The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) has made all of their ILC courses, for all subjects, open and available. Teachers and students can freely access this material. When using this material, teachers still need to create their own questions, and have students submit responses to the teacher.
The ILC has NBE3U available. While this does not cover all of our classes, there might be some content that you can use. As well, you may find some useful ideas for content in your particular class.
The ILC courses can be accessed by clicking here.
The Ontario Teachers' Federation offers a section of their website with useful links for Indigenous Education.
The Indigenous Knowledge Portal (IKP) is a searchable database and related links that provides access to a variety of annotated literature reviews, reports, guides, films, booklets, studies, journal articles and presentations all related to Aboriginal children and families in Canada and similar countries. The Caring Society follows OCAP principles and provides open access to all the documents included here.
Human rights stories are all around us. We explore contemporary and historic human rights stories, from Canada and around the world, including those pertaining to Indigenous history. Once such story is "Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket" he Making of the Witness Blanket. The Witness Blanket stands as a national monument to recognize the atrocities of the Indian residential school era, honour the children, and symbolize ongoing reconciliation.
The First Nation Caring Society has Spirit Bear COVID-19 resources and lesson plans available.
These narratives from the Canadian History Hall describe the creation of the world and how First Peoples came to live in it.
“Project of Heart- Commemorating the Children for Future Generations” was selected as a National Commemoration Project by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada in 2012-13. This project had participants decorate small wooden tiles with images or messages of hope in response to learning about residential schools. These tiles were then put together in larger artistic installations. On this web page you can now tour 25 of these installations across Canada.
Go on a virtual vacation with the BC Indigenous Tourism . Indigenous travel experiences have the power to move you. To help you feel connected to something bigger than yourself. To leave you changed forever, through cultural exploration and learning. Let your true nature run free, and be forever transformed by the stories and songs from the world’s most diverse assembly of living Indigenous cultures.