Please be advised that due to recent concerns regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, or COVID-19, the Special Education Sharing Forum currently scheduled for April 22 & 23, 2020 will be postponed. While we are reassured that the risk of contracting COVID-19 remains low in Ontario, the Chiefs of Ontario want to ensure the safety
April 15, 2020 A group of Manitobans are making sure Indigenous people get accurate health information amid the COVID-19 pandemic in their own language – and they are doing it with the help of a puppet named Kahkakiw. https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/cree-speaking-puppet-teaches-covid-19-health-tips-to-indigenous-communities-1.4898276 Sarnia area artist shares art kits to help youth, children, parents during pandemic April 13,
See links below for : Indigenous Community Support Funding. Please note the deadline is next Monday April 13, 2020. Calls for proposals https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1585928331845/1585928356443 Indigenous Community Support Fund page https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1585189335380/1585189357198
April 3, 2020 Find Our Latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Here https://chiefsofontario.wordpress.com/ E-learning Must Be Accessible to All Ontarians: CUPE Ontario April 1, 2020 “But we also know that the high-speed internet required for e-learning isn’t as accessible in low-income, rural, and indigenous communities. We need to address that and make it accessible for all
Webinar: Weird and WONDERFUL: Using diversity to solve behaviour and self-regulated learning problems Host: Laurie Faith, OISE University of Toronto Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern Time If you weren’t able to join or if you want to review some of the information please access the Webinar at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH-4ERmaKGc&t=2s
March 27, 2020 Find Our Latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Here https://chiefsofontario.wordpress.com/ Student-led campaign at Cambrian College to create awareness and safe space for two-spirit people March 25, 2020 When Leisha Neuman cut their hair a couple of years ago, they finally felt normal and realized who they were meant to be. https://anishinabeknews.ca/2020/03/25/student-led-campaign-at-cambrian-college-to-create-awareness-and-safe-space-for-two-spirit-people/ 'We
March 11, 2020 Goal is to make mathematics more meaningful through culturally responsive education; Researcher working with Indigenous communities including Rama https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/lakehead-research-project-aims-to-take-the-fear-out-of-math-2151448 Indigenous firm contributes VR headsets to Skills Ontario March 11, 2020 Skills Ontario has partnered with Origin, an Indigenous firm based in northern Ontario, to offer youths virtual reality insights into the
