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Video Resource This video documents the impacts of climate change from an Inuvialuit perspective.
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On Nunavut Day July 9/2012 in Iqaluit famous Accordionist Simeonie Keenainik from Pangnirtung, Nunavut plays Fiona's Wedding.
Link Resource A list of links to Sioux/Lakota/Western Dakota/Eastern Dakota language resources.
Link Resource A list of links to French language websites and resources.
Link Resource A list of social sciences and humanities lesson plans (Primary/Junior).
Link Resource A list of links to social sciences and humanities websites and resources (Elementary).
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"Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon."
Document Resource "A music composition lesson (instrumental or vocal) connecting aboriginal/ indigenous people to the contemporary environment of students and their sense of place and empathy." (Level Junior/Intermediate/Senior)
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Split Tooth is the first book by Tagaq, a Polaris Prize and Juno-winning Inuk singer.
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The first anthology of First Nations drama to be published in Canada, this volume includes seminal work by Spiderwoman Theatre, Daniel David Moses, Monique Mojica, Drew Hayden Taylor, Yvette Nolan, and Marie Humber Clements, and features previously unpublished plays by Tomson Highway, Maria Campbell, Floyd Favel Starr, and William Yellow Robe, Jr.
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This second volume of Staging Coyote's Dream is an all-new anthology of First Nations drama in English that follows up on the success of the first volume.
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By the Student Teachers Anti-Racism Society (STARS), Sunday, January 30, 2011. A summary of Dr. Verna St. Denis's research findings regarding the characteristics of Aboriginal education allies.
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Le Conseil en éducation des Premières Nations (CPEN) du Québec a collaboré avec la communauté autochtone pour créer une collection de livres pour enfants et pour jeunes.
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Please note that the books in this catalogue have not been approved or reviewed by the Deepening Knowledge Project or OISE.
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Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation. We wish to acknowledge, with the utmost gratitude, Betty’s generosity in sharing her story.
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Susan Aglukark sings Osiem at Parliament Hill on World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2009.
Takuginai (Look Here)
Takuginai is one of Inuit Broadcast Company's (IBC) longest running, best known and most loved programs. The series features the likes of "Johnny" the lemming and other locally made puppets and young hosts. Takuginai (pronounced-tah-kew-gee-nye) educates Inuit children with cultural values such as respect for elders, sharing and patience and having fun in the process. Takuginai also teaches Inuktitut numbers and syllabics. Takuginai was created for the five to seven year-old age group however the show is enjoyed by people of all ages. Language: Inuktitut (English voice-over available).
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Although this resource was developed for teacher educators in Alberta, and the knowledges that are used are particular to the First Nations and ²Ñé³Ù¾±²õ groups of that land, many of the activities can be successfully used with teacher candidates and practicing teachers in Ontario.
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David Etchinelle shares his love for the land and reflects on practices he observed as a Mountain Dene child in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories.
These films were created in a week-long documentary filmmaking program at Chief Albert Wright School in Tulita, NT, where small groups of high school students learned the fundamentals of filmmaking and put it into practice making mini-documentaries about local Elders.
Document Resource With a renewed focus on environmental education in the Ontario curriculum, teachers are considering which learning experiences will be most effective both in engaging students and in fostering responsible environmental citizenship.