Canada in Focus is a five-part video series that seeks to explain the historical context of current Canadian topics and issues by tracing a current topic back through history, highlighting key events and turning points. Each video is accompanied by related support material, including teachers’ manuals and strategies, so viewers can engage with the content more deeply.
In this lesson, students will assess their knowledge of the Residential School system and the ongoing investigations related to students who died while attending Residential Schools.
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Book review: Allyson D. Stevenson is the chair of Métis studies at the University of Saskatchewan, and the book Intimate Integration is based on her 2015 doctoral dissertation. While this is a scholarly work, it is nevertheless very readable and contains a rich trove of history documenting Indigenous and Métis child welfare in Saskatchewan during the last half of the twentieth century.