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Algonquin & Lakeshore
Catholic District School Board
Catholic District School
Board of Eastern Ontario
Ministry of Education
Assembly of Catholic
Bishops of Ontario
Ontario English Catholic
Teachers’ Association
Ottawa Catholic
School Board
Renfrew County Catholic
District School Board
The Catholic Principals’
Council of Ontario
Executive Committee
Jaimie Perry
Chairperson
Denise Andre
Past Chairperson
Brenda Wilson
Finance Chairperson
Charlotte Rouleau
Curriculum Chairperson
Lorne Keon
Executive Director
Please visit us online at: www.eoccc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November, 2012 When Stacy Villeneuve switched on the Our Aboriginal Learning Communities: Our
Thinking Made Visible video to her Grade 12 Native Studies class at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School in Ottawa, she immediately knew it would draw in her students.
“It is a very informative resource that allows Grade 12 Native Studies students the opportunity to delve deeper into learning about Aboriginal peoples,” she says.
Stacy’s classroom experience is exactly why the Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Cooperative developed this resource, released this fall. Intended to support the Grade 12 Native Studies curricula, Our Aboriginal
Learning Communities: Our Thinking Made Visible is a collection of video segments showcasing contemporary issues from an Aboriginal perspective and how the First Nations, Métis and Inuit defi ne themselves, their communities and their visions of the future.
To complete the project, the EOCCC reached out to Aboriginal organizations, including Inuit Tapiriit
Kanatami, the Métis Nation of Ontario and The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. A range of members from the
Aboriginal community sat in front of the camera, sharing his or her perspective and experiences on curriculumrelated topics.
The DVD addresses the content for two Native Studies courses. In the Aboriginal Governance: Emerging
Directions (NDG4M) section, the speakers focus on topics ranging from Aboriginal governance to changing relationships between the Aboriginal peoples and the federal government as well as social and political conditions, self-determination, promoting dialogue and the future.
In the Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context (NDW4M) section, the speakers discuss the challenges of all Indigenous peoples, the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the government, international forums, achievements of international forums, common principles of all Indigenous peoples and hopes for the future. A teacher’s manual accompanies the video segments.
Project Lead Dale Henderson says the DVD series is not meant to be all inclusive in content but rather adding a real-life dimension to the classroom.
“It will be a valuable and current resource for all boards as it will create greater awareness on the part of students and educators of the cultures and perspectives of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples,” she says. “It will serve as a spring board for further study, discussion and communication.”
Renfrew Catholic’s Myles Sabourin agrees. “This is another great resource completing the Grade 12 Native
Studies Course,” he says. “All history teachers and senior elementary teachers can use this resource, and it is of exceptional quality.”
To learn more about this and other resources, please visit the EOCCC website at eoccc.org.
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For more information:
Lorne Keon, EOCCC Executive Director
Phone: 613-735-1310
Email: lkeon@rccdsb.edu.on.ca
As Catholic educators, we have our mission. Education is a life-long experience leading us forth from where we are, to where God would have us be, in the example of Jesus. We ask God to help us to deepen our knowledge and understanding, our awareness and sensitivity, and our discipleship and our serving others in God’s name.