Halton District School Board HDSB Human Rights Symposium - Indigenous Realities 1 More than 300 education and community partners gathered together for an important day of learning about Indigenous issues and respect for diversity at the HDSB Human Rights Symposium on...
Month: October 2019
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Viola Desmond Public School students learn the significance of treaties https://twitter.com/HaltonDSB/status/1063185092242276355 Previous Article Next Article
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Anne J. MacArthur PS Students Create 40-foot Mosaic Reflecting Indigenous Land and Local History By Heather Francey Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB Under the leadership of Métis artist Chantal Leblanc, students at...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Irma Coulson PS Hosts Unique Film Festival to Help Students Learn about Indigenous History By Jason Misner Irma Coulson Public School has been emphasizing Indigenous education for the last two years and held a unique film festival...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board HDSB Schools Participate with Indigenous Leaders to Create Murals for Learning By Jason Misner Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School and Aldershot School have spent this school year...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School Creates Large Indigenous Mural to Promote Learning By Jason Misner Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School staff and students spent the first couple of...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Grand Erie District School Board Faceless Dolls at Simcoe Composite School Aim to Humanize Statistics of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women By Jenny Gladish, Grand Erie DSB A unique project in Simcoe Composite School's World Cultures class this semester has raised...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Equity: Representing Reconciliation Through Art By Sarah Racioppa Port Perry High School unveils Indigenous mural entitled Allies "Reconciliation is more than just a word. It's an action," says Port Perry High School Teacher Sarah Cormier....
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Creating Change Beyond the Classroom By Sarah Racioppa DDSB Students advocate for street name change in Oshawa Students in an Indigenous-focused Grade 11 English course at J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate in Ajax have gone beyond the...
Legislative Update – October 28, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumes October 28, 2019. MPPs will sit for a six-week-long fall session as the House is slated to rise for the winter recess on December 12. There's one constituency break on the parliamentary calendar for the week of November 11....
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Indigenous Literature Comes to Life in English Classes By Charles Senior Studying English at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) is changing for the better. New authors and books are included from new perspectives with stories...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Equity: Indigenous Student Celebration Day By Marissa Campbell, Durham DSB Durham District School Board (DDSB) fosters connection and pride at the annual Indigenous Student Celebration Day On June 6, students in Grades 4 to 10 who...
Key Work 2019-20_TABLOID_V4_DIGITAL.pdf
OPSBA Letter to Minister Rickford – October 23.pdf
Weblinks – Fall 2019
Treaties in Ontario A comprehensive overview of treaties, treaty relationships and treaty rights that shape Ontario. Education for Reconciliation Learn how the Government of Canada is responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action 62 to 65,...
Profile in Education – Fall 2019
Photo Credit: Nishnawbe Aski Nation An Interview with Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler was born in Sioux Lookout and raised in Muskrat Dam First Nation. He left his community at age 13 to attend high school in Sioux...
Feature – Fall 2019
Indigenous Education: A Shared History, a Shared Future By Sean Monteith, Director of Education, Hastings and Prince Edward County DSB Earlier this past year, while attending the annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Chiefs Assembly, as a guest of my good friends Grand...
Month: October 2019
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board HDSB Human Rights Symposium - Indigenous Realities 1 More than 300 education and community partners gathered together for an important day of learning about Indigenous issues and respect for diversity at the HDSB Human Rights Symposium on...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Viola Desmond Public School students learn the significance of treaties https://twitter.com/HaltonDSB/status/1063185092242276355 Previous Article Next Article
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Anne J. MacArthur PS Students Create 40-foot Mosaic Reflecting Indigenous Land and Local History By Heather Francey Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB Under the leadership of Métis artist Chantal Leblanc, students at...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Irma Coulson PS Hosts Unique Film Festival to Help Students Learn about Indigenous History By Jason Misner Irma Coulson Public School has been emphasizing Indigenous education for the last two years and held a unique film festival...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board HDSB Schools Participate with Indigenous Leaders to Create Murals for Learning By Jason Misner Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School and Aldershot School have spent this school year...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School Creates Large Indigenous Mural to Promote Learning By Jason Misner Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jason Misner, Halton DSB McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School staff and students spent the first couple of...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Grand Erie District School Board Faceless Dolls at Simcoe Composite School Aim to Humanize Statistics of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women By Jenny Gladish, Grand Erie DSB A unique project in Simcoe Composite School's World Cultures class this semester has raised...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Equity: Representing Reconciliation Through Art By Sarah Racioppa Port Perry High School unveils Indigenous mural entitled Allies "Reconciliation is more than just a word. It's an action," says Port Perry High School Teacher Sarah Cormier....
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Creating Change Beyond the Classroom By Sarah Racioppa DDSB Students advocate for street name change in Oshawa Students in an Indigenous-focused Grade 11 English course at J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate in Ajax have gone beyond the...
Legislative Update – October 28, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumes October 28, 2019. MPPs will sit for a six-week-long fall session as the House is slated to rise for the winter recess on December 12. There's one constituency break on the parliamentary calendar for the week of November 11....
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Indigenous Literature Comes to Life in English Classes By Charles Senior Studying English at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) is changing for the better. New authors and books are included from new perspectives with stories...
Across the Boards – Fall 2019 Feature
Durham District School Board Equity: Indigenous Student Celebration Day By Marissa Campbell, Durham DSB Durham District School Board (DDSB) fosters connection and pride at the annual Indigenous Student Celebration Day On June 6, students in Grades 4 to 10 who...
Key Work 2019-20_TABLOID_V4_DIGITAL.pdf
OPSBA Letter to Minister Rickford – October 23.pdf
Weblinks – Fall 2019
Treaties in Ontario A comprehensive overview of treaties, treaty relationships and treaty rights that shape Ontario. Education for Reconciliation Learn how the Government of Canada is responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action 62 to 65,...
Profile in Education – Fall 2019
Photo Credit: Nishnawbe Aski Nation An Interview with Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler was born in Sioux Lookout and raised in Muskrat Dam First Nation. He left his community at age 13 to attend high school in Sioux...
Feature – Fall 2019
Indigenous Education: A Shared History, a Shared Future By Sean Monteith, Director of Education, Hastings and Prince Edward County DSB Earlier this past year, while attending the annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Chiefs Assembly, as a guest of my good friends Grand...
