Teaching Indigenous Education

This guide will help you find information on Indigenous topics.

This guide supports students in the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP), the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI), and anyone exploring Indigenous topics in Education.

• ATEP prepares Indigenous educators to teach in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, centering Indigenous knowledge, culture, and pedagogies.

• CILLDI is dedicated to the revitalization, maintenance, and documentation of Indigenous languages across Canada, offering training to community-based language practitioners and educators.

Colonization and marginalization of Indigenous peoples means that information about them is often created by non-Indigenous people

Consider:

• who created the resource:
  • Is the writer Indigenous?
  • What is the author's worldview?
• why the resource was created:
  • Who benefits from the research? An Indigenous community, an individual, an institution or the general public?
• when the resource was created:
  • Is this an older resource? It may contain language and ideas that are considered harmful.
  • What is the historical context of this resource? What was its intended purpose at the time of its creation?
• how the resource was created:
  • Did the writer consult an Indigenous community?
  • What methods were used to gather the information?
  • Was the research made available to the Indigenous communities that participated in the study?

ATEP Students 

The Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) supports Indigenous students pursuing teacher education with a focus on community-based learning and Indigenous perspectives in the classroom.

As an ATEP student, you can access many library services remotely, including books, articles, research help, and more.

Library Services for Distance Students