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Medicine Hat connections

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 8, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

Please provide names and emails/phone numbers of people who we can call to help in our planning and understanding as we go forward in our education practice.

Re: Reserve specific websites

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 8, 2021, 9:34 a.m.

https://penelakut.ca/

Tribe that resides on an island in BC.

Reserve specific websites

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 8, 2021, 9:32 a.m.

Please link websites of specific reserves here.

Re: Call for Inuit Specific Resources for K-6

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 8, 2021, 9:19 a.m.

Tanna's Owl by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

This is a great book that talks not only about Inuit but life in the arctic.

Re: Call for Resources

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 3, 2021, 3:24 p.m.

This blog/website it amazing for Nunavet resources. There are some cool first hand videos that tell the srtories from people who have lived in these cultures.

Re: Resources for pronunciation

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 3, 2021, 3:12 p.m.

Here is one I recently found!
https://www.howtopronounce.com/

Resources for pronunciation

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 3, 2021, 2:35 p.m.

Does anyone have some good resources for how to pronounce the words or names for differnent cultures?

Re: Thoughts on National Truth and Reconcilliation Day in Schools

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 1, 2021, 12:44 p.m.

I think as long as the programming is intentional and supported that we should have students in schools on this day. They will learn more about this in the classroom than at home gaming, IMO.

Re: Contacts and Connections within Schools

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 1, 2021, 12:40 p.m.

Dallas Harrison who works at Roy Wilson, and came in and presented Math to us this week has a whole grade 4 unit that focuses on parts of this. It's amazing and she built it herself. Keep her email handy!

Re: 1000 Ravens for Reconciliation

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 1, 2021, 11:21 a.m.

Hey Angela, is there any movement on this? I feel like it would be a really cool thing to have in the entrance area of the college!

Discussing residential school deaths with grade 2 and under

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 1, 2021, 11:16 a.m.

How do we as teachers talk with younger students as more and more children are are found in unmarked graves at residential schools? Last year when more chilkdren were found and schools were talking about it more I found it really hard to talk to you…

Intentional teaching ALL YEAR

  By: alexaappell on Oct. 1, 2021, 11:08 a.m.

What are your thoughts on keeping the coversation on truth and reconciliation as well as orange shirt day going all year when teaching? I feel often times its a one and done concept but it needs to keep going all year.