BCTF SELECTED
This resource is a visual journey to support classroom teachers, post secondary and adult educators to understand and learn about the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools.
This document can be...
Nov 5, 2021 | Services and Guidance
By Rick Joe, teacher, Chilliwack The first time I saw the Project of Heart Canoe was at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in September 2013. I am a canoe puller and have a high regard for ca...
Jan 30, 2021 | News and Stories
By Carol Arnold (she/her), teacher, Salt Spring Island Ever since the BCTF published the resource Project of Heart: Illuminating the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools in BC, I have been usi...
Sep 21, 2021 | News and Stories
This resource is a visual journey to support classroom teachers, post secondary and adult educators to understand and learn about the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools.
This document can...
Oct 14, 2015 | Teaching Resource
By Cheryl Carlson (she/her), teacher, Hope For the past five years, I have been teaching my Grade 2/3 classes at Silver Creek Elementary about residential schools using the modules from the BCTF ...
Sep 21, 2021 | News and Stories
By Judy Chiao, teacher, Burnaby Our team at Burnaby North Secondary often discuss the lack of visibility, opportunity, and meaningful engagement for individuals with diverse needs. While some studen...
Sep 20, 2022 | News and Stories
This eBook is intended to be an interactive resource leading educators from the story to the 'back story' utilizing links on each page to offer related resources. Throughout this book you will find Pro...
Feb 15, 2017 | Teaching Resource
An opportunity to build knowledge and confidence in sharing sensitive topics at age-appropriate levels relating to the 215, to have a deeper understanding of the hidden history and legacy of Indian Res...
Sep 16, 2022 | Teaching Resource
By Donna Morgan (she/her), retired teacher, Burnaby
The docudrama We Were Children tells the story of two residential school survivors, Lyna Hart and Glen Anaquod (available to stream on CBC Gem a...
Sep 21, 2021 | News and Stories
By Brent Chudiak, Salmon Arm teacher “You have been given the title of 'Knowledge Keeper.' What does that mean to you, and what duty do you feel with the responsibility of being a Knowledge Keeper? Ho...
Jun 1, 2018 | News and Stories
By Kelly Johnson (she/her), teacher-librarian, traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam Nation After 23 years as a classroom teacher, I completed my library training and became a teacher-l...
Sep 20, 2022 | News and Stories
By Nancy Knickerbocker (she/her), freelance writer and retired BCTF staff In 2015, I began making a quilt to help me unsettle and decolonize myself. Reflecting on my growing understanding of the i...
Nov 5, 2021 | News and Stories
By Muryn Jordan, teacher, living and working on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Pilalt, Ts’elxwéyeqw, and Semá:th people in Chilliwack As educators (and citizens), we are ...
Feb 21, 2023 | News and Stories