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Toronto Zoo’s Turtle Island Conservation programme (TIC) respectfully shares the hopes and goals of First Nation partners in our commitment to the preservation of biodiversity.

A new report by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) offers a ground-breaking way of measuring learning success in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities across Canada.

"The following standards have been developed by Alaska Native educators to provide a way for schools and communities to examine the extent to which they are attending to the educational and cultural well-being of the students in their care."

This site is based out of Ontario, and has a whole section on educational resources (for a cost). For a fee, they will host cultural workshops on a variety of topics. The cultural centre is located in M"Chigeeng, Ontario, and is open to the public for a fee.

The Bay of Spirits Gallery showcases paintings, prints, jewelry, carvings, masks and stone work of Aboriginal artists. Featuring artists such as Richard Bedwas, Art Thompson and Alano Edzerza.

Located at Spadina and Bloor in Toronto, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto has an in-school program where a group will visit your class to relay cultural teachings.

The Métis Fiddler Quartet is a performing arts group that specializes in performing and interpreting Canadian Métis and Native old-style fiddle music.

Located at Dundas and Parliament in Toronto. The centre hosts a variety of weekly activities and children’s summer camps. (All grades)

Jo-ann Archibald, Professor and the director of NITEP (Native Indian Teacher Education Program) at the Department of Educational Studies (EDST), as well as the associate dean for Indigenous Education at the Faculty of Education at UBC, talks about what 'Indigenizing the curriculum' means and how it can be practiced.

Our Goal: To make Western science and engineering accessible to Aboriginal students in ways that nurture their own cultural identities; that is, so students are not expected to set aside their culture's view of the material world when they study science at school.