empowering the spirit
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: Empowering the Spirit is a collection of resources curated to increase awareness and understanding of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit histories, perspectives and ways of knowing. The collection of tools, videos, and websites found within Empowering the Spirit lend support to teachers and school leaders as they endeavor to weave Indigenous knowledge systems into their current practice. In celebration of the important contentedness of learning and the natural world, and in appreciation of the Indigenous people who were this lands first keepers, the turtle icon serves as a symbolic guide to help navigate this site. |
Walking together
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: Walking Together is a digital resource designed to help teachers understand the holistic nature of FNMI ways of knowing; to share their perspectives on topics that are important to them; and to demonstrate their perspective in teaching and learning experiences. |
guiding voices
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: Guiding Voices help curriculum developers add accurate and relevant FNMI perspectives into the curriculum. |
How to teach about reconciliation Videos: nathan tidridge
Type of Resource: Videos
Description: Not all teachers are going to know how to implement applying FNMI knowledge within their classrooms on the first try. Above is a link to videos of Nathan Tidridge, a non-Indigenous school teacher explaining his ideals and strategies on issues related to this subject. Nathan Tidridge teaches at Waterdown District High School and was awarded the Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Teacher of the Year) and the Charles Baillie Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching by Queen's University. |
current events: united nations indigenous peoples website
Type of Resource: Digital/News
Description: This website is home to the United Nations Indigenous Peoples, an international instrument adopted by the United Nations to enshrine the rights of Indigenous peoples. Here educators can find current events and legislation that are affecting Indigenous peoples world wide. This would be a good way to bring in Indigenous current events and discussions into the classroom. |
FirstVoices: Indigenous languages
Type of Resource: Digital Language Aquisition
Description: FirstVoices is a suite of web-based tools and services designed to support Indigenous people engaged in language archiving, language teaching and culture revitalization. |
math catcher: mathematics through aboriginal storytelling
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: The Math Catcher Outreach Program engages students in math and science through the use of First Nations imagery and storytelling. You can experience Small Number’s adventures by watching animated films in the Blackfoot, Cree, English, Halq’em ́eylem, Heiltsuk, Hul’q’umi’num’, Huu-ay- aht, Nisga’a, Sliammon, and Squamish languages. |
canadian museum of history online EXHIBITIONS
Type of Resource: Online Exhibition
Description: The Canadian Museum of History offers a number of online exhibitions that include many focused on Indigenous histories, culture and perspectives. |
JHC Advancing reconciliation in education toolkit
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) engaged in a collaborative pilot project with five schools in Edmonton Catholic and Edmonton Public Schools called Advancing Reconciliation in Education. One of their goals was to create safe spaces for Indigenous students and their peers to discuss, recommend and develop student-led initiatives that promote reconciliation in their schools and communities. One of the outcomes of the project was a toolkit that provides administration and teachers with a framework to introduce these important topics in the classroom. It is intended for grades 5 to 12 and each section has links to the Alberta Program of Studies. |
FNMIEC -ATA developed resources
Resource Type: Digital
Description: The Alberta Teachers’ Association has developed a number of resources to inform teachers and schools about aboriginal curriculum outcomes and to help ensure that aboriginal students succeed in school. Links to these resources can be found on this website. |
indigenous & northern affairs canada teaching resources
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: This website provides activities, games and stories for youth and educators about Indigenous peoples’ culture, history and languages. |
INDIGENOUS peoples of canada: fnmi
Type of Resource: Digital
Description: This website is a collaborative effort for engaging students in provincially-based learning activities focused on discovering Alberta’s past and building upon that to assist in shaping Alberta’s present, using SuperNet enabled technologies. Video conferencing and other blended learning technologies open the doors to new interactions for students. These interactions among students, and with experts in the field will help facilitate a deeper understanding of the interdependence of all peoples. |
glenbow museum: Museum collection
Type of Resource: Digital
The museum collection includes artifacts that tell the fascinating story of Aboriginal people, frontier exploration, and the development of western life. Objects from cultures around the world, and a collection of gems and minerals are also part of this diverse collection. |