https://www.connectednorth.org/
Connected North is a website that connects to the North with virtual field trips, cultural exchange, and virtual career fairs. This can help Indigenous youth who may live in remote areas have access to tools and experiences they may not be able to otherwise. It helps to connect school groups across Canada as well.
https://wemattercampaign.org
We matter is a campaign that focuses on supporting Indigenous youth and their mental health. The website is filled with videos from Indigenous role models and people, and non-Indigenous people who support Indigenous youth. The videos remind students that they matter and although things may be difficult there are people across Turtle Island that are rooting for them and want them to succeed.
https://www.firesidechats.ca
Fireside chats have videos from Indigenous people speaking about their jobs and how they came to them. They have various careers and help Indigenous youth see the possibilities for them and what they will need to complete to get that career.
https://www.futurepathwaysnavigator.org
Future pathways navigator is meant to help Indigenous youth from the North look into post-secondary schooling and life during post-secondary. It has information on grants and scholarships, exploring career options and even ways to build skills. When it comes to building skills, they include Indigenous skills by Indigenous people, including cultural activities. My favourite part of this site is how it includes a section where you can find support for a range of topics from LGBTQIA2S+ to Partying 101 and be homesick. The stance is one of education without stigma with videos from Indigenous people who have been there before and can give you tips and advice.
This Facebook page was shared with me through my little sister, who lives in Grandmothers Bay in Northern Saskatchewan. This Facebook page helps to show how one teacher is doing land-based education in their classrooms and how to share it with others. These videos can be shared with other classrooms and used to educate students who may not have access to the same opportunities.
https://www.facebook.com/LandbasedEd
A few different websites share whose land you are currently located on. I like whose land it gives you the option to see the treaties, nations, territories by city, where residential schools were. They include lesson plans and ways to create your own land acknowledgement. I find this website easy to use and clear enough for middle-aged students to create their own land acknowledgement. The Q and A section is quite in-depth and gives information for those needing it.
Create to learn is a website that allows Indigenous and non-Indigenous to learn about various topics like cultural activities (beading, making bannock, caribou hair dying, quilling) but also things like technology and how to take care of yourself.
Each video is from an Indigenous person sharing their knowledge with others.
https://www.createtolearn.ca/creatives
Your voice is power is a program/curriculum that can be used with middle school to university level students that allows them to create their own music using code. The curriculum helps teach the study program’s sketch but also about injustice and using the 94 calls of action from Canada’s truth and reconciliation commission. This website and contest is something I am interested in sharing with my students this year to help them strengthen their voice and see people like them making a difference. Dakota Bear is also connected to some of my students families through his work which will help make this project even more interesting.
https://www.yourvoiceispower.ca
I heard about 400 drums while looking for Indigenous knowledge and technology through the Unreserved podcast. 400 Drums uses NFT’s with Indigenous drums and art to support Indigenous youth communities and their way of life. Seeing how people use technology to help bring Indigenous voices into technology and web 3 is very exciting.