Resources for Social Justice and Ecological Justice

Treaty Education:

Treaty Essential Learnings: This is an excellent resource for learning about the Canadian treaties. It covers essential treaty history, information regarding settler and Indigenous relationships, world views of treaties, treaty symbolism, modern treaty issues, and treaty misconceptions and facts. http://www.otc.ca/public/uploads/resource_photo/TELS.pdf

Finding Common Ground: This website tells the story of treaty making in Fort Qu’appelle, Saskatchewan. The website could be explored as a class to learn about treaties here in Saskatchewan. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e90dc91809a048ec95c2cfcc9a4b7492

Supporting LGBTQ2S+

On Behalf of Their Names: Mykhiel Deych writes a powerful piece on the importance of using students’ preferred pronouns and the difference it can make in a student’s life. https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/on-behalf-of-their-name/

The Gender Friendly Classroom: Dr. Lee Airton shares their advice about how to create a safe and inclusive environment in classrooms. The article provides simple, every day actions that can make LGBTQ2S+ members of your classroom/school feel welcomed and acknowledged. https://www.edcan.ca/articles/gender-friendly-classroom/

Anti-racist Pedagogy:

White Fragility: Robin DiAngelo writes a relatable piece that I think all education students should read. This article was very impactful to read – the issues DiAngelo presents regarding correcting racism felt so relatable and puts a twist on racist perspectives: https://www-jstor-org.libproxy.uregina.ca/stable/pdf/45157307.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3b1c823288d5c96fc3a69965c0a20a5e

Dear White Teacher: Chrysanthius Lathan tells her personal stories of being a teacher in a predominately white school. This piece of life-writing brings forth unintentional prejudices from white teachers when having discipline students of colour. I believe this is another article that all education students should read: https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/dear-white-teacher/