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These Lesson plans are designed for students aged from grades 6 and up.
The Deaf Indigenous experience
Join us in welcoming Paula MacDonald. Paula is a Cree deaf woman from Treaty 4 territory. MacDonald is a national youth representative for the Deaf Indigenous of Canada committee and the Canadian Association of the Deaf, where she is...
Britney Supernault – Climate Activism
Join us for a thought-provoking video workshop led by Britney Supernault, an inspiring Indigenous activist, as she shares her powerful journey from witnessing environmental devastation to becoming a formidable advocate for climate...
Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Kairyn (Kai) Potts (he/him) is proudly Nakota Sioux from Treaty 6 Territory (Paul Band FN and the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation). He is a proud two-spirit person and Indigenous content creator. As a former board member for 2Spirits in Motion...
Indigenous Representation in the Media with T’áncháy Rivers
T’áncháy Redvers [they/them] is a Dene & Métis two-spirit writer, creator, speaker and multidisciplinary performer belonging to Deninu K’ue First Nation in Treaty 8 territory. With a background in international and community...
Violence against the Land and People with Larissa Crawford
Larissa Crawford (she/her) proudly passes on Métis and Jamaican ancestry to her daughter, Zyra, and is a published Indigenous, anti-racism, and climate justice researcher, policy advisor, and restorative circle keeper with over 15 years of...
Nurturing Minds: A Workshop on Mental Health and Good Mental Hygiene
"Nurturing Minds" is a comprehensive workshop designed to equip participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to cultivate good mental hygiene and prioritize their mental health. Join us as we listen to Braden’s personal experience...
DerRic Starlight (featuring Kendra Jessie) – Storytelling through puppetry and dance
DerRic Starlight is from the Tsuut’ina Nation west of Calgary, Alberta, and can also trace his ancestry to the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is a comedian, puppeteer, screenwriter, and pro-wrestling promoter. DerRic has created his own cast of Native puppet characters and...
The Medicine Within with DerRic Starlight
DerRic Starlight is from the Tsuut’ina Nation west of Calgary, Alberta, and can also trace his ancestry to the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is a comedian, puppeteer, screenwriter, and pro-wrestling promoter. DerRic has created his own cast of Native puppet characters and...
Storytelling Through Puppetry with DerRic Starlight
DerRic Starlight is from the Tsuut’ina Nation west of Calgary, Alberta, and can also trace his ancestry to the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is a comedian, puppeteer, screenwriter, and pro-wrestling promoter. DerRic has created his own cast of Native puppet characters and...
Traditional Stories with Julie Pellissier-Lush
Julie Pellissier-Lush M.S.M is an actress and bestselling author of My Mi’kmaq Mother, Poet Laureate for PEI, recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2013, the Meritorious Service Medal recipient in 2017, and the Senator's 150 Medal in 2019. She grew up all over...
David Robertson – Storytelling as an author
David A. Robertson (he, him, his) was the 2021 recipient of the Writers’ Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award as well as the Globe and Mail Children's Storyteller of the Year. He is the author of numerous books for young readers including When We Were Alone, which...
Storytelling Through Journalism
Jenessa Joy Klukas is an Indigenous woman of Xaxli’p and Métis descent. She grew up on the land of the Haisla Nation in Kitimat. She was an intern at The Tyee through the Journalists for Human Rights’ Indigenous Reporters Program. Klukas has a bachelor of fine arts in...
Fawn Wood – Storytelling through song
Fawn Wood is a Cree and Salish musician from St. Paul, Alberta, Canada. She is most noted for her album Kakike, for which she won the Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. She is the daughter of Earl Wood, a musician with...
Anita Landback – Storytelling in Drag
Athanasius "Tanas" Sylliboy, warmly self-proclaimed as “your favorite aunties' favorite auntie”, Anita LandBack, originates from the Eskasoni First Nation in Mi'kma'ki. As a devoted Two Spirit Lnu (Mi'kmaw) Nurse Practitioner and talented Drag Artist, Tanas/Anita is...
Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors – Storytelling through performance
We are Mi’kmaq Legends, Atlantic Canada’s premier Indigenous theatre group, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Our company began in 2009 with the creation of a piece based on eight Mi’kmaq legends which were turned into a script by director Cathy Elliot....
The Story of the Moose Hide Campaign
The Moose Hide Campaign began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children. It has since grown into a nationwide movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians from local communities, First...
JACK.org – Mental Health Discussion Guide
Before facilitating a discussion on mental health with your students, reflect on the following questions. If you answer “no” to one or multiple question(s), please discuss with your colleagues and/or Jack.org staff before progressing. Is this an...
Moose Hide Campaign 101
This workshop is designed to introduce students and teachers to the MooseHide Campaign. Through this video, you will meet the people, the story and the purpose of theCampaign. You will come to understand the importance of the culturally-groundedapproach and message,...
Good Medicine
Welcome to our "Good Medicine" workshop with hosts Marie-Josee Tardif and Hereditary Chief and Elder T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin. Spend time with these two knowledge keepers and learn about the concept of good medicine and what it means for Indigenous Peoples....
Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence is violence committed against someone based on their gender identity, gender expression, or perceived gender. 1 in 3 women will experience sexual violence in their lifetime But this is not a women’s issue! Men and boys need to be part of the...
Honouring Our women
Brandon Petahtegoose offers this workshop from northern Ontario. He is an incredible story-teller who shares some of his stories that relate to intergenerational trauma,violence against Indigenous people, and the sacredness of women and Mother Earth.Brandon speaks to...
Christine’s Story
On August 19th, 2016, Christine Wood went missing in Winnipeg. She was staying with herfamily in a hotel on a visit to Winnipeg from their home community of Bunibonibee CreeNation. After an intense search by family, friends and The Bear Clan, her body wasdiscovered...
Art is Good Medicine
Welcome to the "Art is Good Medicine" workshop. This PDF provides an in-depth look at who Emma is, what inspires her art, how art works as good medicine in our lives, and how art can be used to make a change. To accompany this PDF, we created a video workshop...
Moving Through Life with Love
Welcome to the Moving Through Life With Love workshop. Meet Notorious Cree, also known as James Jones. Notorious Cree is an Indigenous influencer and TikToker with over 3.7 million followers. James Jones is a traditional hoop dance artist who has performed and...
Movement is Medicine
Welcome to the Movement is Medicine workshop with Kendra Jessie! Kendra Jessie is a Cree and Ukrainian woman from Sucker Creek First Nation in traditional Treaty 8 Territory in northern Alberta. As an Indigenous woman, she uses her Instagram and TikTok platforms to...
Moose is Medicine
Gender-based violence is a term used to describe abuse of any kind towards someone based on their gender. Gender-based violence happens around the world, and in Canada we see especially high rates of violence happening to Indigenous women. At the Moose Hide Campaign,...
Inter-generational Trauma
In Canada, the Residential School system resulted in many years of trauma for generations of Indigenous people. This trauma has had long-lasting effects. Over time the impact of this trauma can be seen in survivors, their children, grandchildren, and...
Highway of Tears
The Highway of Tears is a 724km length of the Yellowhead Highway 16 in Northern British Columbia. From 1989 to 2006, nine young women went missing or were found murdered along this highway. All but one were Indigenous. Many local First Nations believe the number to be...
Expanding conversations – Moose Hide and Math
Beth Alexander from the Linden School, Toronto, ON, generously created and gifted this lesson plan to the Moose Hide Campaign. It focuses on Grade 6 Ontario expectations but could easily fit other grades/provincial expectations. We are sincerely grateful for this form...
TikTok as activism
The purpose of our TikTok workshop is to show youth how activism has evolved over time. For the first time in history, everyone has the ability to be seen by millions of people around the world and have their message heard. TikTok is full of videos from cute dogs to...
Young people in Advocacy
Welcome to the Young People in Advocacy workshop led by youth activist, ThelandKicknosway. Theland is a traditional singer, drummer, and dancer. He is a TikTok star with over 428,000followers and a youth activist who started his activism journey when he was only 9...
Strength in Circle
Jonathan Meikle and his friend Matthew Shorting were on a Winnipeg City bus inNovember of 2018, when they found themselves in a dangerous situation. A young mannamed Devon Henderson was wielding a knife and threatening passengers. Meikle andShorting were declared...
Women and The Land
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls brought forward many key issues and topics. One of these key issues is about communities with resource development projects. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and...
MMIWG2S+
Across North America, there is an epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Indigenous women make up 11.3% of all missing people in Canada and only 4% of the entire population of Canadian women. DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN NOW!...
What is Two-Spirit?
To understand the use of the term two-spirit we first need to understand gender. Gender identity and sex assigned at birth are two different things, and it is important to know that gender is how you feel about yourself and your identity. DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN NOW!...
Land Acknowledgements
How to honour the Indigenous People's land where you live, work and play. To make a land acknowledgement, you need to know the Indigenous group(s) on whose traditional lands you live and work. A land acknowledgement is a way to honour the Indigenous Peoples who...