Mid-week catch up: September 30th. ORANGE SHIRT DAY
TODAY IS ORANGE SHIRT DAY, a day to learn about the residential school system in Canada and its longreaching effects on survivors and families, its consequences for indigenous communities, and our own Canadian OURSTORY. As an educator, as a citizen, you should know about residential schools.
Why Orange Shirt Day ? Read Phyliis Webstad’s story here; https://www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html
The Truth and Reconciliation Committee
Read about residential schools: 100 Years of Loss, Legacy of Hope Education Kit, teacher’s guide
Legacy of Hope Foundation
WHERE ARE WE NOW: CBC Interview with Pam Palmater about the latest Throne Speech and forgotten promises
FNMI PED 3150 First Nation, Metis and Inuit Education – additional resources from Martha MacKenzie UCC Faculty Advisor
The Path Forward
Ottawa Carleton District School Board Resources
Manido Onji “Place of Spirit”: OCDSB’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning Center – known as “The Lodge.”
The First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning Center is an OCDSB space that was first housed at Rideau High School and has since moved to Gloucester High School. Designed in consultation with the students at Rideau and Gloucester, youth workers from several community agencies, and several elders from various First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, our “lodge” serves three main purposes:
- To provide a space for First Nations, Métis and Inuit educational programming at the local school level
- To provide a space for professional development and First Nations, Métis and Inuit educational programming board-wide, and
- To provide a culturally safe and relevant space that can be used by the First Nations, Métis and Inuit community for events through the Community Use of Schools process.
Inuuaquatigiit Center for Inuit Children, Youth and Families
Urban Aboriginal Alternate High School
Odawa Native Friendship Center
Indigenous Education Team
- Dorothy Baker, Superintendent of Instruction,
- Jody Alexander, Vice-Principal, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education
- Chantel Verner, Instructional Coach, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education
- Kris Meawasige, Indigenous Student Support and Re-engagement Coordinator
- Kareena Butler, Indigenous Education Itinerant Teacher (K-8),
- Josh Lewis, Indigenous Student Support Coordinator
- Kyl Morrison, Indigenous Graduation Coach (Gloucester Secondary)