The CRITR resources are thoughtfully developed and designed to support the teaching of Indigenous studies through knowledge from diverse Indigenous peoples and perspectives.
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Teaching Indigenous perspectives is essential in the Canadian curriculum. It is vital that students understand the importance of our Canadian history. We have received hundreds of inquiries from teachers nationwide looking for practical tools to help them teach this subject with care and authenticity, this is where the CRITR resources can help!
The CRITR resources are thoughtfully developed to support the teaching of Indigenous studies through knowledge from diverse Indigenous peoples and perspectives. Featuring beautiful original artwork throughout, CRITR offers a well-balanced approach that inspires critical thinking to inspire new learning.
These resources have been available as a print resource for several years and we are excited to announce that it is now available as a digital Blackline Masters license as well! Available exclusively through Western Campus and designed to make CRITR’s content accessible and affordable for every teacher, this digital license allows teachers the ability to print the stories and activities that best suit their classroom. At $99.95 per year this license provides unlimited school-wide teacher access to CRITR’s important content without straining already stretched learning resources budgets.
Are you teaching at a French Immersion or Francophone School? We have you covered! These resources are available for Grades 5-7 or 8-12 in both English and French!
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In addition to the digital one-year Blackline Masters these incredible resources are also available in a print format! Print copies are still available at $29.95 per copy, however schools with an active digital license receive a discount when ordering print copies – just $23.95! This is a great discount for teachers who would like a desk copy to accompany their digital license!
Below, we highlight the key features of the CRITR resources:
• Indigenous knowledge from different Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Perspectives.
• Dozens of lessons covering important topics including Residential Schools, Treaties and Indigenous Contributions.
• Beautiful original art on the covers and throughout the books.
• An Indigenous worldview expressing people’s need to develop themselves and their children, in a way that addresses their spiritual, physical, emotional and mental gifts.
• An approach to the teaching and healing process that is interconnected and cyclical in nature.
• An introduction to readers of the concept of a “sacred circle,” also known as a medicine wheel, as well as First Peoples principles of learning in general terms.
• Words of encouragement.
• A balance between too much and too little content.
• Information and a layout to inform and inspire without overwhelming the teacher or the student, in the classroom or at home.
• Fresh insights and learning activities for key Indigenous events that are celebrated annually in schools and communities across the Nation.
• Critical thinking questions to inspire new learning.
• Activities for individuals and groups.
• The font in the Gr. 5-7 book is ideal for younger readers.
• Additionally, the Gr. 5-7 book features shorter sentence structure for easy reading and comprehension.
• Each book has grade level appropriate word choices to help with improved vocabulary.
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Dr. Pam believes that this resource is an opportunity for the truth of Indigenous peoples to be told and heard. She also imagines that thoughtful conversations can be had from this new knowledge with a renewed commitment to truth and reconciliation as a goal. Dr. Pam also encourages those that purchase and use this resource to gift themselves by knowing who they are and where their own people came from.
I wish that readers will be able to see through my worldview on the beauty, strength, grace, and resilience of Indigenous peoples and cultures today. Reconciliation if often seen under the lens of doom and gloom as it relates to the Canadian atrocities of the past like Residential Schools and the 60’s Scoop. With my contribution I am hoping educators will be able to see the intergenerational strength Indigenous peoples have to offer teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Reconciliation is a performative word often pushed upon Indigenous Peoples by non-Indigenous folks to move forward without acknowledging the harms of the past. 3 Crows Productions feels that the lessons and resources available to educators in CRITR will help with decolonization and Indigenization of curriculum and perspectives within classrooms. Their performance “Qwalena” and their messages focusses down a pathway towards reconciliation by sharing authentic Indigenous truths, stories, perspectives and ways of knowing and being.
I want my artwork to captivate emotion and message. My message through my work is that I want people/teachers/students to feel welcome in this shift of understanding of what happened to our people. I want to create a space where it is okay to ask questions and learn about it. It is time our people rise, and we can achieve anything, if we do it together. Through reconciliation, we can begin a process of healing.
The Legacy of Hope Foundation supports the ongoing healing process of Residential School Survivors, and their families and seeks their input on projects that honour them, and our hope is that this resource achieves that outcome as well.
It is the hope if IRSS (Indian Residential School Survivors Society) that this project contributes to greater awareness amongst readers of the diversity and richness of Indigenous cultures and languages.
As a tangible Reconciliation in Action initiative, we hope you will feel connected to Indigenous ways of knowing and being through this Indigenous innovation for all Canadians. Wearing a moose hide pin is a personal commitment to honour and respect the women, children, and all those on the gender spectrum we have in our lives. It is a daily reminder to stay grounded and committed to healing and healthy relationships with one another, the land and between Peoples. This is true reconciliation, and it begins with you.
Our wish is that children think and learn about what reconciliation means to them and their future.
