Talking Stick Festival

http://fullcircle.ca/outreach/workshops-in-schools/

Workshops in Schools consist of storytelling, performing and visual arts workshops and classes programmed directly into schools and community centres in areas where many members of the Aboriginal community reside. Each workshop session is designed to emphasize interaction, participation, dialogue and education in a lively, creative environment. $150 for workshops.

Full Circle currently offers the following: 
PRIMARY & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Storytelling
• Métis Jigging
• Powwow Dancing
• West Coast Singing and Dancing • Hip-Hop Beat Making
• TSF Colouring Contest

Subject to change.

SECONDARY SCHOOL / YOUTH

• Hip-Hop Beat Making/ DJ Mixing
• Master Class Slam Poetry (8 weeks) • Slam Poetry Introduction
• Vocal Lessons
• Visual Arts
• TSF Poster Design Contest

For complete Workshops in Schools Guide, visit www.fullcircle.ca 

How to Register
To register, contact us with the following information:
• The name of your school
• Your name and time of the workshop you
will be attending
• The total number of students that will be
attending
Email: education@fullcircle.ca or phone: 604-683-0497

Registration Deadline
Last day to register is Monday, Feb 6, 2017.
Workshops have a limited capacity and early registration is highly recommended. Due to safety, we regret we are unable to accommodate any requests for increased session size. Please see our Workshops in Schools Guide online
at www.fullcircle.ca for session capacity and requirements.

Questions or Further Information?
Please call 604-683-0497, or email us at: education@fullcircle.ca
The Workshops in School Series is part of the programming of The Talking Stick Festival and designed under the guidelines of the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement.

Check out our Workshops in Schools Brochure.

Colonization Road

Since Europeans arrived on these shores, roads have been built to bring settlers across the country, connect them with resources to create industry and ultimately to establish a nation. Many of these interconnecting networks are called Colonization Roads. For Indigenous peoples, these roads embody a powerful and ironic reality; colonization is still so powerful, we name our roads after it. Join Anishinaabe comedian, Ryan McMahon as he travels across Ontario learning about Colonization Roads, the ways in which they have dispossessed Indigenous people of land and access to traditional territories while creating space for settlers in the colonial experiment that has become Canada.

With his brand of hard-hitting comedy, Ryan speaks with well respected Indigenous and settler lawyers, historians, researchers and policy makers who provide history, context and solutions for colonization roads and their impact. Ryan will look at the history of the roads, from the first settlers lured by Free Land Grant advertisements to the treaties signed in the name of Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood with the newcomers.

http://www.cbc.ca/firsthand/episodes/colonization-road

Have a Heart Day

           

This year will mark the 6^th annual Have a Heart Day! Have a Heart Day is a child and youth-led reconciliation campaign that celebrates love and fairness for First Nations children so they, too, have the services they need to grow up safely at home, get a good education, be healthy, and be proud of who they are.

On February 14, hundreds of children, youth and other caring Canadians will gather on Parliament Hill to ask the Government and all Canadians to have a heart for First Nations children. The event on Parliament Hill will be supported by dozens of other events across the country – and this is where you come in!

You can support Have a Heart Day even if you are not in Ottawa! Choose a day leading up to Valentine’s Day that works for your school or community, and remember to register your participation online to show your support!

There are many ways you can celebrate Have a Heart Day:

Send a Valentine’s Day card or letter supporting Have a Heart Day to the Prime Minister and your   Member of Parliament.

Host a Valentine’s Day party to raise awareness in your school or community.

Bring reconciliation into the classroom. Do Project of Heart, organize a Blanket Exercise workshop, or screen a film. For other great ideas, visit the Shannen's Dream School Resources page. 

Spread the word through social media like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Use the hashtag #HaveaHeartDay. 

Visit HaveaHeartDay.ca for more information and to register!           

Gail Stromquist

Assistant Director, Aboriginal Education
Professional and Social Issues Department BCTF
100-550 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2

gstromquist@bctf.ca
604-871-1854

RECONCILIATION THROUGH INDIGENOUS EDUCATION January 24 – March 7 | MOOC – a free Massive Open Online Course http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/MOOC Engage with Indigenous knowledge keepers, educational leaders, and resources to enhance your understanding and knowledge of practices that advance reconciliation in the places where you live, learn, and work. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work we do in classrooms, organizations, communities, and our everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous peoples. For educators, this means responding to educational reforms that prioritize improved educational outcomes for Indigenous learners. In addition, educators must support all learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of Indigenous people’s worldviews and cultures as a basis for creating equitable and inclusive learning spaces. To support these goals, teachers, administrators, young people, school staff, and researchers will learn from Indigenous Elders, educational leaders, and culturally relevant learning resources as part of their experiences in this MOOC. For others who want to build their own competence and the capacity of those around them to engage in relationships with Indigenous peoples based on intercultural understanding, empathy, and respect, this course will help get you started in this process. COURSE DETAILS This online course is delivered using the edX platform, learn about how to register here. DATES: January 24 – March 7, 2017 LOCATION: Online (asynchronous) REGISTRATION: Register by January 23 LEARN MORE Visit the website for more detailed information, and program contacts:pdce.educ.ubc.ca/MOOC

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FNESC workshops

Registration is now open for the following Learning First Peoples workshops for teachers, offered by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association, and facilitated by FNESC Curriculum Coordinator, Jo-Anne Chrona.

We would be very appreciative if you would forward this notice to contacts within your district.

WORKSHOPS

Science First Peoples, Gr. 5-9, January 23, 2017, Vancouver, Coast Coal Harbour
Science First Peoples, Gr. 5-9, January 30, 2017, Prince George, Sandman Signature Hotel (registration for this workshop opens soon)

English First Peoples, Gr. 10-12 (based on the new draft EFP Guides), February 3, 2017, Vancouver, Coast Coal Harbour

Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation (elementary and secondary, combined) February 10, 2017, Vancouver, Coast Coal Harbour

Find the event details and registration at www.fnesc.ca/events-lfp

Notes:

·         The capacity for each workshop is just 40 people, so if you are interested in registering please do so very soon. We anticipate filling to capacity early.   

·         There is $30 registration fee that is payable by credit card or cheque.  It needs to be paid to our registration service provider, CivicInfo, in advance of the event.   

·         The hotel booking deadline is January 10, 2017. 

·         The event contact is Riannon Nahanee riannonn@fnesc.ca 1-877-422-3672.

Sincerely,

Jennifer White

Senior Communications Officer

First Nations Education Steering Committee & First Nations Schools Association #113 - 100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC  V7T 1A2 T: 604-925-6087  F: 604-925-6097  1-877-422-3672 www.fnesc.ca     www.fnsa.ca

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New Indigenous Colouring Books

The countdown is on ... Mark your calendars and set your alarms ... tell your cousin, tell your sister, tell your auntie ... 7AM - Friday -  November 25th ... its the official launch of our brand new Indigenous coloring books ... (if you missed downloading your free pdf review copies, simply CLICK HERE) ...

A TRIPLE LAUNCH !!! NAPI: A Coloring Experience UNeducation: A Coloring Experience The Completely Capricious Coloring Collection Jam-packed with authentically Indigenous images and stories, they each offer a coloring experience unlike any you've seen before. With such a huge multi-book launch looming, I've been getting endless questions. Over the next few days I'm gonna give you an exclusive behind the scenes ... creating the books, sneak peeks inside and even a little glimpse into my life as an Indigenous author and artist. So kick back and get comfy, I'm about to school you ... NAPI: A Coloring Experience It all starts with an idea ... I grew up with NAPI legends ... my late grandpa, Glen EagleSpeaker, told me countless stories during our many cross country drives in his green and wood-paneled station wagon. Whenever I had a problem, he always had a NAPI story as the answer. With some stories, the lesson was obvious. With others, it took awhile to understand, but made perfect sense as I grew older. Who is NAPI? Pronounced "NAW-PEA", he is a Blackfoot trickster ... a trouble maker ... a foolish being ... he teaches us what not to do. Blackfoot people have been using NAPI as an educational and motivational tool for thousands of years. Countless generations have survived, and thrived, from the priceless knowledge that NAPI introduces. It is said that NAPI could talk with all living things--the animals, plants, rocks, everything. He teased, pulled pranks, many times on himself. His actions began a cycle of existence. Every Blackfoot family has their own interpretation of the various NAPI stories, but each has a common moral in the ending. One story might teach a lesson or prove a point; another story may tell of how a certain part of nature came to be. All Blackfoot people know of NAPI, from the serious side of his creation to his foolish and spiteful deeds. Based on my graphic novel/self help series, "NAPI: The Trixster", this new coloring experience came about when an anonymous reviewer left an amazing quote: "Several of my students expressed a desire to color the illustrations. To me the act of coloring is a metaphor for what I found myself doing, placing my life stories in the context of the NAPI short stories." UNeducation: A Coloring Experience My entire family attended residential schools ... My mother, my aunts, my uncles, my grandparents, my great uncles, my great aunts, my great grandparents - all the way back to the late 1800s - they were all students in the mandatory residential school system. Mandatory? That's right, up until just recently, Indigenous families had no choice but to send their children to residential schools - it was a federal law that was rigorously enforced. Many parents were even required to sign over guardianship to the head of the school - IMAGINE THAT !!! You may be asking yourself: "How could this be? How come I never learned about this? Why wasn't this in my history class?" I wish I had an easy answer for you, perhaps the facts weren't readily available back then. Look at it this way - in today's era of technology, ignorance is a choice. Only recently, has authentic information been made easily and instantly accessible. Now,anyone anywhere anytime can simply google "residential school system" and limitless links pop up. This coloring book came about through a myriad of requests from schools (and other impactful people) asking for coloring resources related to the residential school era. As a companion to the best selling "UNeducation: A Residential School Graphic Novel"series, think of "UNeducation: A Coloring Experience" as exactly that - an experience. A necessary introduction to very difficult subject matter. The Completely Capricious Coloring Collection Even amazing images can go unused ... Amid sketchbooks overflowing with astounding never-before-seen content, these illustrations have always begged for a proper home. That's what "The Completely Capricious Coloring Collection" is all about - random requests, odd designs, incidental images, accidental doodles, whimsical characters, alternate comics, custom commissions and arbitrary art. I crammed everything I could find in there. No rhyme or reason ? Exactly, so leave your expectations at the door and simply let acceptance guide you. Once again, if you missed downloading your free pdf review copies, CLICK HERE Feel free to forward this email to anyone you feel may benefit by clicking the FORWARD button below, or simply mention www.eaglespeaker.com     Thats it for now ... Until next time ... Pride, Peace & Frybread Grease - Jason EagleSpeaker