Many programs in this category offer embedded literacy activities that go hand in hand with cultural practices in order to both develop literacy skills and to keep culture alive through intergenerational knowledge transfer. Participants in this category are developing 21st century competencies, critical literacy skills, and are responding to and exploring texts to make meaning of the world around them through and to hear and share authentic first-person stories and experiences and to situate themselves within a historical context.
Délina Petit Pas is the Chair and Director of the Mi'kmaw Language and Culture Programs with the Mi'kmaw Heritage Research and Restoration Association (MHRRA), which is a not-for-profit society bas...
Angela Christmas, who teaches grades 1-9 at Se’t A’newey Kina’matino’Kuom, on Miawpukek First Nation, describes the advantages of teaching Mi'kmaw and sign language simultaneously. She also discuss...
The Youth For Reconciliation (YFR) was a partnership that aimed to build connections, relationships and allyship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and communities. Through experiential le...
To teach culture, history and music. To have access to what could be considered a privilege offered at the library, pow-wow grounds, school settings and at the band office, throughout the year. All...
Education that prepares students to lead successful, productive and healthy lives while enhancing and celebrating their identity and pride through language and culture programs and daily education.
Meeka is a well-known teacher of education, healing, and Inuit culture. She started teaching children in 1971, and moved onto adult education at Nunavut Arctic College for 18 years. Meeka believes that elder knowledge from experience is necessary have a foundation for living an Inuit life as our ancestor did. She hopes that healing and education from Inuit go a long way.
Le Conseil atikamekw de Manawan, par le projet Matcekiw a comme mission le renforcement de trois domaines prioritaires aux yeux de la communauté soit 1) la prévention et la sensibilisation, 2) la p...
Dawn Wemigwans speaks to how including student voice and community into education helps to build better relationships. She also speaks to how this helps shape Indigenous education for both non-Indi...
Joey Blood, of Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society's Family Preservation and Youth Mentorship program, shares on its work supporting indigenous youth and their families in accessing cultural acti...
Erica Beaudin has been the Executive Director of the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services since 2007 and she discusses the importance of the organization’s community education programs.
In this interview, kindergarten teacher Arlene Ward speaks on the importance of culturally relevant and diverse books for young learners, how she integrates Blackfoot and other languages into her c...