North Star chronicles the exceptional journey of Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, a young, Quebec-born …
North Star chronicles the exceptional journey of Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, a young, Quebec-born Innu astrophysicist who’s leading a massive research project at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Drawing on a worldview rooted in a love of nature, as well as her talents as a science communicator, Laurie shares her passion for the study of celestial objects.
North Star chronicles the exceptional journey of Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, a young, Quebec-born …
North Star chronicles the exceptional journey of Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, a young, Quebec-born Innu astrophysicist leading a massive research project at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Drawing on a worldview rooted in a love of nature, as well as her talents as a science communicator, Laurie shares her passion for the study of celestial objects.
The site has options for: - Kids (recommended for K-5 students) - …
The site has options for: - Kids (recommended for K-5 students) - General Resources (recommended for older students and a general audience) - Advanced Resources (recommended for independent researchers) - Resources for University of the Arctic students - Resources for K-12 Teachers
The "For Kids" section contains information about the northern countries. On this site, students can be a detective, looking at images and writing about and by people of the North to try to discover the story they tell. Or, they can look at exhibits, where other people have told one story based on the same information.
Resources for teachers includes questions, activities, and points to other sites which may be of interest to students and of assistance in developing your lesson plans. In some cases, references can be linked directly back to one of the exhibits created specifically for this site. Additionally, there are links to other resources which may be of use.
Reconciliation is about exploring the past and choosing to build a better …
Reconciliation is about exploring the past and choosing to build a better future. Sharing stories of understanding helps one another to build trust. We want to hear about your moments of reconciliation.
This site offers many interactive games, lesson plans and activities to support …
This site offers many interactive games, lesson plans and activities to support the Algonquin culture.
The Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin mission is to revitalize, reintegrate, enhance and protect the cultural traditions, customs, practices, heritage, language and arts of the Algonquins of Pikwakangan First Nation.
Phyllis Webstad explains the story of her experience at Residential School and …
Phyllis Webstad explains the story of her experience at Residential School and the origination of Orange Shirt Day in Canada. She discusses the present situa...
Learn more about the treaties, treaty relationships and treaty rights that shape …
Learn more about the treaties, treaty relationships and treaty rights that shape Ontario.
On this page - Treaties - The treaty relationship - Treaty rights - List of treaties in Ontario - Treaties Recognition Week - Treaty learning resources
5 Films... "Orange Shirt Day was launched in 2013 to call attention …
5 Films...
"Orange Shirt Day was launched in 2013 to call attention to 165 years of residential school experiences (1831-1996). For residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad, the severing of the threads connecting her to family, community, and culture began in 1973, when the beautiful orange shirt she wore to her first day of school was stripped from her and never seen again. The removal of the orange shirt was the first of a series of destructive methods enforced to deplete her sense of self-worth, erase her culture, and suppress her spirit. Her story is just one of the experiences described by countless survivors, but many others did not live to tell their own story. Intergenerational experiences rooted in the trauma inflicted through residential schools and other forced-assimilation policies continue to ripple through communities today...."
This resource, as the disclaimer says, is a continuing work in progress …
This resource, as the disclaimer says, is a continuing work in progress mapping out territories, languages and treaties. On this website you are able to click on an area and find out about related treaties and Indigenous languages. They have also developed a teacher’s guide.
Our Homes Are Bleeding - Digital Collection The "Our Homes Are Bleeding" …
Our Homes Are Bleeding - Digital Collection
The "Our Homes Are Bleeding" collection has grown out of the stories of cut-off lands in British Columbia. These stories are a part of the history of the reserve system in Canada, aboriginal title and rights and First Nations resistance to colonial assertion of land title.
The digital collection draws together several types of primary materials. The records of the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913 - 1916) include transcripts of testimonies given to the Commission, photographs and maps. Additional historical records, including maps, documents, newspaper articles, photographs, audio and video clips, show the continual assertion of aboriginal title and rights. Resource lists, narrative essays, a student webquest and teacher's resources have been developed to support the use of the collection.
Socially-based Curriculum Unit In this unit developed for NAC1O (Expressing Aboriginal Culture), …
Socially-based Curriculum Unit
In this unit developed for NAC1O (Expressing Aboriginal Culture), students create a collaborative art piece that expresses Aboriginal identity in a variety of areas. The collaborative art piece consists of many individual pieces of art that form together to form the word “pride.” Each letter has a group assigned to it, and each letter is assigned a theme/idea (ie. clanship, land claims, traditional teachings, community activities, etc) that is researched and then expressed in the artwork of each letter and presented to the class.
Students are provided with an opportunity to discover why Aboriginal peoples identify and are concerned with certain social and political issues. They are also given the opportunity to research an assigned topic, express themselves creatively, work in a group setting, discuss salient issues, and present to their peers. The project also fosters a sense of classroom unity via large group collaboration.
This interactive Atlas focuses on historical written evidence of Inuit presence in …
This interactive Atlas focuses on historical written evidence of Inuit presence in most of the Canadian Arctic. It contains a selection of material obtained from hundreds of published and unpublished documents produced by explorers, ethnographers and other visitors who were in contact with Inuit during the early contact period or shortly before Inuit moved to permanent settlements. A very significant proportion of those trails and place names are still used today. The Atlas is a database, and the sources can be found through searches, or clicking on the features on the map. Each document has been given a geographic reference (which in some cases, it occupies the whole Canadian Arctic). Whenever possible Inuit place names and trails encountered in the documents were digitized separately.
This YouTube video addresses the issue of how history has effected the …
This YouTube video addresses the issue of how history has effected the lives of Aboriginal peoples in our country. Presented by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Lyrics: From unmarked graves their bones cry out; "Don't let what happened to us be forgotten" Indian hunters were paid for each scalp by the government. You have nothing to be proud of, my white friend. but, it's your world. it's your world. And, if ever there was a perfect crime... if ever there was a perfect crime...
I grew up in an empty room in a foster house full of strangers. every dream i had about going home never ever did come true. They lie broken like the promises that litter every street and every alley in your world. In your world. And if ever there was a perfect crime... if ever there was a perfect crime...
From ourselves we hide, from the darkness deep inside. You took away our pride. And you'll never know what you have done.
If ever there was a perfect crime... If ever there was a perfect crime... If ever there was a perfect crime... If ever there was a perfect crime...
if ever there was a perfect crime...
From unmarked graves their bones cry out; "Don't let what happened to us be forgotten"
Ce dossier thématique présente des ressources (films, entrevues, légendes autochtones, etc.) qui …
Ce dossier thématique présente des ressources (films, entrevues, légendes autochtones, etc.) qui peuvent servir de pistes pour valoriser et s’ouvrir aux perspectives autochtones. Elles nous font découvrir les contributions historiques, le patrimoine unique et traitent de divers enjeux des Premiers Peuples d’hier à aujourd’hui.
Voici 12 ressources au sujet des perspectives autochtones pour la 1re à la 6e année.
Powwow! Ohcîwin The Origins Oh-cÎ-win: Ooo-chi-win, Cree 1. “The Origin” or telling of a story of where something originated Powwows are Indigenous cultural celebrations where many forms of dance styles are performed as part of the ceremony. These social gatherings, held across North America, bring people together to sing, dance and share teachings all while celebrating Indigenous culture. Each dance style has a meaning or origin story and a specific purpose. Regalia, the distinctive clothing and ornamentation worn by the dancers, corresponds to the different dance styles.
Powwow! OchÎwin the Origins was created by Patrick and Marrisa Mitsuing of Powwow Times. Working with a diverse team of Indigenous Artists they assembled each of the individual dance regalia on display. During the 2019 and 2020 Powwow season, they met with knowledge keepers across North America to record the origin stories of the dances they perform.
The dances are: Men’s Traditional, Men’s Fancy, Men’s Chicken, Men’s Grass, Women’s Traditional, Women’s Fancy and Women’s Jingle.
First Nations peoples are the original inhabitants of most of the land …
First Nations peoples are the original inhabitants of most of the land now called Canada. First Nations people prefer the name First Nations when referring to the collective. Individual Nations are defined by their own languages, cultural, and spiritual traditions rather than criteria developed or established by settler governments or academics.
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