Sixties Scoop

Hanson, Eric. “Sixties Scoop.” Indigenous Foundations (First Nations and Indigenous Studies, the University of British Columbia), 2009. Sixties Scoop Sinclair, James Niigaanwewidam, and Sharon Dainard. “Sixties Scoop.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, published June 22,...

Residential Schools

CBC News. “A history of residential schools in Canada.” CBC, published May 16, 2008; updated March 21, 2016. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280 McCracken, Krista. “Bringing the Legacy of Residential Schools into the...

Internet Resources

Author’s Website — Learn more about Marie-Louise Gay and her books here: http://marielouisegay.com/ Teaching Children About Refugees: https://therefugeecenter.org/blog/teaching-children-refugees/ NAEYC Welcoming Refugee Children into Early Childhood Classrooms:...

Guest Speaker: Residential School Survivor

If you have access to a local community member who is a residential school survivor, you may work with your community, school support, administrator, etc. to invite them in to speak to the class about some of their experiences in the schooling system. If you do not...

Heritage Minute: Chanie Wenjack

View “Heritage Minute: Chanie Wenjack” to watch a short documentary on Chanie “ Charlie” Wenjack whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tcCpKtoU0