These Their Voices Will Guide Us kits came from an SD57 Learning Team Grant project by Sonya Rock, Dawn Doran, Noelle Pepin, and Monica Berra. We thank them for their knowledge, time, and care. Mussi Cho.
Their Voices Will Guide Us is an education initiative of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The intent is to facilitate critical thinking, purposeful reflection, and dialogue around the perceptions and lived realities of Indigenous women and girls, including members of 2SLGBTQQIA communities. We all have a role and responsibility for ensuring that Indigenous women and girls are respected, valued, loved, and protected, recognizing their strength, agency, and leadership in the broader societal context of decolonization, transformative social justice, and reconciliation.
This kit will focus on respect for one's own identity, the strength and resilience of women and girls and body image.
Suitability: Grade 1, 2, 3, 4
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical and Health Education, Indigenous Studies, Core Competencies.
Please contact DLC to borrow:
20 books, 1 "Speaking Our Truth" teacher's guide, 1 "First Peoples Principles of Learning" Poster, 1 "Their Voices Will Guide Us" student and youth engagement guide.
Some of the themes this kit will explore are: the role of women in family and community ; devaluation of indigenous women resulting from colonization ; safety of girls ; restorative practices ; on-line exploitation ; traditional roll of men in family and community, empowerment of women and girls, racism, discrimination, and stereotypes.
Suitability: Grade 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical and Health Education, Indigenous Studies, Core Competencies.
Please contact DLC to borrow:
17 books (some multiple copies), 1 "Speaking Our Truth" teacher's guide, 1 "First Peoples Principles of Learning" Poster, 1 Residential Schools of Canada map, 1 "Their Voices Will Guide Us" student and youth engagement guide.
Some of the themes this kit will explore are: current practices of child and family services ; empowerment of women and girls ; experience of indigenous individuals, families, and communities who have been impacted by violence against their women and girls ; systemic causes of violence against indigenous women and girls ; racism, discrimination and stereotypes.
Suitability: Grade 9, 10, 11, 12.
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical and Health Education, Indigenous Studies, Core Competencies.
Please contact DLC to borrow:
17 books (some multiple copies), 1 "Speaking Our Truth" teacher's guide, 1 "First Peoples Principles of Learning" Poster, 1 Residential Schools of Canada map, 1 "Their Voices Will Guide Us" student and youth engagement guide.
Ellison Letter Machine Truth and Reconciliation (2 Dies)
Custom designs by Jennifer Pighin, Indigenous Education Department SD57.
These dies can be used to create shirts for Orange Shirt Day and dresses for MMIWG - Their Voices Will Guide Us and other stencils and cutouts from a variety of materials, such as paper, cardstock, felt, and thin foam.
Ellison Letter Machine ordered separately: Order Me
‘Highway of Tears’ Limited Edition Print
Please contact DLC to borrow: email DLCBookings@sd57.bc.ca or call 250-645-4334 press 1
This kit is not to be sent through the courier as it is too fragile. Please pick up and return to the DLC in person.
Artist’s statement: “The eye represents the fact that someone has seen something. The frontlet of an owl's face is at the centre of the eye as it is the keeper of information and the holder of wisdom. The owl is a patient messenger. They can see into the soul and are capable of seeing the unseen. The eye lashes represent the tree line and the dense forest that lines the highway and railways of the north. The red in the trees represent the red dress which has become a national symbol for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The teardrop represents the tears that continue to fall as friends and families continue to grieve and long for their loved ones. The yellow in the teardrip is places above the woman/girl's head in recognition of the Yellowhead Highway also knows as The Highway of Tears but more importantly, the yellow represents hope.” Kym Gouchie is a multidisciplinary artist from Prince George, BC. She is Secwépemc, Cree, Carrier and Irish. She is a member of the Lheidli T'enneh. This print represents the cover art for Jessica McDiarmid's award winning book Highway of Tears.
Suitability: Grade 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Art, English First Peoples, BC First Peoples, Indigenous Studies.