PPW Newsletter - Archives
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Issue 58
- Relevant Research: The Medicine Room: A Teaching Tool for Elders and Educational Opportunity for Youth
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Nationalism in the North: Exploring Land Claims and Treaties with the Historical Timelines of the North West Territories: A Resource for Teachers of Social Studies
- Professional Development: Staying in School: Engaging Aboriginal Students
Issue 57
- Community Engagement: Supporting Healthy Communities through Arts Programs
- Multi Media: Math Catcher: Mathematics Through Aboriginal Storytelling
- Related Links: The Daily — Study: Select health indicators of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, 2007 to 2010
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Aboriginal Education in the Elementary Classroom
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Inuit Cultural Online Resource
- Professional Development: Inspiring success: Building towards student achievement (First Nations and Métis Policy Framework)
- Relevant Research: Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogy in First Nations Education: A Literature Review with Recommendation
Issue 56
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Rekindling Traditions – Cross Cultural Science and Technology Unit
- Related Links: Métis Nations of Ontario Site - Métis Bursaries and Scholarships in Ontario
- Professional Development: What Works – Grade 11 Core Issues
- Relevant Research: Indspire: 2013 Survey of Education Choices Made by Indigenous Students
- Early Childhood Development: Starting Early - EQAO Linking early-childhood development with academic outcomes - a detailed look
- Multi Media: Welcome to the First Nation Profiles Interactive Map
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Inuktitut Computer Games
Issue 55
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Concept to Classroom – Inuit Lesson Plans
- Community Engagement: Building Student Success with Aboriginal Parents (BSSAP)
- Multi Media: Millie’s Dream – Revitalization of Inuinnaqtun
- Related Links: Search by First Nation
- Professional Development: Beyond Shadows: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Success
- Relevant Research: Two-Eyed Seeing in The Classroom Environment: Concepts, Approaches, Challenges
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Revising the History of the Americas – CBC Current Affairs
Issue 54
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Firsts: From Aboriginal Peoples to Pioneers
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Maps of Treaty Making in Canada
- Early Childhood Development: Early learning programs that promote children’s developmental and educational outcomes – Australia
- Related Links: Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool
- Professional Development: Getting to Know Turtle Island: Incorporating First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives K-8
- Multi Media: First Nations in New France
- Relevant Research: The Debate on First Nations Education Funding: Minding the Gap
Issue 53
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Healing the Generations Residential School Curriculum
- Community Engagement: Parenting in the early years: effectiveness of parenting support programs for Indigenous families – Australia
- Related Links: Aboriginal Education Directorate
- Professional Development: In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Nation Content to the Classroom K-3
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: The Abenaki – People of the Dawn (Free viewing page for MAEI subscribers)
- Multi Media: Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian
- Relevant Research: Language and Literacy Development Encyclopedia: Bilingual Education in Aboriginal Communities: Towards a Vibrant Aboriginal Identity
Issue 52
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for GDI Publications
- Related Links: Measures of language outcomes using the Aboriginal Children’s Survey
- Professional Development: Ensuring First Nation, Métis and Inuit Success: Leading Through Governance
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Kekina’muel (learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia)
- Early Childhood Development: Australian Early Development Index
- Multi Media: Buried Voices: Media Coverage of Aboriginal Issues in Ontario: Media Monitoring Report: 2010 - 2013
- Relevant Research: Language and Literacy Development Encyclopedia: Reading Acquisition in Young Aboriginal Children
Issue 51
- Relevant Research: Celebrating Strengths: Aboriginal Students and their Stories of Success
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Aboriginal Legends
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: What I learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom
- Community Engagement: Parent and Education Engagement Partnership Project: A Discussion Paper
- Multi Media: National Museum of the American Indian
- Related Links: UNICEF: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Professional Development: Our Place in the Circle - A Review of Métis Content in Ontario Faculties of Education
- Promising Initiatives: MiHR Aboriginal Engagement in Mining- Career Guide
Issue 50
- Multi Media: McCord Museum – Our People Our Stories – Aboriginal Adornments
- Related Links: Aboriginal Student Resources
- Professional Development: Cultural Competency Report, March 2012
- Relevant Research: Cultural Narratives: Understanding Inuit Youth
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: First Peoples Artifact
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Women, Contemporary Issues and Resistance- Special Projects
- Early Childhood Development: Aboriginal Children and Youth
Issue 49
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Lone Dog’s Winter Count
- Community Engagement: The story of Makoonsag Intergenerational Children’s Centre | eTV Learning Technologies
- Multi Media: Digital Nations
- Related Links: Aboriginal Youth
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Canada’s Residential Schools Apology - CBC Currents Affairs
- Professional Development: Our Words, Our Ways – Teaching FNMI Students – Alberta
- Relevant Research: Empathy, Dignity and Respect- Health Care Canada
- Promising Initiatives: Canadian Lawyers Abroad – Dare to Dream Empowering Aboriginal Youth
Issue 48
- Early Childhood Development: Parenting in the Early Years: effectiveness of parenting support programs for Indigenous families
- Related Links: Say it First – online dictionary
- Professional Development: Wilfred Laurier Aboriginal Lesson Plans – Faculty of Education
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Indian Residential Schools – Historical Thinking
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: The Emergency in Attawapiskat – CBC Current Affairs
- Multi Media: Journey to Kitigaaryuk NWT
- Relevant Research: Kihtwam - “Once Again” - Student Retention and Re-Entry Program
- Current Issues: Report on Equality Rights of Aboriginal Peoples
Issue 47
- Relevant Research: Forging Partnerships, Opening Doors. Community School Case Studies from Manitoba and Saskatchewan
- Promising Initiatives: Ehealth – Building Health Careers for Aboriginal Youth
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada Ages 12- 14
- Community Engagement: Recommended Books that Reflect Aboriginal Culture
- Professional Development: What Works. The Work Program – Core Issues 11 Principals as Leaders in Literacy: A Strategy for Literacy Improvement in Primary Schools
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Idle no More: A Protest for Aboriginal Rights – Lesson Plans and Teacher Resource Guide
- Multi Media: Wearing our Identity. The First Peoples Collection
- Related Links: Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
Issue 46
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Study of North Pacific Coast People and the Potlatch
- Relevant Research: Assembly of First Nations Languages and Cultural Impacts on Literacy and Student Achievement Outcomes: Review of Literature
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Aboriginal Rights and Titles
- Early Childhood Development: First Nations Early Childhood Programs Improving Outcomes
- Multi Media: Wampum Interactive - Parks Canada
- Related Links: NOEL Northern Ontario Education Leaders
- Professional Development: Successful Transitions for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students
Issue 45
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Deepening Knowledge OISE
- Community Engagement: Partnering With Parents and Community – Maximizing the Educational Experience for Inuit Students
- Related Links: Aboriginal Institutes - Ontario
- Professional Development: WNCP Common Tool for Assessing and Validating Teaching and Learning Resources for Cultural Appropriateness and Historical Accuracy of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Content
- Relevant Research: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Insights into the Goal of Transformative Education
- Promising Initiatives: Building Student Success with Aboriginal Parents
- Multi Media: Voices of the Elders
Issue 44
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Elementary: Aboriginal Voices in Canadian Contemporary Art Lesson Plans
- Exemplary Classroom Practice: Secondary: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Ways of Knowing