RCCDSB ALGONQUIN LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This Land Acknowledgement may be respectfully used: We are gathered here today on the traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin Nation and we are grateful to be able to live, learn, pray and share with all creation on these lands.
For formal occasions, this Land Acknowledgement may be respectfully used:
We welcome everyone in the spirit of reconciliation and building positive relationships. Today we acknowledge the lands on which we are gathered as those of the unceded territory of the Algonquin Nation. In mutual respect and understanding we bring our bodies, minds and spirits as gifts that are given to us from the Creator to honour our children for generations to come.
Ministry Policy, Frameworks, and Reports:
Ontario First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, 2007
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/fnmiFramework.pdf
Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework Implementation Plan,2014
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/OFNImplementationPlan.pdf
A Solid Foundation: Second Progress Report, 2013
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/ASolidFoundation.pdf
Building Bridges to Success for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Students. 2007
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/buildBridges.pdf
Aboriginal Perspectives: A Teacher’s Toolkit
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/1CToolkitRollout.pdf
Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide to the Teacher’s Toolkit
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/Guide_Toolkit2009.pdf
The Journey Together: Ontario’s Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, 2016
https://files.ontario.ca/trc_report_web_mar17_en_1.pdf
Ministry Curriculum Documents:
The Ontario Curriculum- Grades 9 and 10 Native Studies
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/nativestudies910curr.pdf
The Ontario Curriculum- Grades 11 and 12 Native Studies
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/nativestudies1112curr.pdf
The Ontario Curriculum- Grades 1-8 Native Languages
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/nativelang18curr.pdf
Truth and Reconciliation Commission:
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada webpage:
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=3
TRC Findings
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=890
TRC Calls to Action
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Indigenous Spirituality and Catholicity:
Pope John Paul at Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario, 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd7cckXf0KM
Pope John Paul at Fort Simpson, 1987
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1707741844
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