Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:22:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb English course to explore Indigenous voices /features/item/32008-english-course-to-explore-indigenous-voices /features/item/32008-english-course-to-explore-indigenous-voices

When Grade 11 English students in Durham Catholic high schools receive their reading assignments this year, the works of Shakespeare and other conventional texts will be replaced with ones focusing on Indigenous voices.

]]> waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Sun, 30 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0400 Indigenous voice being heard in curriculum /item/30150-indigenous-voice-being-heard-in-curriculum /item/30150-indigenous-voice-being-heard-in-curriculum

Native studies have come a long way in the last two decades and there are no signs that the pace of change in the program is going to slow down.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:50:42 -0400 Book built with words, art … and passion /features/catholic-education/item/30099-book-built-with-words-art-and-passion /features/catholic-education/item/30099-book-built-with-words-art-and-passion

The students at St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in Toronto didn’t grow up on a reserve or have Indigenous roots, but after a semester learning Grade 11 Indigenous Studies English, they knew they could still be allies to their native brothers and sisters. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:13:32 -0400 Catholic schools sow seeds of understanding Indigenous culture /item/27507-catholic-schools-sow-seeds-of-understanding-indigenous-culture /item/27507-catholic-schools-sow-seeds-of-understanding-indigenous-culture

As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was wrapping up its work in 2015, commission chair Justice Murray Sinclair repeated over and over, “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out.”

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:47:31 -0400 St. Mary's lectures bring out Indigenous wisdom /item/26931-st-mary-s-lectures-bring-out-indigenous-wisdom /item/26931-st-mary-s-lectures-bring-out-indigenous-wisdom The stories are out there, they just need to be heard.
]]> mhoegler@catholicregister.org (Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:37:26 -0500