Making Rose Hip Tea from Scratch: A Math Activity
This collaboration between the Library Learning Commons, a grade 9 math teacher, and Indigenous Education blossomed into a beautiful place-conscious learning opportunity.
Indigenous & First Nations Peoples
Updating the Moccasin Telegraph: Indigenous People Embrace Digital
Within the classroom, it is important to share content that doesn’t position Indigenous people in the past but brings them into the present and future.
Expressive Writing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
I moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as a naïve 22-year-old teacher in 2009, with high hopes and big plans to instill my love of writing in my 80 incoming middle ...
Teaching Truth and Reconciliation: Exploring Residential Schools in Canada
As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s mandate ends, there’s a greater emphasis on teaching Aboriginal content in schools. If this scares you, you’re not alone. If it ...
Field Trips: Aboriginal Cultural Centres
Prepare your students for the next National Aboriginal Day with a visit to a First Nations culture centre. Students learn about the culture of Canada’s various Aboriginal ...