The following resources include a variety of existing educational programs, curricula and initiatives that teach and engage people of all ages about treaties in Canada.
Treaty Resources Portal
General Public
A wide range of content, including courses, games, radio and film:
General
- CBC Live Twitter Q&A
- Centre for First Nations Governance
- Gordon Foundation Future Generations Research Report
- Government of Canada Cabinet Directive on the Federal Approach to Modern Treaty Implementation
- Inuvialuit Final Agreement Elearning Program
- Foundational Knowledge Conversation Guide Series: Inuit Part 2: Modern Treaties
- Metis Treaties Research Project
- Mi’kmawe’l Tan Teli-kina’muemk – Teaching About the Mi’kmaq
- Modern Treaties Implementation Research Project
- Nunavut Agreement Oral History Project
- Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Elections Curriculum Initiative
- Statement of Treaty Issues: Treaties as a Bridge to the Future (Saskatchewan)
- Stepping Stones: First Nations Treaties in Alberta: Treaty 6
- The Tlicho Agreement (Northwest Territories)
- Treaties in Canada: Education Guide
- Treaty Education Nova Scotia
Radio and Podcast
- Let’s Talk Treaty (Manitoba radio series)
- Voices of Vision: Yukon Aboriginal Self-Government (10 Interviews)
Games
Film
- Alberta Treaties Road Trip
- A Solemn Undertaking: The Five Treaties of Saskatchewan
- Grand Council of the Crees: Eeyouch of Eeyou Istchee Documentary
- Napagunnaqullusi: So That You Can Stand (James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement)
- Staking the Claim: Dreams, Democracy and Canadian Inuit
- Transitional Governance Project: Tlicho (Northwest Territories)
- Trick or Treaty (documentary)
- Whose Land (Indigenous territories across Canada)
Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School
Resources for students and teachers at the primary and secondary school levels:
- A Journey Towards Reconciliation (Ontario)
- Anishinaabe: Kiizhik School
- Anishinabek Nation: Gdoo-sastamoo kii mi: Understanding our Nation to Nation relationship (Ontario)
- BC Treaty Commission: Curriculum in Schools
- Chiefs of Ontario: Indigenous Youth Engagement Session and Bundle
- Cree Cultural Institute: Secondary 4 History
- Introduction to the Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim
- Learning About Treaties in Canada
- Northern Studies 10: Northern Homeland (Northwest Territories)
- Nunavut Agreement Oral Project: Inuksuk High School Journalism Class
- Saskatchewan Curriculum: Native Studies 10
- Saskatchewan Treaty Commission: Kindergarten to Grade Nine Treaty Education Learning Information
- Saskatchewan Treaty Commissioner: Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
- Saskatchewan Treaty Commissioner: We Are All Treaty People
- Staking the Claim: Dreams, Democracy and Canadian Inuit
- Tlicho History: Place Names, Stories, Legends (Northwest Territories)
- Treaty 4: The Next Generation Project (Saskatchewan)
- Treaty 6: Education in Living Sky (Alberta and Saskatchewan)
- Treaty Education Initiative (Manitoba)
- Union of Ontario Indians: We Are All Treaty People: A Teacher’s Guide
Post-secondary and Graduate Studies
Resources for those engaged in post-secondary and graduate studies:
- Dechinta: Various Courses (Northwest Territories)
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology: Aboriginal Governance and Leadership Certificate (BC)
- Nunavut Sivuniksavut: Various Courses (general program info.)
- Nunavut Sivuniksavut: Various Courses (specific course info.)
- Perspectives on Treaty Making
- Ryerson University: Indigenous Governance Courses
- Yukon College: Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Governance
- Yukon College: First Nations Governance and Public Administration
- Yukon College: Institute of Indigenous Self-Determination
- Unama’ki College, Department of Indigenous Studies
- University of Arizona: Indigenous Governance Program
- University of British Columbia: Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance
- University of Saskatchewan: Masters of Northern Governance and Development
