Friday, March 13th

We spent a lot of time digging through next steps for our class Action Project

Don’t be shy about this brainstorming/problem solving in your own projects.

Thursday, March 12th

Thanks to Rylie for our Media Monday on a Thursday… and a great jump start to an Action Plan.

We also got to jump in to our grade 6/7 classes for a quick look at some numbers. Let’s look at what we can do with these!

Wednesday, March 11th

We continued reading today The Inconvenient Indian. Those of you that ducked out can grab your copy and read up into page 68- “Thank goodness there are Legal Indians,” is our end point.

Pick and choose which allusions you choose to research. Dive in.

Tuesday, March 10th

We began our read of The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King. We’re investigating his definitions, and our own biases, of Dead Indians, Live Indians, and Legal Indians.

Monday, March 9th

Big thanks to Stephanie for her Media Monday looking at coverage of the laws surrounding conversion therapy.

We also got a breakdown from Maggie on this article on “The White Saviourism Industrial Complex”

We did a bit of a breakdown on next step for The Indian Act, according to Bob Joseph, author of 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act.

We spent time on your Action Projects- at least those of you that got ideas down. Let’s move forward on these!

Friday, March 6th

Thanks to everyone that presented their piece on The Indian Act today- looking at the entire chronology felt overwhelming. Be sure to respond through myBlueprint.

Show me where you’re at with your Action Projects!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18cbg7_uc4L7FRk5B1U6H_Ad1Bcl6iDluqragdiQqolI

Thursday, March 5th

Thanks to all those folks that shared either complete work or en route work today- we’ll complete it tomorrow!

Be thinking about the historical narrative of the Indian Act- have we seen a turning point? Can you categorize these events? What changes have we seen? How did those changes occur? Where do they stem from?

How do we combat discrimination when it is legally codified?

Wednesday, March 4th

If they’re late, mark them late. If EEEEEEEEVERYONE is on time, they get a point under the pancakes heading. If they get 5 days in a row with everyone on time, I make pancakes. Delicious, delicious pancakes.

Yesterday we spoke to the need of consultation and the roles of advocates vs allies and we used the term ‘white saviourism’. Get someone to volunteer to dig apart the article that I’ve provided and present findings on Friday. If nobody volunteers, tell Riley that its their turn and that I rolled for it.

Can you reiterate their revised timeline for the next few days.

THURSDAY – Indian Act project presentations

FRIDAY – Hannah’s Media presentation and White Saviourism article

MONDAY – Laird’s Media presentation

NEXT THURSDAY – Benji Media presentation

After that, they’ve got the full class to pull together finishing touches on their project. Due on Thursday. Many of them found a lot of help in the library with Mr Ames. They may be reluctant to that, but if you see people floundering, give them a push in that direction.

Tuesday, March 3rd

We dug into the need of advocates in our Action Projects. Do these causes always want our voices? What is our responsibility in consultation? Someone should read an article!

The rest of the time was spent researching. Many of you checked in with Mr Ames and that time was VERY well spent!

Get this up on the Slides, because it is duuuuuuuuue Thursday!