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Indigenous Education:: Indigenous Curriculum and Teacher Resources

TRUTH & RECONCILIATION

Indigenous Services Canada

Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action

NVSD Recommended Resources

BC Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

First Peoples' Pedagogy

FNESC Learning First Peoples Classroom Resources

English First Peoples
Explore First Peoples’ worldviews through literature, founded on the First Peoples Principles of Learning.
Science First Peoples
Science First Peoples offers information regarding how First Peoples perspectives in science can be recognized and included in science inquiry, as well as curriculum planning suggestions and fully developed units corresponding with the BC science curriculum.
Math First Peoples
The Math First Peoples Resource Guide is designed to help teachers of Mathematics 8 and 9 in BC extend their existing practice to incorporate new approaches.
Career Journeys First Nations
The Career Journeys Role Model Program materials include video interviews, a teacher resource book, a parent & student guide, and classroom posters.
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Resources
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides provide BC-focused, age-appropriate teaching materials as well as tips for introducing the topic in the classroom.

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Click on the cover to access online resource guide

Native Plants and Indigenous Foodways resources for K-12

Focused on Coast Salish resources to support educators, but some broader resources or resources from other cultures and/or Nations are also included.

Native Plants and Indigenous Foodways Resources K-12

The First Nations Health Authority

The FNHA is working to transform and reform the way health care is delivered to First Nations people in BC.

Residential Schools

Project of the Heart Book

Residential Schools Cont'd.

Film & Documentary

Sugarcane 2024 Academy Award Nominee

Blanket Exercise Resources

KAIROS Blanket Exercise Info and Resources

Indigenous Resources & Core Competencies

Connecting Indigenous Titles to the BC Curriculum Core Competencies

Reconciliation in Canada

Taking the First Steps: Justice Sinclair

Our Home on Native Land - INTERACTIVE MAP

Resources for Teachers

Think Before You Appropriate: A Guide for Creators and Designers

Cultural Centres & Museums

Indigenous Film

The Pass System Film & Reource Links

Creation Myths

First Peoples Creation Myths

Colonization Road Documentary

Library & Archives Canada Collections

PODCASTS

HISTORICA CANADA: Residential Schools Podcast Series

The Secret Path Project

The Secret Path

Teaching about Indigenous Identity

The Pretendian in the Classroom — IPAC Victoria

'I don't look Indigenous, but I am' | The Pretendians | CBC.ca

The Pretendians | The Passionate Eye

What are Pretendians — and how do they harm Indigenous communities? | TVO Today

What are ‘pretendians’ and how are they causing ‘severe harm’ to Indigenous communities? | Globalnews.ca

Growing up disconnected looked different for me than so-called ‘pretendians’ - Indiginews

DNA - carte blanche

Indigenous Identity Fraud -Teillet Report-October 2022.docx

Pretendian-April-Final.pdf

“Are you full Native?” | Inappropriate Questions | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Indigenizing the Curriculum - HUMANITIES

Indigenizing the Curriculum - SCIENCES

Indigenizing Science Con'td + Oral Tradition

Indigenizing the Curriculum - Math

Math Catcher

Witness Blanket

FNESC- Math First Peoples

Teaching Math 8 & 9 in First Peoples Context

Teaching Math Through Weaving and Patterns

Learning from Story + Music

Indigenous Picture Book Collection

Canadian Indigenous Picture Book Collection

READ STORIES - 10 BOOKS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

Orange Shirt Day

What Inspired Orange Shirt Day? HuffPost Article

Indigenous Journals