Full of student-friendly resources that teachers can use in their classrooms to teach kids about Residential Schools, Orange Shirt Day, and the importance of embracing a proactive teaching approach to these subjects while curriculum regulations catch up to present-day educational needs regarding Indigenous realities.

News article that discusses companies profiting from selling orange shirts and using the “Every Child Matters” logo for profit. Andy Everson goes into detail about why profiting off of Residential School Survivors is wrong and disrupts reconciliation.

Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country’s history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman whom George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of “five teenage girls who [rocked] in history.” Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada--through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect--deliberately denied First Nations children their basic human rights.

From the authors: "Decolonizing Gender: A Curriculum is a guided reflection on gender identity, race, and colonialism. Designed for both individuals and groups, this zine asks deep and probing questions about why the gender binary is seen as the "norm", despite people who choose to exist outside of the binary having existed forever."

Award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smithlink bases her published work Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education on the Seven Sacred Teachings. It is directed towards students in grades 5-12 and is available in French and English. Produced in collaboration with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Each chapter teaches about Residential Schools, Treaties and histories of past and current relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

An incredible list from Historica Canada of resources for Truth & Reconciliation Week. This extensive list is organized by day, with 5 days' worth of diverse resources having to do with Treaties and Land, Language and Culture, Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation and Me, Knowledge Sharing, and so much more.

Student authors from Prairie Valley published Kitoskâyiminawak Pîkiskwêwak: Our Young People Speak – the Treaty Edition at the end of the 2014 school year. The students involved researched and interviewed leaders and Elders about contemporary treaty topics. This is the third in a series following the Leadership Edition and the Healing Edition. Each publication is available for purchase for $15.

Three young men -- Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert -- have vandalized their community. They are sent by their Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for their actions and acquire the humility required to return home. But will they be forgiven for what they have done? Three Feathers explores the power and grace of restorative justice in on Northern community and the cultural legacy that can empower furture generations.

Brought to you by The Manitoba Teachers Society is this collection of Orange Shirt Day lesson plans from kindergarten to grade 12. Lesson plans are in English or French and are full of insightful resources and further reading.

The website of group Our World, whose mandate is to visit remote First Nation communities in BC and Yukon to conduct filmmaking workshops. The project brings together youth and elders to include First Language translation, speaking, and cultural sharing. This website contains several community- and youth-createdfilms showing creative expression in themes of culture, language, and life.