Research
Research I found:
"Why our kids need to learn about Residential school."
With this particular article I noticed how carefully chosen the words were of the teacher when she responded back to her student. Although some people still don’t agree or believe that residential school happened at all, we have a responsibility as a nation to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. I thought this went really well with my topic because when I was a child in elementary school this was never talked about, as I talked to all these teachers I see how much that has changed now. It amazes me to see that the curriculum has changed over these past few years. Knowing that First Nation culture is being taught regularly in classes today eases my mind that history definitely won't repeat itself because of the direction we are headed in reconciliation.
"Aldergrove Elementary school paves the way for reconciliation."
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“To know that when I was in kindergarten, there were five year-olds there with no clue why they were not with their families. I couldn’t stop picturing my girls in those dorm rooms,”
Wejr grieved.
After reading this article, it reminded me of all the teachers I talked with for this project, what stood out to me was that they always made sure parents were involved with everything their child was learning. While reading this article it just opened my mind up so much more because, it made me realize that teachers aren't just teaching their own students but also their parents about reconciliation. Having them imagine their kids in residential school, gets them thinking and planting a seed in their minds to make sure nothing like that happens again.
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"Moving toward reconciliation in Ontario’s publicly funded schools."
"Education provides one of the greatest hopes for repairing cultural attitudes, redressing the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and advancing the process of reconciliation."
Justice Murray Sinclair,
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
This article reminds me of how far we have come as a country. Yes this definitely took us a long time to get where we are today but with each step we take, the closer we are to advancing in Reconciliation. A big change that has moved us into reconciliation is implementing Indigenous Culture into the curriculum. When I was told how much effort the elementary schools are doing to make sure that First Nation culture is put into everyday teachings amazed me, because years ago Indigenous culture was not talked about at all. I do think that education is one of the biggest reasons why reconciliation is advancing.