1. http://ineducation.ca/ineducation/article/view/75/560
This link is to an article written by Elaine Mordoch and Rainey Gaywish, both of the University of Manitoba Aboriginal Focus Programs. The article is titled Is There a Need for Healing in the Classroom? Exploring Trauma-Informed Education for Aboriginal Mature Students. This article links the difficulty aboriginal students at the post-secondary level have succeeding, to the cultural trauma and PTSD that many aboriginal students live with. I found this an informative piece written with a distinct aboriginal cultural style, the “four lodges”.
2. https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/School%20Resources%20Grade%209-12.pdf
This resource is for Grades 9-12 Reconciliation and Social Justice by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada. For this third and final Weblog I focussed on practical, classroom useful resources and information that teachers can use to understand and support aboriginal students in the classroom. This link has links to resource and information that can be used as a jumping off point for lessons, units, or building one’s own understanding.
3. https://fncaringsociety.com/i-am-witness
I included this link, even though it is part of the previous entry because the power of a Human Rights Tribunal declaring that the Canadian government is still actively discriminating against over 163,000 aboriginal children. This activist style page contains up to date information about the tribunal, background, and can be tailored for younger, Middle School grades as well.
4. http://portal.acc-society.bc.ca/literacy/storytelling
The BC Aboriginal Childcare Society puts out this web resource for educators with the goal of promoting literacy and language development in aboriginal children. I find this link very rich with material for teachers and includes teaching materials and links to classroom ready resources. In my own practice, I find it truly helpful to have resources ready to go that I can use once the school year is steaming along. I appreciate the quality here, and the variety of different Indigenous cultures represented.
5. https://www.edonline.sk.ca/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_127437_1&course_id=_3514_1
My final entry is a resource for teachers who wish to take on the daunting task of educating students about Residential Schools and the resulting cultural trauma. This particular link is a response by the Saskatchewan government to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and includes educational material as well as resources for bringing this incredibly sensitive subject to the classroom. There is a comprehensive section that includes learning resources for students, broken down into appropriate grade levels.