TRC Teaching Resources | Curriculum Integration

Below you'll find a number of curated resources that will help you on your Truth & Reconciliation and MMIWG2S integration journey.

TRC and Concepts

• The Henceforward Podcast: This podcast considers relationships between Indigenous Peoples and Black Peoples on Turtle Island.
• Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation
• Seneca Libraries: Indigenous Resources Section
• First Nations: Early History
• Metis: Early History
• Inuit: Early History
• Residential schools timeline
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Residential school resource guide
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
• Seneca Libraries’ Reading List: Truth and Reconciliation
• Seneca Libraries: MMIWG2S Resources

Online Courses

• What is Reconciliation?
• Niitsitapi Proficiency Microcredential
• Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
• Indigenous Canada

TRC and Classroom

• Truth and Reconciliation, Building your Bundle. Classroom Strategies
• What Can I Contribute to Meaningful Reconciliation?
• Truth and Reconciliation in Post-Secondary Settings: Student Experience
• PDF of 3 lessons produced by the Critical Thinking Consortium and the Grand Erie District School Board in BC
• Intended for Grade 6 classrooms, but could be used as a starting point for students that are new to the concepts of truth and reconciliation

TRC and Curriculum

• Switching from Bloom to the Medicine Wheel” by Marcella LaFever
• Using the Medicine Wheel for Curriculum Design in Intercultural Communication by Marcella LaFever
• Decolonizing Our Practice—Indigenizing Our Teaching: Shauneen Pete, Bettina Schneider, Kathleen O’Reilly
• CBC Radio: Unserved with Rosanna Deerchild: “Decolonizing our colleges and universities”
• Confederation College: DEI and Indigenous Lens
• Integrating Indigenous Epistemologies and Pedagogies into Curriculum Design and Development
• Trent University: Integrating Indigenous Pedagogy in Remote Courses

TRC Discipline-focused

Decolonizing pedagogy (Concordia University reading lists)

• Literature and Sciences: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Computer Science: Indigenous research & resources (University of Waterloo)

TRC in Media

• For podcasts and videos: Truth & Reconciliation Resources: A Collaborative Project

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