UGDSB students and staff continue FNMI education during Treaties Recognition week
November 6, 2019
GUELPH, Ontario – From November 4-10 continued their learning in Indigenous education as schools marked Treaties Recognition Week. In 2016, the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs declared the first week of November of every year as Treaties Recognition Week to honour treaties and to help Ontarians learn about the significance of treaties.
Learning about treaties and the histories, perspectives and contributions of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples is something that Upper Grand District School Board students learn throughout the whole year.
On November 4, Indigenous students and staff met at the Art Gallery of Guelph where Nancy Rowe spoke about Anishinaabe creation stories and treaties.
UGDSB students had the chance to see the Guelph Museums John Galt Musical throughout the week. This musical is part of the museum’s Decolonizing Guelph project and looks at the story of the “founding” of Guelph from a different light, including Indigenous perspectives and unpacking how this region came to be acknowledged as Mississaugas of the Credit territory.
Jan Sherman, an Anishinaabe Elder, visited several UGDSB schools in the board to speak to students about treaties.
To learn more about Treaties Recognition Week, please visit http://www.ontario.ca/treaties.
Did you know that it's #TreatiesRecognitionWeek @ArbourVista is located in #Treaty3 territory which was signed December 2, 1782. #TreatiesONhttps://t.co/KUsWVTsVPO pic.twitter.com/85hl33YZ6o
— Arbour Vista (@ArbourVista) November 5, 2019
“History can’t just be about the past; it needs to be about our actions now.” Talking about treaty responsibilities and rebuilding relationships, John Galt and the Instant City @ugdsb @EcoleJohnMcCrae #TreatiesRecognitionWeek #TreatiesOn pic.twitter.com/Buqn2ff7cC
— Colinda Clyne (@clclyne) November 6, 2019
John Galt and the Instant City touring today to @ugdsb @EcoleJohnMcCrae debunking the mythology of the founding of #Guelph and discussion of early relationships with #Indigenous peoples #TreatiesRecognitionWeek #TreatiesOn pic.twitter.com/OuTKnr7LLc
— Colinda Clyne (@clclyne) November 6, 2019
Talking about Treaties and relationships between the Crown and #Indigenous peoples #TreatiesRecognitionWeek #TreatiesOn @ugdsb You will not step up to protect your life sources if you don’t know who you are #truth @Giidaakunadaad1 pic.twitter.com/flLoMwEwWZ
— Colinda Clyne (@clclyne) November 4, 2019
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