P is for Plan
On Canada Day, I spent the afternoon in the park with our local Aboriginal association conducting a Blanket Exercise. In a Blanket Exercise, participants take... Read More
G is for Genocide
On July 1, 2017, Canada will mark 150 years as a country. As a teacher, I have a number of cute crafts to choose from.... Read More
I is for Indian Dances
If you want to get up close and personal with cultural appropriation in Canada, there is no better place to start than your kid’s piano... Read More
F is for Forts
I caught myself saying that I was going to “hold down the fort” the other day. This is an expression that I grew up with... Read More
N is for Native
Oxford Living Dictionaries defines a ‘native’ as “a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there... Read More
T is for Treaty Walk
Two weeks ago I ran the Regina Police Service (RPS) half marathon and I wondered at the end if what I had actually done was... Read More
J is for Jobs: White Teachers and Cultural Appropriation
“They want our stories without our bodies.” …Peter Sellers played an IndianAngelina Jolie played someone who is mixed-race They want our stories without our bodies.... Read More
R is for Reconciliation and our Heart Garden
With the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final report, Canada was ushered into an era of reconciliation. The TRC (2015) defines reconciliation... Read More
O is for The Orenda and Trojan Horse Reconciliation
“[The Orenda] would be well placed, not only on the curricula of aboriginal studies courses, but on all Canadian history and literature courses” (Fraser, 2013, par. 9). As we try to teach for reconciliation, what role should Joseph Boyden’s The... Read More
W is for Witness
On a cold February day a few years ago I happened upon the Witness Blanket installation at the University of Regina. Designed to replicate a... Read More