. The service allows users to create their own classroom-ready playlists and chapters.Benefits include online access to thousands of educational films, a growing collection of educational interactive productions, and an extensive bank of teaching resources. These resources include study guides, thematic playlists, and notes on appropriate grade levels and curriculum. Subscribers are able to create their own classroom-ready playlists and chapters"

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schools across the nation and contributed to a general sense of uncertainty and anxiety. Join Ricky Robertson as he discusses ways to care for our well-being and support others through this challenging time.

What are the top challenges teachers are encountering as they design and facilitate PBL online? Learn practical solutions for the stickiest problems of practice. Join us to engage in a highly interactive webinar with PBLWorks.

Learn how to use explorehistory.ca - a history portal.

The portal lets you access the following Gale primary source databases:

Eighteenth Century Collections Online
• From bibles to sheet music, here are the critical tools for research and classroom use.

The Making of the Modern World
• Primary sources track western development through the lens of trade and wealth.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online
• Primary sources from rare collections worldwide provide unique research opportunities.

The Economist Historical Archive
• Full-text content with search indexes, topic and area supplements, and surveys.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
• The largest single collection of period English news media.

The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2006
• Analysis and commentary on murder, theatre, sport and politics: all in glorious narrative detail.

Indigenous Peoples of North America
• A diverse, appealing search enables intelligent inquiry into culture and heritage.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926
• Over 6 million pages from Joseph Sabin's books, pamphlets, serials and other documents.

Archives of Sexuality and Gender
• LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 covers topics including LGBTQ activism and the HIV/AIDS crisis.

The Times Digital Archive
• The world's newspaper of record is searchable for invaluable historical research.

Mission - Heritage Saskatchewan gives voice to Living Heritage.

Vision - Heritage is a valued and dynamic legacy that contributes to our sense of identity, creates an understanding of our past, is used to build communities in the present, and informs our choices for the future.

The following webinar was given on April 3rd. The focus of this webinar is using the new Learn at Home Hub to it's full potential.

The official website of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

You can search collections and view beautiful pieces of art from the comfort of your classroom.

Be sure to check out the information here (copy and paste into your browser) https://www.gallery.ca/for-professionals/teachers/at-your-school/distance-learning

Which includes free webinars, lesson plans and resources.

Welcoming Families from Day One
Two ways to kick off the school year with strong family-teacher partnerships

This amazing resource from http://www.ehwc.ca/ Elsipogtog Health & Wellness Centre examines staying well as it connects to the medicine wheel with a FNMI perspective.

In this condensed life history, Wes FineDay, Nehiyaw Knowledge Keeper, discusses his resistance to colonial violence and his lifelong work and extensive knowledge of medicines, oral history, and ceremony.

The PLEA (Public Legal Education association of Saskatchewan)publication outlines the history behind the First Nation treaties in Canadian history and their relationship to the law.

This one page document provides an excellent explanation in brief of what PeBL is. This is a great place to start when learning about the PeBL philosophy at Sun West.