Indigenous-Led Movements Assignment
- Assignment Expectations and RubricOn your own or with a partner, your task is to research an Indigenous Led Movement. We will have a total of THREE days to complete this assignment. It is important to note that some of these movements have traumatic or triggering origins.
Each group will research and put together a poster about their chosen movement.
Your poster must include clear information telling:
WHAT – What movement have you chosen?
Moose Hide Campaign
Red Dress Project
Downie-Wenjack Foundation
Shannen’s Dream
Jordan’s Principle
WHERE – how far does the movement (city, provincial, federal, global) reach?
- when and where did it start?
WHO – Who started the movement?
Who benefits from it or who is it for?
WHY – Why was this movement started?
HOW – How does the campaign bring awareness to the cause?
Pictures & colour – your poster needs to include pictures and colour, it needs to be fun to look at.
Moose Hide Campaign
- Moose Hide Campaign"The Moose Hide Campaign began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children."
Downie-Wenjack Foundation
- Downie-Wenjack Foundation"Inspired by Chanie’s story and Gord’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples."
Red Dress Campaign
- Indigenous Foundations - The Red Dress Project"The REDress Project was also inspired by my work as a teacher in Opaskawayak Cree Nation, also known as The Pas, where Helen Betty Osborne was brutally murdered while walking home one night by two young men who were not charged or sentenced until years later."
Shannen's Dream
- Shannen's Dream"Shannen's Dream, named in loving memory of Shannen Koostachin, is about making sure that First Nations children and youth have the same education opportunities as others but in ways that respect their language and culture and takes into account that they may not be starting from the same place."
Jordan's Principle
- Jordan's Principle"Jordan’s Principle is named after Jordan River Anderson, a young boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba. Jordan was born in 1999 with complex medical needs that required him to stay in hospital."
