Teenacers

-Roald Dahl

I haven’t seen the inside of my classroom since March 2020. Needless to say, my life has lost a little bit of its magic. What happens in a classroom, day in and day out, is the closest to magic us mortals can come to. It was for me.

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Cindy Blackstock: A relentless champion for Indigenous children's rights.

She serves as executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, whose litigation against Canada has secured hundreds of thousands of services for First Nations. She filed the original complaint against Ottawa with the Assembly of First Nations in 2007, and launched the human rights complaint that led to today’s ruling; the Federal Court dismissed an application for a judicial review of a landmark human rights tribunal compensation order for First Nations children — leaving the federal government on the hook for billions of dollars in compensation related to the child welfare system.

“If we can raise a generation of non-Indigenous kids who don’t normalize discrimination, and have the tools to peacefully and respectfully advocate for the end of this kind of apartheid system, then we’ll be in a position where First Nations children never have to recover from their childhoods again,” Cindy Blackstock says. “And non-Indigenous children never have to say they’re sorry.”

⬇️ Check out my resources on Indigenous Education and the actions we can take to become part of the Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.
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.theresonlyoneyou is where women learn from other women through the art of storytelling. I had the chance to share my story with these amazing humans. I talk about what I’ve learned about teaching, myself, and teenagers through the Indigenous Ways. Give these amazing women a follow and check the link in my bio to hear all about how I got here! ♥️

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.theresonlyoneyou is where women learn from other women through the art of storytelling. I had the chance to share my story with these amazing humans. I talk about what I’ve learned about teaching, myself, and teenagers through the Indigenous Ways. Give these amazing women a follow and check the link in my bio to hear all about how I got here! ♥️

Why some reserves don’t have clean drinking water?

I am preparing a workshop on Indigenous Education, and this is one of the many questions participants have. By gaining a deeper understanding of Treaties, the Indian Act, and land claims, we can start shaping a more complete picture of the history we were never taught.

The most challenging part of this work is the fact that people don’t ask questions because they’re afraid of being attacked or caught in a debate. I usually recommend that people use the sentence starter, “I hear people say…” or, “someone I know said…” or, “someone asked me…” and follow it up with your question.

We won’t get anywhere if we continue to argue. This is our collective history and future. We will figure it out together.
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Can this man change EVERYTHING you thought you knew about Canada’s history? Grab your notebook, because this hour and a half is a crash course on the basics of how important and complex treaties are and why we need to understand and respect them. We are all Treaty people. 🧡

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Teaching and leading through the Indigenous Ways of Knowing requires reconciliation and reconciliation requires us to know the parts of history we weren’t told or taught in school. You’re not alone. It took me two years of research to uncover most of it from the Indigenous perspective. Once we understand the rights Indigenous Peoples had, we will understand how they were taken away and begin to ask the right questions. Then, we can all walk together towards a social just Canada.

Check links in bio for:

My 17 min YouTube video overview of what the literature says about Indigenous People, our education system, our minds, and our polices.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiswR1D-ZZw

And,

Access to my resource for teachers and leaders on how to begin to learn and design educational, professional, and personal development sessions for schools and organizations.


https://www.teenacers.com/fnmiresource

Silence isn’t working. We can’t make the same mistake twice. Be brave today 🧡

My dad arrived in Canada in 1969. He married my mom in 1976, and brought her over as well. My dad calls Canada, “paradise” and refuses to retire in Greece.

I was born here, but I was raised in Greece. I didn’t return until I was 16, hence, I thought I missed learning about Canada’s history because I wasn’t educated here.

When I started teaching 17 years ago, I came across one short paragraph about residential schools. I might have glossed over it. It didn’t mean anything to me. I didn’t understand it.

When I started my masters in 2016, something led me to Indigenous education. It was the era of the TRC calls to action and eliminating the achievement gap for Indigenous children. The more I learned, the more I shared. I immersed myself in stories that I heard from Elders and survivors. I was devastated.

How could we have lived in the same country and have had different experiences? How was it different for me, as a child of immigrant parents, than it was for them, the founding peoples of Canada? I made it my mission to educate others as well.

Teenacers is built around the Indigenous Ways of Knowing and I am honoured to have been given this opportunity and blessing from Indigenous Elders to implement their ways of education.

It’s hard to know where to start with learning the history of Canada. We have an opportunity to honour these stories and embrace a beautiful culture. And, we can do it together.

Some key things to learn about:

➡️The Royal Proclamation
➡️Indian Residential Schools
➡️The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
➡️Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Check my resources for an annotated list of links to get you started.⬇️

My 17 min YouTube video overview of what the literature says about Indigenous People, our education system, our minds, and our polices.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiswR1D-ZZw

And,

Access to my resource for teachers and leaders on how to begin to learn and design educational, professional, and personal development sessions for schools and organizations.


https://www.teenacers.com/fnmiresource

Be brave today. 🧡
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Tomorrow, let’s have more educated and informed conversations about Indigenous People in Canada. You find your voice by using it. We all have the capacity to learn, understand, and stand for the Founding Peoples of Canada, their children, for justice, and for change.

Check links in bio for:

My 17 min YouTube video overview of what the literature says about Indigenous People, our education system, our minds, and our polices.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiswR1D-ZZw

And,

Access to my resource for teachers and leaders on how to begin to learn and design educational, professional, and personal development sessions for schools and organizations.


https://www.teenacers.com/fnmiresource

Silence isn’t working. We can’t make the same mistake twice. Be brave today 🧡

Teens make the best listeners. They love life stories. They love to hear how you have, or are, overcoming challenges. They love to hear about how other people live their life too. They love stories.

It takes time to grow into the storytelling practice and weave in your values and your lessons. It’s an art, really. But it’s also a skill that helps in adult relationships, and how we communicate as teachers and leaders.

The Indigenous Ways of Knowing advocate for storytelling. It’s the most advanced way of learning and passing on teachings to young individuals. I’ve received some of the best advice from this young coach as well.

Education is also about exuding wisdom from others. Not only about sharing our wisdom with the next generation. It’s a beautiful thing. We have the ability to become better teachers and communicators.

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Intergenerational trauma can be genetically detected in up to 3 subsequent generations.

Indigenous People suffer from severed belonging and exclusion. Radical compassion is embodied when It's inclusive. It's only through this we can build pathways together and share in a journey towards healing. Through stories, we start to enter lives and share the pain.

The widening circle starts with sharing stories of pain. What's it like to be this person? What is this person believing about the world that's causing hurt? What are they living with?

Sense the fear and disappointment. We respond by releasing and sending our love through acknowledgement and awareness.

We are stronger together in our truth and reconciliation.Separation causes suffering. Let's begin sharing stories that build a co-authored journey and story of Canada; a shared identity.

May this serve awakening; can we be a little kinder and give each other back our wings.

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Check link in profile for my Indigenous resources and how we can learn to discuss racism and protect Indigenous people and their children. Let’s not make the same mistake twice.

https://www.teenacers.com/fnmiresource

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiswR1D-ZZw

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#354 were found in unmarked graves in in in the last two weeks. , so what do we do now? We ask questions. We talk about this as much as we can. We demand the , , and . We must protect Indigenous lands, , and children. We all have the capacity to do this, because we all have the of living here. Check the link in my bio for to help us have more informed conversations and make an impact, so we don’t make the same mistake twice. ⬆️