PPW Newsletter - Archives
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Issue 75
- Professional Development: Empowering the Spirit: Numeracy
- Relevant Research: Literature Review on Factors Affecting the Transition of Students from School to Work
- Multi Media: James Bay Treaty Turns 100
- Current Issues: CMEC - Ministers of Education Acknowledge Landmark Report on Indian Residential Schools
Issue 74
- Multi Media: Delgamuukw - a Community Struggle for Aboriginal Title
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: First Nations Diary: Documenting Daily Life
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada - A Learning Resource for Ages 12 to 14
- Early Childhood Development: Learning, Growing and Leading 2012: A summary of research conducted to investigate philosophical frameworks and management structures to guide the development of Aboriginal Early Childhood Development programs and services.
- Related Links: Smudging Protocol and Guidelines 2014
- Professional Development: Depictions of Success: Voices from Grade 12 Aboriginal Students
- Relevant Research: Making Education Work (MEW) Outcomes Report 2013
Issue 73
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Mi’kmawe’l Tan Teli-kina’muemk Teaching about the Mi’kmaq
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: About Treaties in Ontario
- Community Engagement: Without denial, delay, or disruption: Ensuring First Nations children’s access to equitable services through Jordan’s Principle
- Multi Media: Survivance
- Related Links: Chris D – Linking Aboriginals with the Health Care sector
- Professional Development: Teaching Treaties in the Classroom - Regina Public Schools 2014
- Relevant Research: What Works - Principals as leaders in literacy: A strategy for literacy improvement in primary schools
Issue 72
- Professional Development: A Truthful Narrative - Bringing First Nations, Métis and Inuit contributions to the world into the K-12 curriculum
- Relevant Research: Supporting Successful Transitions to Post-Secondary Education for Indigenous Students: Lessons from an Institutional Ethnography in Ontario, Canada
- Related Links: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and the Transformation of High School Education in Nunavut (High School education)
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Aboriginal Education Strategy
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Streetwolf: Seven Principles of Self Leadership
- Early Childhood Development: Promoting Positive Education and Care Transitions for Children
- Multi Media: Native Words/ Native Warriors
Issue 71
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Buffalo Gone: Appreciating Natural Resources
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Aboriginals: Treaties and Relations
- Community Engagement: Engaging First Nations Parents in Education: An Examination of Best Practices
- Multi Media: Infinity of Nations: Cultural Quest
- Related Links: Since Time Immemorial - Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State
- Professional Development: Aboriginal Report 2009-10 2012-13 - How Are We Doing?
- Relevant Research: Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon - A Holistic Study of the Biwaase'aa Program on Participating Students in Thunder Bay - 2014
Issue 70
- Multi Media: Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
- Related Links: Preparing Bachelor of Education teachers to teach on Ontario’s Northern, Remote FNMI Schools
- Professional Development: Gifted Native American Students: Underperforming, Under-Identified, and Overlooked
- Relevant Research: The Facts on Education: How can we create conditions for Aboriginal student success in our public schools?
- Early Childhood Development: Right from the Start – NWT
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: FNMI Curriculum Collection
Issue 69
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Totem Poles: Heraldic Columns of the Northwest Coast
- Multi Media: Recess
- Related Links: Tukitaarvik
- Professional Development: Outcomes Report
- Relevant Research: Relevant Research Pan-Canadian Approach to Harmonized Aboriginal Data Collections
- Community Engagement: Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A toolkit for service providers
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Classroom Resources
Issue 68
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Kids’ Stop
- Early Childhood Development: Learning, Growing and Leading 2012
- Multi Media: Storm Spirits – Aboriginal New Media Art
- Related Links: Success Stories - Education Partnership Programs
- Professional Development: Baadwewedamojig
- Current Issues: Wiiji Kakendaasodaa: Let’s All Learn
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Mentors, Ventures and Plans – The Spirit Lives
- Relevant Research: Raising achievement in primary schools: How innovative schools improved equity of out-comes
Issue 67
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Aboriginal Contributions to the War of 1812
- Community Engagement: Engaging Indigenous Parents in their children’s education
- Multi Media: Gift of Language and Culture Website
- Related Links: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and the Transformation of High School Education in Nunavut (High School education
- Professional Development: Best Practices for Teaching Aboriginal Students and Best Practices of Non-Aboriginal Teachers (for teaching Aboriginal Students)
- Relevant Research: Aboriginal Education Annotated Bibliography
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Indian Education for All – Science K-8 (Montana)
Issue 66
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Online Cree Dictionary: The Cree Language Resource Project (CLRP)
- Early Childhood Development: Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia
- Multi Media: Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
- Related Links: Deepening Knowledge - Resources for and About Aboriginal Education (OISE)
- Professional Development: Laurier University Faculty of Education - Aboriginal Lesson Plans and Activities
- Relevant Research: Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Select First Nations Schools
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Durham District School Board (DDSB) Aboriginal Welcome Wheel Lesson Plan Series: In-troduction to the Medicine Wheel
Issue 65
- Community Engagement: Solid Kids
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Firsts: From Aboriginal Peoples to Pioneers
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: The Learning Circle: Five Voices of Aboriginal Youth in Canada - A Learning Resource for ages 14 to 16
- Multi Media: Vimeo: Indigenous Knowledge Commons
- Related Links: Aboriginal Documentary Heritage
- Professional Development: Transition Guide: Strengthening Transitions for First Nations Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Students at TVDSB
- Relevant Research: Indigenizing the Curriculum: The Importance of Story
Issue 64
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: MathCatchers K-8
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Canada’s History: Walking on the Lands of our Ancestors
- Related Links: Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises
- Professional Development: Teaching in a First Nation School: An information handbook for teachers new to First Nations schools
- Relevant Research: Instructional discourse of Inuit and non-Inuit teachers of Nunavik
- Early Childhood Development: Positive Learning Environments for Indigenous children and youth
- Multi Media: Tshinanu
Issue 63
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: BC First Peoples Learning Resources: Books for Use in K-7 Classrooms
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: The Inuit Way: A Guide to Inuit Cultures
- Community Engagement: Honouring the Children
- Multi Media: Multimedia
- Related Links: A Truthful Narrative
- Professional Development: Teaching for Ecological Sustainability: Incorporating Indigenous Philosophies and Practices
- Relevant Research: School Attendance and Retention of Australians
Issue 62
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: University of Saskatchewan Cradleboard Resources
- Early Childhood Development: The Gathering: A compendium of stories and presentations exploring positive, strengths‐based outcomes related to enhancing First Nations and Métis child wellbeing of kids‐in‐care in Alberta
- Multi Media: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada You Tube
- Professional Development: Te Kotahitanga
- Relevant Research: American Indians and Bullying in Schools
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Pan Inuit Trails
- Related Links: Job Search Tool Kit for Aboriginal Youth
Issue 61
- Multi Media: Our Homes are Bleeding – BC
- Related Links: Aboriginal Business Development Kit
- Relevant Research: Are We Making Progress? New Evidence on Aboriginal Education Outcomes in Provincial and Reserve Schools
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Ancient Villages and Totem Poles
- Professional Development: BC First Nations Learning Resources