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Dances with dependency : indigenous success through self-reliance /

Helin, Calvin, 1959-



Date Published:2006

Primary Coding Kit : Blue-Bots, Bee-Bots, Dash Robots.


Box 1: blue tote Box 2: blue tote Box 3: tube with two large mats. Samsung R52KBOFSV5B green 1 Samsung R52KBOZYQ9D green 1 Samsung R52KOD363V green 1 Samsung R52KA0AYQRM orange 1 Samsung R52KB0ZYVNW orange 1 Samsung Charger w. 5 cords 1 Bee-Bot cards - set of 45 cards 2 Bee-Bot Rally Mat (in roll) 1 Bee-Bot with user guide 1 Blue-Bot Grid Mat (in roll) 2 Blue-Bots 3 Bot Charger with 4 cords 1 Boy + Bot 1 Dash Accessories Pack 1 Dash Challenge Card + Guide 25 Dash Launcher Pack 1 Dash with adapter and cord 2 Extenstion Cord 1 And the robot went… 1 Hello Ruby 1 Kids get Coding - Bugs 1 Kids get Coding - Learn 1 Little Robot by Ben Hatke 1 littlecodr lesson plan 1 littlecodr red box (100 cards) 1 Noisy Robots 1 Resource Binder w. lessons & cards 1 Robot, go bot! 1 Robots, robots, everywhere! 1 We're Going on a Bear Hunt 1 Robot Mouse Code & Go 2 . This kit is designed to introduce computational thinking through coding to students in kindergarten to grade 3 through a variety of lessons and tools. Bee-Bots and Code-A-Pillars are device independent so students can code without the use of another device and right from turning the device on. Dash and Blue-Bots can be used with or without a tablet and App. The app allows for Block coding and also as a remote for the Dash robot. The Littlecodr cards provide for non-tech coding lessons to help students learn about creating algorithms to solve problems. Plus large Bee-Bot rubberized card mat.
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Box 1: blue tote Box 2: blue tote Box 3: tube with two large mats. Samsung R52KBOFSV5B green 1 Samsung R52KBOZYQ9D green 1 Samsung R52KOD363V green 1 Samsung R52KA0AYQRM orange 1 Samsung R52KB0ZYVNW orange 1 Samsung Charger w. 5 cords 1 Bee-Bot cards - set of 45 cards 2 Bee-Bot Rally Mat (in roll) 1 Bee-Bot with user guide 1 Blue-Bot Grid Mat (in roll) 2 Blue-Bots 3 Bot Charger with 4 cords 1 Boy + Bot 1 Dash Accessories Pack 1 Dash Challenge Card + Guide 25 Dash Launcher Pack 1 Dash with adapter and cord 2 Extenstion Cord 1 And the robot went… 1 Hello Ruby 1 Kids get Coding - Bugs 1 Kids get Coding - Learn 1 Little Robot by Ben Hatke 1 littlecodr lesson plan 1 littlecodr red box (100 cards) 1 Noisy Robots 1 Resource Binder w. lessons & cards 1 Robot, go bot! 1 Robots, robots, everywhere! 1 We're Going on a Bear Hunt 1 Robot Mouse Code & Go 2 . This kit is designed to introduce computational thinking through coding to students in kindergarten to grade 3 through a variety of lessons and tools. Bee-Bots and Code-A-Pillars are device independent so students can code without the use of another device and right from turning the device on. Dash and Blue-Bots can be used with or without a tablet and App. The app allows for Block coding and also as a remote for the Dash robot. The Littlecodr cards provide for non-tech coding lessons to help students learn about creating algorithms to solve problems. Plus large Bee-Bot rubberized card mat.

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Up Ghost River : A Chief's journey through the turbulent waters of native history /

Edmund Metatawabin, Alexandra Shimo.


"In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northern Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Even as Metatawabin built the trappings of a successful life wife, kids, career he was tormented by horrific memories. Fuelled by alcohol, the trauma from his past caught up with him, and his family and work lives imploded. In seeking healing, Metatawabin travelled to southern Alberta. There he learned from elders, participated in native cultural training workshops that emphasize the holistic approach to personhood at the heart of Cree culture, and finally faced his alcoholism and PTSD. Metatawabin has since worked tirelessly to expose the wrongdoings of St. Anne's, culminating in a recent court case demanding that the school records be released to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Now Metatawabin's mission is to help the next generation of residential school survivors. His story is part of the indigenous resurgence that is happening across Canada and worldwide: after years of oppression, he and others are healing themselves by rediscovering their culture and sharing their knowledge. Coming full circle, Metatawabin's haunting and brave narrative offers profound lessons on the importance of bearing witness, and the ability to become whole once again."-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

"In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northern Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Even as Metatawabin built the trappings of a successful life wife, kids, career he was tormented by horrific memories. Fuelled by alcohol, the trauma from his past caught up with him, and his family and work lives imploded. In seeking healing, Metatawabin travelled to southern Alberta. There he learned from elders, participated in native cultural training workshops that emphasize the holistic approach to personhood at the heart of Cree culture, and finally faced his alcoholism and PTSD. Metatawabin has since worked tirelessly to expose the wrongdoings of St. Anne's, culminating in a recent court case demanding that the school records be released to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Now Metatawabin's mission is to help the next generation of residential school survivors. His story is part of the indigenous resurgence that is happening across Canada and worldwide: after years of oppression, he and others are healing themselves by rediscovering their culture and sharing their knowledge. Coming full circle, Metatawabin's haunting and brave narrative offers profound lessons on the importance of bearing witness, and the ability to become whole once again."-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2015

Growth of the First Metis Nation : and the Role of Aboriginal Women in the Fur Trade


This social studies resource guide for teachers includes 16 units of First Nations/Indigenous studies at the Grade 10 level.
Date Published:1994

The way home

Neel, David.


"David Neel was an infant when his father, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist, died, triggering events that would separate him from the traditions of his homeland. When the aspiring photographer saw a mask carved by an ancestor in a Texas museum twenty-five years later, the encounter inspired him to return home and follow in his father's footsteps. Drawing on memory, legend, and his own art, Neel recounts his struggle to reconnect with his culture and become an accomplished Kwakwaka'wakw artist. His memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome great obstacles and to the power and endurance of Indigenous culture and art"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

"David Neel was an infant when his father, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist, died, triggering events that would separate him from the traditions of his homeland. When the aspiring photographer saw a mask carved by an ancestor in a Texas museum twenty-five years later, the encounter inspired him to return home and follow in his father's footsteps. Drawing on memory, legend, and his own art, Neel recounts his struggle to reconnect with his culture and become an accomplished Kwakwaka'wakw artist. His memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome great obstacles and to the power and endurance of Indigenous culture and art"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Ozobot Evos : Computational Thinking: Coding


This kit contains Ozobots EVO 11 Ozobots Bits 12 black USB charger with cord 3 white USB charger with cord 2 white mini cords 28 Tools and Curriculum Binder 1 Bot Camp 2 Get to know your bot 1 Have fun with an ozobot 1 Littlecodr card box 1 Silicon covers 12 Foam shapes 1 Dot cards and course mats misc. Markers black, red, blue, green misc. A line can be 1 A quiggly Story 1 Lines 1 Mapping Sam 1 The Line 1. This kit contains Ozobots EVO 11 Ozobots Bits 12 black USB charger with cord 3 white USB charger with cord 2 white mini cords 28 Tools and Curriculum Binder 1 Bot Camp 2 Get to know your bot 1 Have fun with an ozobot 1 Littlecodr card box 1 Silicon covers 12 Foam shapes 1 Dot cards and course mats misc. Markers black, red, blue, green misc. A line can be 1 A quiggly Story 1 Lines 1 Mapping Sam 1 The Line 1 . Pocket sized robots that can be coded using colour codes on paper with coloured pens or block coding at www.ozoblockly.org. See the District Library Learning Commons - Coding Page for more information about Ozobots.
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This kit contains Ozobots EVO 11 Ozobots Bits 12 black USB charger with cord 3 white USB charger with cord 2 white mini cords 28 Tools and Curriculum Binder 1 Bot Camp 2 Get to know your bot 1 Have fun with an ozobot 1 Littlecodr card box 1 Silicon covers 12 Foam shapes 1 Dot cards and course mats misc. Markers black, red, blue, green misc. A line can be 1 A quiggly Story 1 Lines 1 Mapping Sam 1 The Line 1. This kit contains Ozobots EVO 11 Ozobots Bits 12 black USB charger with cord 3 white USB charger with cord 2 white mini cords 28 Tools and Curriculum Binder 1 Bot Camp 2 Get to know your bot 1 Have fun with an ozobot 1 Littlecodr card box 1 Silicon covers 12 Foam shapes 1 Dot cards and course mats misc. Markers black, red, blue, green misc. A line can be 1 A quiggly Story 1 Lines 1 Mapping Sam 1 The Line 1 . Pocket sized robots that can be coded using colour codes on paper with coloured pens or block coding at www.ozoblockly.org. See the District Library Learning Commons - Coding Page for more information about Ozobots.

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All Creation Represented : A child's guide to the Medicine Wheel

Joyce Perreault, 1967-


The Medicine Wheel offers holistic and relational ways of understanding the self, the family, the community, the natural and spiritual world. The book introduces the concept of a Medicine Wheel, highlighting the significance of the associated ancestral teachings as it discusses various aspects of human well-being, the physical world, and Indigenous culture. This book is designed as an education resource, and embodies First Peoples Principles of Learning.
Date Published:2018

The Medicine Wheel offers holistic and relational ways of understanding the self, the family, the community, the natural and spiritual world. The book introduces the concept of a Medicine Wheel, highlighting the significance of the associated ancestral teachings as it discusses various aspects of human well-being, the physical world, and Indigenous culture. This book is designed as an education resource, and embodies First Peoples Principles of Learning.

Date Published:2018

Activating the Heart : Storytelling, Knowledge Sharing and Relationship /


The collection pays particular attention to the significance of storytelling in Indigenous knowledge frameworks and extends into other ways of knowing in works where scholars have embraced narrative and story as a part of their research approach.
Date Published:2018

The Cedar Kit


This kit is intended for middle and high school students. For Elementary level students, please see INDIG ED-0032 "Cedar - Tree of Life" This kit contains the following titles:""Welkw: Tree of Life"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);"The Bighouse"by Marni McMahan and Judy Antonelli(SD#72);"Masks"by Marni McMahan and Judy Antonelli(SD#72);"Totem Poles, Totem Poles"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);"Carving a Totem Pole"by Vickie Jensen(ISBN:1-55054-232-X);"Auke Lake Tales"by Etolin Wittanen(ISBN:9196722-13-2); 2 copies of "Cedar" by Hilary Stewart(ISBN:1-55054-406-3);"Cedar" by Pam Holloway;"Cedar Kit: Information Binder and a copy of Ross Hunt's Colouring Book"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);(8) Cedar, the Wood; (8)Cedar the Bark;(8) Cedar the Tree; (18) The Tree of Life; (4) A Special Gift; (10) Tree Book - Recognize the Trees if B.C.; Lootm Smgan - Respecting the Cedar; (15) Hand Held Magnifying Glasses; The following Artifacts: 2 paddles made from Yellow Cedar and 2 paddles made from Red Cedar; a cedar bailer, 1 small cedar basket,2 cedar head piece;1 carved hummingbird, 1 carved whale and pieces of cedar that would be used in weaving; 4 collapsible plastic hoops; 1 copy The Western Red Cedar/Brenda Boreham (9781771740456), Forest Alphabet from Cortes. Kit also contains: Teacher's Binder complete with Lesson Plans for the following book titles included; MOONSTICK - The Seasons of the Sioux/Eve Bunting (9780064436199); Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back/Joseph Bruchac (9780698115842); Just a Dream/Chris Van Allsburg (9780547520261);The Cedar Club Forest Detectives/Diane Swanson (1895110424);Lessons from Mother Earth/Elaine McLeod (9780888998323);Cedar Tree of Life/Pam Holloway; Little Cedar, Big Cedar/Pam Holloway; Picturescape/Ellsa Gulierrez(9781894965651); Relatives with Roots/Leah Marie Dorion(9781926795003); Taking Care of Mother Earth/Leanne Flett Kruger (9781894778558). A Special Gift 8 BC - Land, minerals & water 1 Carved Whale - artifact 1 Carving a Totem Pole 1 Cedar Club Forest Detectives (binder) 1 Cedar - The Bark 10 Cedar - The Tree 10 Cedar - The Wood 10 Cedar (Hilary Stewart) 4 Cedar Bailer - artifact 1 Cedar Head Piece - artifact 1 Cedar strips for weaving 1 Cedar Tree-heart of our People 1 Forest Alphabet 1 Just A Dream (in binder) 1 Lessons from Mother Earth 1 Little Cedar, Big Cedar (in binder) 1 Magnify Glasses 15 Moonstick (in binder) 1 Masks 1 Native Stories from Keepers of.. (binder) 1 Picturescape (in binder) 1 Plastic collapsible hoops 6 Postcards (set of 20) 1 Posters 5 Red Cedar Paddle - artifact 1 Relatives with Roots (in binder) 1 Respecting the Cedar (Lootm Smgan) 1 Ring of ID cards 1 Ross Hunt Coloring Book - Master 1 Small Cedar Basket - artifact 1 Taking Care of Mother Earth (in binder) 1 Teacher Info. Binder 1 The Bighouse 1 The Little Cedar Tree 1 The Living World 1 The Tree of Life (green book) 20 The Western Red Cedar 1 Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back (in binder) 1 Totem Poles, Totem Poles 1 Tree Book - ID book of BC Trees 12 Welkw (Cedar) : Tree of Life 1 Yellow Cedar Paddles - artifact 1 . Students will understand why the cedar tree is called the "Tree of Life" through looking and touching the examples of woven cedar bark and the books within this kit. The First Nations People of the Pacific Northwest hold the cedar tree in high esteem. All parts of the tree were used and are still used in many of the same ways for a variety of purposes. This kit shows how the First Nations People of the Northwest used the cedar tree.
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This kit is intended for middle and high school students. For Elementary level students, please see INDIG ED-0032 "Cedar - Tree of Life" This kit contains the following titles:""Welkw: Tree of Life"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);"The Bighouse"by Marni McMahan and Judy Antonelli(SD#72);"Masks"by Marni McMahan and Judy Antonelli(SD#72);"Totem Poles, Totem Poles"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);"Carving a Totem Pole"by Vickie Jensen(ISBN:1-55054-232-X);"Auke Lake Tales"by Etolin Wittanen(ISBN:9196722-13-2); 2 copies of "Cedar" by Hilary Stewart(ISBN:1-55054-406-3);"Cedar" by Pam Holloway;"Cedar Kit: Information Binder and a copy of Ross Hunt's Colouring Book"by Pam Holloway(SD#72);(8) Cedar, the Wood; (8)Cedar the Bark;(8) Cedar the Tree; (18) The Tree of Life; (4) A Special Gift; (10) Tree Book - Recognize the Trees if B.C.; Lootm Smgan - Respecting the Cedar; (15) Hand Held Magnifying Glasses; The following Artifacts: 2 paddles made from Yellow Cedar and 2 paddles made from Red Cedar; a cedar bailer, 1 small cedar basket,2 cedar head piece;1 carved hummingbird, 1 carved whale and pieces of cedar that would be used in weaving; 4 collapsible plastic hoops; 1 copy The Western Red Cedar/Brenda Boreham (9781771740456), Forest Alphabet from Cortes. Kit also contains: Teacher's Binder complete with Lesson Plans for the following book titles included; MOONSTICK - The Seasons of the Sioux/Eve Bunting (9780064436199); Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back/Joseph Bruchac (9780698115842); Just a Dream/Chris Van Allsburg (9780547520261);The Cedar Club Forest Detectives/Diane Swanson (1895110424);Lessons from Mother Earth/Elaine McLeod (9780888998323);Cedar Tree of Life/Pam Holloway; Little Cedar, Big Cedar/Pam Holloway; Picturescape/Ellsa Gulierrez(9781894965651); Relatives with Roots/Leah Marie Dorion(9781926795003); Taking Care of Mother Earth/Leanne Flett Kruger (9781894778558). A Special Gift 8 BC - Land, minerals & water 1 Carved Whale - artifact 1 Carving a Totem Pole 1 Cedar Club Forest Detectives (binder) 1 Cedar - The Bark 10 Cedar - The Tree 10 Cedar - The Wood 10 Cedar (Hilary Stewart) 4 Cedar Bailer - artifact 1 Cedar Head Piece - artifact 1 Cedar strips for weaving 1 Cedar Tree-heart of our People 1 Forest Alphabet 1 Just A Dream (in binder) 1 Lessons from Mother Earth 1 Little Cedar, Big Cedar (in binder) 1 Magnify Glasses 15 Moonstick (in binder) 1 Masks 1 Native Stories from Keepers of.. (binder) 1 Picturescape (in binder) 1 Plastic collapsible hoops 6 Postcards (set of 20) 1 Posters 5 Red Cedar Paddle - artifact 1 Relatives with Roots (in binder) 1 Respecting the Cedar (Lootm Smgan) 1 Ring of ID cards 1 Ross Hunt Coloring Book - Master 1 Small Cedar Basket - artifact 1 Taking Care of Mother Earth (in binder) 1 Teacher Info. Binder 1 The Bighouse 1 The Little Cedar Tree 1 The Living World 1 The Tree of Life (green book) 20 The Western Red Cedar 1 Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back (in binder) 1 Totem Poles, Totem Poles 1 Tree Book - ID book of BC Trees 12 Welkw (Cedar) : Tree of Life 1 Yellow Cedar Paddles - artifact 1 . Students will understand why the cedar tree is called the "Tree of Life" through looking and touching the examples of woven cedar bark and the books within this kit. The First Nations People of the Pacific Northwest hold the cedar tree in high esteem. All parts of the tree were used and are still used in many of the same ways for a variety of purposes. This kit shows how the First Nations People of the Northwest used the cedar tree.

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Chi-Jean and other Métis Tales : Graphic Novel Collection /

Kientz, Chris and Karole Dumont-Beckett.


6 copies each of:The Hunter and the Wolf - 9781770589131, Chi-Jean and the Red-Headed Woodpecker - 9781770589186, The Tamarack Trees - 9781770589155, The Seagulls and the Whisky Jacks - 9781770589148, The Rougarou and the Fire - 9781770589209,Chi-Jean and the Long Winter - 9781770589179,The Great Spirit and the First Animals - 9781770589162, The Hunter and the Lost Children - 9781770589193. 6 copies each of: The Hunter and the Wolf - 9781770589131, Chi-Jean and the Red-Headed Woodpecker - 9781770589186, The Tamarack Trees - 9781770589155, The Seagulls and the Whisky Jacks - 9781770589148, The Rougarou and the Fire - 9781770589209, Chi-Jean and the Long Winter - 9781770589179, The Great Spirit and the First Animals - 9781770589162, The Hunter and the Lost Children - 9781770589193. The Métis are a distinct group of people who have their own culture, traditions and language. The Tricksters in these stories explain how the natural environment works and in many Chi-Jean stories there is a lesson or moral to be learned. Guided Reading Levels H-U or 13-27.
Date Published:2015

6 copies each of:The Hunter and the Wolf - 9781770589131, Chi-Jean and the Red-Headed Woodpecker - 9781770589186, The Tamarack Trees - 9781770589155, The Seagulls and the Whisky Jacks - 9781770589148, The Rougarou and the Fire - 9781770589209,Chi-Jean and the Long Winter - 9781770589179,The Great Spirit and the First Animals - 9781770589162, The Hunter and the Lost Children - 9781770589193. 6 copies each of: The Hunter and the Wolf - 9781770589131, Chi-Jean and the Red-Headed Woodpecker - 9781770589186, The Tamarack Trees - 9781770589155, The Seagulls and the Whisky Jacks - 9781770589148, The Rougarou and the Fire - 9781770589209, Chi-Jean and the Long Winter - 9781770589179, The Great Spirit and the First Animals - 9781770589162, The Hunter and the Lost Children - 9781770589193. The Métis are a distinct group of people who have their own culture, traditions and language. The Tricksters in these stories explain how the natural environment works and in many Chi-Jean stories there is a lesson or moral to be learned. Guided Reading Levels H-U or 13-27.

Date Published:2015

CUE Robot : Coding Kit


CUE Robot can be used as part of your STEM curriculum as a centre or used with other Coding kits we have available. Cue robot is designed for students who have an interest in coding. Cue will help them transition from block-based code to state-machine and text-based programming. With a growing library of in-app demos, tutorial, and challenges, Cue supports students’ self-guided exploration of programming languages, robotic capabilities, and personally meaningful projects. Cue’s motors and sensors work together seamlessly to provide accurate and versatile behavior while reacting in real time to its surroundings, inspiring students to build problem-solving skills through coding, engineering, and design. (from website).
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CUE Robot can be used as part of your STEM curriculum as a centre or used with other Coding kits we have available. Cue robot is designed for students who have an interest in coding. Cue will help them transition from block-based code to state-machine and text-based programming. With a growing library of in-app demos, tutorial, and challenges, Cue supports students’ self-guided exploration of programming languages, robotic capabilities, and personally meaningful projects. Cue’s motors and sensors work together seamlessly to provide accurate and versatile behavior while reacting in real time to its surroundings, inspiring students to build problem-solving skills through coding, engineering, and design. (from website).

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A Bounded Land : Reflections on Settler Colonialism in Canada /


"Canada is a bounded land - a nation situated between rock and cold to the north and a border to the south. Cole Harris traces how society was reorganized - for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike - when Europeans resettled this distinctive land. Through a series of vignettes that focus on people's experiences on the ground, he exposes the underlying architecture of colonialism, from first contacts, to the immigrant experience in early Canada, to the dispossession of First Nations. In the process, he unearths fresh insights on the influence of Indigenous Peoples and argues that Canada's boundedness is ultimately drawing it towards its Indigenous roots."-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

"Canada is a bounded land - a nation situated between rock and cold to the north and a border to the south. Cole Harris traces how society was reorganized - for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike - when Europeans resettled this distinctive land. Through a series of vignettes that focus on people's experiences on the ground, he exposes the underlying architecture of colonialism, from first contacts, to the immigrant experience in early Canada, to the dispossession of First Nations. In the process, he unearths fresh insights on the influence of Indigenous Peoples and argues that Canada's boundedness is ultimately drawing it towards its Indigenous roots."-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

More than words : how to think about writing in the age of AI /

Warner, John, 1970-,


Part I. Automation, not intelligence -- Part II. Only Humans Write -- Part III. Reading, writing, and robots -- Part IV. Living with AI: Resist, renew, explore. "In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking-discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page-and feeling-grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words-and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing"--
Date Published:2025

Part I. Automation, not intelligence -- Part II. Only Humans Write -- Part III. Reading, writing, and robots -- Part IV. Living with AI: Resist, renew, explore. "In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking-discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page-and feeling-grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words-and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing"--

Date Published:2025

Changing Tides : an ecologist's journey to make peace with the anthropocene /



Date Published:2020

On the cusp of contact : gender, space and race in the colonization of British Columbia /

Barman, Jean, 1939-


Race, Greed, and Something More: The Erasure of Urban Indigenous Space in Early Twentieth-Century British Columbia -- Erasing Indigenous Indigeneity in Vancouver -- Indigenous Women and Feminism on the Cusp of Contact -- Indigenous Women on the Streets of Victoria: Rethinking Transgressive Sexuality during the Colonial Encounter -- Taming Indigenous Sexuality: Gender, Power, and Race in British Columbia, 1850-1900 -- Invisible Women: Indigenous Mothers and Mixed-Race Daughters in Rural Pioneer British Columbia -- Sophie Morigeau: Free Trader, Free Woman -- Family Life at Fort Langley -- Beyond Chinatown: Chinese Men and Indigenous Women in Early British Columbia -- Lost Okanagan: In Search of the First Settler Families -- Island Sanctuaries: Early Mixed-Race Settlement on Gabriola and Nearby Coastal Islands -- New Land, New Lives: Hawaiian Settlement in British Columbia -- Lost Nanaimo: Taking Back Our Past -- Families vs. Schools: Children of Indigenous Descent in British Columbia Classrooms of the Late Nineteenth Century -- Separate and Unequal: Indigenous and White Girls at All Hallows School, 1884-1920 -- Schooled for Inequality: The Education of British Columbia Indigenous Children. ""The ways in which we can redress the past are many and varied," writes Jean Barman, "and it is up to each of us to act as best we can." The seventeen essays collected here, originally published between 1996 and 2013, make a valuable contribution toward this laudable goal. With a wide range of source material, from archival and documentary sources to oral histories, Barman pieces together stories of individuals and groups disadvantaged in white settler society because of their gender, race and/or social class. Working to recognize past actors that have been underrepresented in mainstream histories, Barman's focus is BC on "the cusp of contact." The essays in this collection include fascinating, though largely forgotten, life stories of the frontier--that space between contact and settlement, where, for a brief moment, anything seemed possible. This volume, featuring over thirty archival photographs and illustrations, makes these important and very readable essays accessible to a broader audience for the first time."--
Date Published:2020

Race, Greed, and Something More: The Erasure of Urban Indigenous Space in Early Twentieth-Century British Columbia -- Erasing Indigenous Indigeneity in Vancouver -- Indigenous Women and Feminism on the Cusp of Contact -- Indigenous Women on the Streets of Victoria: Rethinking Transgressive Sexuality during the Colonial Encounter -- Taming Indigenous Sexuality: Gender, Power, and Race in British Columbia, 1850-1900 -- Invisible Women: Indigenous Mothers and Mixed-Race Daughters in Rural Pioneer British Columbia -- Sophie Morigeau: Free Trader, Free Woman -- Family Life at Fort Langley -- Beyond Chinatown: Chinese Men and Indigenous Women in Early British Columbia -- Lost Okanagan: In Search of the First Settler Families -- Island Sanctuaries: Early Mixed-Race Settlement on Gabriola and Nearby Coastal Islands -- New Land, New Lives: Hawaiian Settlement in British Columbia -- Lost Nanaimo: Taking Back Our Past -- Families vs. Schools: Children of Indigenous Descent in British Columbia Classrooms of the Late Nineteenth Century -- Separate and Unequal: Indigenous and White Girls at All Hallows School, 1884-1920 -- Schooled for Inequality: The Education of British Columbia Indigenous Children. ""The ways in which we can redress the past are many and varied," writes Jean Barman, "and it is up to each of us to act as best we can." The seventeen essays collected here, originally published between 1996 and 2013, make a valuable contribution toward this laudable goal. With a wide range of source material, from archival and documentary sources to oral histories, Barman pieces together stories of individuals and groups disadvantaged in white settler society because of their gender, race and/or social class. Working to recognize past actors that have been underrepresented in mainstream histories, Barman's focus is BC on "the cusp of contact." The essays in this collection include fascinating, though largely forgotten, life stories of the frontier--that space between contact and settlement, where, for a brief moment, anything seemed possible. This volume, featuring over thirty archival photographs and illustrations, makes these important and very readable essays accessible to a broader audience for the first time."--

Date Published:2020

From oral to written : a celebration of Indigenous literature in Canada, 1980-2010 /

Highway, Tomson, 1951-


"Aboriginal Canadians tell their own stories, about their own people, in their own voice, from their own perspective. If as recently as forty years ago there was no recognizable body of work by Canadian writers, as recently as thirty years ago there was no Native literature in this country. Perhaps a few books had made a dent on the national consciousness: The Unjust Society by Harold Cardinal, Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, and the poetry of Pauline Johnson and even Louis Riel"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017

"Aboriginal Canadians tell their own stories, about their own people, in their own voice, from their own perspective. If as recently as forty years ago there was no recognizable body of work by Canadian writers, as recently as thirty years ago there was no Native literature in this country. Perhaps a few books had made a dent on the national consciousness: The Unjust Society by Harold Cardinal, Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, and the poetry of Pauline Johnson and even Louis Riel"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2017

Beau Dick : Devoured by Consumerism /

Latiesha Fazakas; with John Cussans, Candice Hopkins.


"Accompanying an exhibition of Beau Dick's work, this beautifully illustrated volume distills his powerful argument against our unsustainable way of living."-- From publisher's website. "Devoured by Consumerism is the last exhibition conceived by Beau Dick. By sharing works inspired by the Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonies, Beau hoped to spark change in a world devouring itself under the ravenous pressures of capitalism."-- From publisher's website.
Date Published:2019

"Accompanying an exhibition of Beau Dick's work, this beautifully illustrated volume distills his powerful argument against our unsustainable way of living."-- From publisher's website. "Devoured by Consumerism is the last exhibition conceived by Beau Dick. By sharing works inspired by the Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonies, Beau hoped to spark change in a world devouring itself under the ravenous pressures of capitalism."-- From publisher's website.

Date Published:2019

Indigenous Education : New Directions in Theory and Practice /


For Indigenous students and teachers alike, formal teaching and learning occurs in contested places. In Indigenous Education, leading scholars in contemporary Indigenous education from North America, New Zealand, and Hawaii disentangle aspects of colonialism from education to advance alternative philosophies of instruction. From multiple disciplines, contributors explore Indigenous education from theoretical and applied perspectives and invite readers to embrace new, informed ways of schooling. Part of a growing body of research, this is an exciting, powerful volume for Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers, researchers, policy makers, and scholars, and a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the contested spaces of contemporary education.
Date Published:2019

For Indigenous students and teachers alike, formal teaching and learning occurs in contested places. In Indigenous Education, leading scholars in contemporary Indigenous education from North America, New Zealand, and Hawaii disentangle aspects of colonialism from education to advance alternative philosophies of instruction. From multiple disciplines, contributors explore Indigenous education from theoretical and applied perspectives and invite readers to embrace new, informed ways of schooling. Part of a growing body of research, this is an exciting, powerful volume for Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers, researchers, policy makers, and scholars, and a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the contested spaces of contemporary education.

Date Published:2019

Settler City Limits : Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West /


While cities like Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Saskatoon, Rapid City, Edmonton, Missoula, Regina, and Tulsa are places where Indigenous marginalization has been most acute, they have also long been sites of Indigenous placemaking and resistance to settler colonialism. Although such cities have been denigrated as “ordinary” or banal in the broader urban literature, they are exceptional sites to study Indigenous resurgence. The urban centres of the continental plains have featured Indigenous housing and food co-operatives, social service agencies, and schools. The American Indian Movement initially developed in Minneapolis in 1968, and Idle No More emerged in Saskatoon in 2013. The editors and authors of Settler City Limits, both Indigenous and settler, address urban struggles involving Anishinaabek, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Flathead, Lakota, and Métis peoples. Collectively, these studies showcase how Indigenous people in the city resist ongoing processes of colonial dispossession and create spaces for themselves and their families. Working at intersections of Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, urban studies, geography, and sociology, this book examines how the historical and political conditions of settler colonialism have shaped urban development in the Canadian Prairies and American Plains. Settler City Limits frames cities as Indigenous spaces and places, both in terms of the historical geographies of the regions in which they are embedded, and with respect to ongoing struggles for land, life, and self-determination.
Date Published:2019

While cities like Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Saskatoon, Rapid City, Edmonton, Missoula, Regina, and Tulsa are places where Indigenous marginalization has been most acute, they have also long been sites of Indigenous placemaking and resistance to settler colonialism. Although such cities have been denigrated as “ordinary” or banal in the broader urban literature, they are exceptional sites to study Indigenous resurgence. The urban centres of the continental plains have featured Indigenous housing and food co-operatives, social service agencies, and schools. The American Indian Movement initially developed in Minneapolis in 1968, and Idle No More emerged in Saskatoon in 2013. The editors and authors of Settler City Limits, both Indigenous and settler, address urban struggles involving Anishinaabek, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Flathead, Lakota, and Métis peoples. Collectively, these studies showcase how Indigenous people in the city resist ongoing processes of colonial dispossession and create spaces for themselves and their families. Working at intersections of Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, urban studies, geography, and sociology, this book examines how the historical and political conditions of settler colonialism have shaped urban development in the Canadian Prairies and American Plains. Settler City Limits frames cities as Indigenous spaces and places, both in terms of the historical geographies of the regions in which they are embedded, and with respect to ongoing struggles for land, life, and self-determination.

Date Published:2019

We are born with the songs inside us : lives and stories of First Nations people in British Columbia /

Gordon, Katherine, 1963-


Includes index. Collects sixteen interviews from the First Nations people in British Columbia.
Date Published:2013