In this section you will find educators sharing their experiences using arts-based methods in reconciliatory practices.
Community-Based Research Projects
The following school and community-based research projects, led by Claudia Mitchell (McGill University), use arts-based practices to engage with Indigenous youth around issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, youth leadership, masculinities, and issues of gender and sexuality:
More Than Words:
claudia_mtw_5.pdf
Pathways to Equity: claudia_p2e_5.pdf
Walking Alongside: in Arts-Based Curriculum
In this workshop, guided by Jessica Houston (art educator), pre-K and second grade students made paintings inspired by Indigenous and non-Indigenous children’s literature about plants and the natural world. fnl_arts-based_curriculum_3.pdf
Walking Alongside: The Songwriting Project
The Walking Alongside Songwriting Project continues the work begun in The Reconciliation Project (Jennifer Hayden): reconciliationproject.pdf by bringing together an Indigenous (Kateri School, Kahnawake) and non-Indigenous (St. Edmund Elementary School, Beaconsfield) school to connect and write a song together reflecting on the process of reconciliation. wa_thesongwritingproject_8.pdf
This video reflects the process of 'walking alongside' through the songwriting project between teachers (Jennifer Hayden and Penny Berg-Patton) and students at St. Edmunds Elementary School (Beaconsfield) and Kateri School (Kahnawake) in Quebec:
Canadian Art Education Resource Guides
These guides offer curated lessons for grades 7-12 centered on Canadian visual artists’ work. Various themes are listed under each module, and some include: Family and Intergenerational Knowledge;Community and Land Stewardship; Land and Indigenous worldviews; and Decolonization.