Use math to open new perspectives on the history and impact of residential schools. Explore lesson ideas that combine data, mapping, and personal stories to inspire meaningful discussion and learning.
Truth and Reconciliation, an effort to reveal the truths about Indigenous peoples in Canada and move forward in establishing and maintaining respectful relationships can be woven into teacher education programs in several ways. Teacher education programs can integrate Indigenous knowledge and culture into their existing courses, provide opportunities for students.
The Robertson Program, along with the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, and Natural Curiosity visited Six Nations to learn more about the Indigenous peoples in Treaty #13 region, near Brantford, Ontario.
This year, The Robertson Program launched a new initiative to provide teacher candidates in the MA Child Study and Education program at JICS/OISE an opportunity to gain teaching experience in a First Nation school, in northern Ontario.
The Robertson team traveled this week to Johnny Therriault School at Aroland First Nation (three hours North East of Thunder Bay) to learn about their approach to land-based learning and student well-being.
Anishinaabe community leader Liz Osawamick shared her stories and knowledge as a Water Walker with the Grade 4s at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) earlier this week.
I was recently privileged to attend Anongoohns Kendaasiwin – Revitalizing the Art and Science of Star Knowledge, an extraordinary two-day gathering of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, educators and scientists, aimed at developing curriculum through a mutual sharing of Indigenous and Western understandings of the cosmos and our place in it.
This is the story of how a group of educators at JICS gathered to deepen their understanding of treaties in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 62.1.
The Robertson Program team was invited by Seven Generations Education Institute to Treaty #3 Territory (Fort Frances, Ontario) last week to work alongside our educational partners at Seven Generations Education Institute and the Rainy River District School Board.
The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) officially opened the doors to its new building last week and we were honoured to have some of our educational partners from Treaty #3 Territory in Northwestern Ontario join us for the occasion.
On October 4 and 5, more than 150 educators from across Ontario gathered in Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario – Treaty #3 Territory for the Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematics Education Conference: Responding to the TRC’s Calls to Action.
Two leading professors from the University of Toronto have written in the Toronto Star about their shared vision on how Canada’s 150th celebration can be an opportunity to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s vision for a better Canada.