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Interconnections (10-12)

What are the contemporary challenges facing BC First Nations today? Using the art of Bill Reid and other contemporary Indigenous artists, we will:

  • Explore more complex conversations around Indigenous art, cultural appropriation, repatriation, and reconciliation

  • Learn about the role of oral traditions

  • Start to think about “How can we move forward as a country in partnership with First Nations”

Curriculum

*Please note that, with concerns of COVID-19, a virtual option is offered for each education program for a flat rate of $150.00.


Grade 10: 

  1. Global and regional conflicts have been a powerful force in shaping our contemporary world and identities. 

  2. The development of political institutions is influenced by economic, social, ideological, and geographic factors. 

  3. Worldviews lead to different perspectives and ideas about developments in Canadian society. 

  4. Historical and contemporary injustices challenge the narrative and identity of Canada as an inclusive, multicultural society. 

Grade 11: 

  1. Cultural expressions convey the richness, diversity, and resiliency of B.C. First Peoples (from B.C. First Peoples 12). 

  2. Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism (from Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12). 

BC First Peoples 12: 

  1. The identities, worldviews, and languages of B.C. First Peoples are renewed, sustained, and transformed through their connection to the land. 

  2. The impact of contact and colonialism continues to affect the political, social, and economic lives of B.C. First Peoples. 

  3. Cultural expressions convey the richness, diversity, and resiliency of B.C. First Peoples. 

  4. Through self-governance, leadership, and self-determination, B.C. First Peoples challenge and resist Canada's ongoing colonialism.

 Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12: 

  1. The identities, worldviews, and languages of indigenous peoples are renewed, sustained, and transformed through their connection to the land. 

  2. Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism. 

  3. Indigenous peoples continue to advocate and assert rights to self-determination

  4. Reconciliation requires all colonial societies to work together to foster healing and address injustices. 

 

Education on Indigenous Peoples

 

Haida artist, Corey Bulpitt, speaks on why he thinks it’s important for all Canadians to learn the history of the land

Salish wool weaver, Sam Seward, speaks to the power of listening