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In many Indigenous cultures, women have a powerful role as teachers, protectors of the land and water, and bringers of life. Certain teachings belong to women only. Some cultures, such as the [...]

Learning Bird recently started a book club focusing on books written by Indigenous authors and/or including Indigenous themes and issues. We just held our inaugural book club meeting where we [...]

What is a treaty? By definition, a treaty is a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries or nations. In Canada, ‘Treaty’ can be a charged word. When we talk about ‘Treaty’ in [...]

Every September 30th people across Canada wear orange shirts as part of Orange Shirt Day. This day honours residential school survivors and provides an opportunity to remember the children who [...]

In preparing for your new class, you may be considering the best ways to include Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing into your classroom. You may also be concerned with how to do so [...]

June 21st marks National Indigenous Peoples Day. This national day of observance was previously known as National Aboriginal Day up until this year. This change in name comes with a reminder for [...]

Reading novels written by Indigenous authors with your students allows you to introduce diverse voices into your English classes while still having the opportunity to meet curricular outcomes. [...]

This past month has been an exciting time for the Learning Bird team. We’ve been busy traveling to the communities we work with in order to support teachers, show off the fantastic lessons that [...]

Across Canada, November is the month when we focus on remembrance. We make the space in our schedules to teach our students about those that have fought for our freedoms. We show them respect and [...]

As educators, we often want to address deep, important topics with our students, but we’re at a loss as to how to do so appropriately. You may worry that a topic is too intense or ‘grown-up’ for [...]