Indigenous Peoples' community hub

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Specially curated selections from our librarians

Regularly updated lists of books, magazines and movies organized by theme. These include physical items you can borrow from the library and digital items you can enjoy on your devices at home or on the go. Click on a book to learn more or choose your preferred format.

Learning resources

A selection of toolkits, online courses and more curated by City Librarians. Need help getting started with this list? Talk to a librarian! 

For educators

The library's Michif storytime kits contains books, a puppet/toy/felt board story, as well as resources related to traditional songs and rhymes.

The library's Coast Salish language storytime kits contain resources in həńqəmińəḿ and Skwxwú7mesh Sníchim. Each kit contains books, flash cards, puppets and other resources.

Aboriginal Education by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Learning First Peoples: Classroom resources by the First Nations Education Steering Committee

Indigenous education resource inventory by the British Columbia Ministry of Education, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, the First Nations Education Steering Committee and the Métis Nation British Columbia

Indigenous education resources by BC’s Curriculum 

Workshops & webinars

Indigenous Canada by the University of Alberta

Reconciliation Dialogue Workshop by Reconciliation Canada

Cultural safety and cultural humility by the First Nations Health Authority

Workshops on aboriginal education by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

San’yas anti-racism Indigenous cultural safety training program by the Indigenous Health Department at the Provincial Health Services Authority

Nahanee Creative by Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee

Toolkits

Building better relationships: A reconciliation toolkit by Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

16 Resources to help settlers understand and advance Indigenous reconciliation by Career Wise from the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling

Reconciliation dialogue toolkits by Reconciliation Canada

Viewing

Indigenous Film Archive showcases Indigenous films made from 1894 to 2010 currently streaming

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