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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Kimmerer, R W

In this engaging resource the author, an Indigenous botanist, explains that all...
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Walters, E.

Just before Spring Break, thirteen-year-old Quinn and her friends are planning a...
Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War
Mochizuki, K.

Eleven-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese American family are rounded up and face...
Himawari House
Becker, H.

Three exchange students meet in Tokyo at the Himawari House and forge a...
One for All
Lainoff, L.

Set in seventeenth-century France, this story follows Tania, the daughter of a...
I Rise
Arnold, M.

Fourteen-year-old Ayo is torn between wanting to be a normal teenager and being...
Frankly in Love
Yoon, D.

Frank, a Korean American high school senior, faces a lot of cultural pressure...
Some Other Now
Everett, S.

The Cohens have always been Jessi’s family, even though they aren’t her real...
Things That Grow
Goldstein, M.

Lori lives with her grandma as the adults in her life are off living their own...
The Girl from Shadow Springs
Cypher, E.

Jorie and her sister Brenna live in a frozen wasteland, which attracts treasure...
We Dream of Space
Kelly, E.E.

Set in the 1980s, this is the story of three siblings who face challenges and...
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
Chim, W.

Anna is a Grade 11 student and daughter of immigrant Cantonese parents. She...
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Soontornvat, C.

This book describes the rescue of thirteen Thai soccer team members trapped in...
Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player
Sasakamoose, F.

In his autobiography, Fred Saskamoose, one of Canada’s first Indigenous...
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Ferguson, J.

Eighteen-year-old Lou, an Indigenous teen whose Métis mother was raped as a teen...
Shouting at the Rain
Hunt, L.M.

As summer rolls around, Delsie cannot wait to see her friend Brandy again, but...
The Undercover Book List
Nelson, C.

When Jane leaves a note in a library book looking for a friend, she meets Tyson...
Sneaks
Egan, K.

Ben’s best friend has moved away, and now he’s stuck doing his living history...
Living With Viola
Fung, R.

Livy has just started a new school and feels isolated and alone. Her self-doubt...
Unsettled
Faruqi, R.

Thirteen-year-old Nurah has a happy life in Pakistan but when her family moves...
Butt Sandwich & Tree
King, W.

Younger brother Green is on the Autism spectrum and his older brother Cedar is...
Salma The Syrian Chef
Ramadan, D.

This is a colourful picture book about Salma, who has started a new life in...
Alina in a Pinch
Nanji, S.

This short chapter book features Alina, a kind and empathetic girl who is having...
Some Things are Scary
Heide, F.P.

A humorous picture book that presents an illustrated list of the many situations...
Sq'éwlets: Une communauté Stó:lō-Salish de la côte vallée du fleuve Fraser
http://digitalsqewlets.ca/classroom-resources_ressources-pedagogiques/index-fra.php

Ce site internet est un musée virtuel rassemblant des informations sur le peuple...
Art Canada Institute: Art Education Teacher Resources, Grades K-7
https://www.aci-iac.ca/education/teacher-resource-guides/

This online Canadian teacher resource provides access to a variety of...
Art Canada Institute: Art Education Teacher Resources, Grades 8-12
https://www.aci-iac.ca/education/teacher-resource-guides/

This online Canadian resource contains a variety of teacher guides to...
Habitat Conservation Trust Fund Education, Grades 8-12
https://www.hctfeducation.ca/resources/

This website focuses on preserving the future of BC’s fish and wildlife and...
Habitat Conservation Trust Fund Education, Grades K-7
https://www.hctfeducation.ca/resources/

Students in Grade K–7 can access this comprehensive online tool to learn about...
Phenomenom
https://phenomenom.com.au/

This engaging multimedia website is designed to make veggies more appealing to...
Rick Hansen Resources, Grades K-8
https://www.rickhansen.com/schools-communities/create-inclusive-school-year/start-awareness

This Canadian website seeks to break down stereotypes of disabilities by...
Frankly in Love (French Edition)
Yoon, D.

Ce roman aborde un grand nombre de questions sociales et sociétales, qui...
Tomatosphère K-7
http://tomatosphere.parlonssciences.ca/

Le projet Tomatopshère a été créé en partenariat avec l'Agence spatiale...
Découvrez le Parlement
https://learn.parl.ca/sites/Learn/default/fr_CA?

« Découvrez le Parlement » est un site bilingue proposant une variété d...
Rick Hansen-Resources, Centre de ressources, Années 9-12
https://www.rickhansen.com/fr/ecoles-et-communautes/centre-de-ressources

La Fondation Rick Hansen propose des ressources axées sur l'inclusion et la...
Des roches plein les poches
Wolfe, F.

Cet ouvrage s’appuie sur une métaphore sur le poids des émotions dans la vie des...
Anatole qui ne séchait jamais
Boulay, S.

Anatole pleure constamment, ce qui désole et intrigue sa sœur Régine. Celle-ci...
Simone sous les Ronces
Nepveu-Villeneuve, M.

Le sujet de l'anxiété est traité avec tendresse et douceur dans cet ouvrage, qui...
The Darkness Outside of Us
Schrefer, E.

Ambrose and Kodiak, two seventeen-year-olds from very different socio-economic...
The Words in My Hands
Asphyxia

Sixteen-year-old Piper is deaf and has a hearing mother who wants Piper to pass...
Surviving the City. Vol. 2, From the Roots Up
Spillett, T.

When Dez’ grandmother dies, Dez is placed in a group home and has trouble...
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Gao, L.

Yuyang “Laura” Gao is from Wuhan, a place that became a household name during...
Queen of the Tiles
Alkaf, H.

Set in Kuala Lumpur, this mystery and suspense novel follows Najwa, a teen girl...
Mountain Runaways
Withers, P.

After Jon, Korka, and Aron Gunnarsson’s parents are killed in an avalanche, the...
Across a Field of Starlight
Delliquanti, B.

A science fiction story about two friends who find each other across different...
The Bitter Side of Sweet
Sullivan, T.

When they leave their home in Mali due to drought, Amadou and his brother Seydou...
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Boyce, J-A A; Levy, D.

In the 1950s fourteen-year-old Jo Ann attends a black high school in Clinton...
Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
Dhillon, N.S.

When Sikh teenager Sunny’s brother Goldy dies from alcoholism he struggles with...
The Other Side of Perfect
Turk, M.

Japanese American teenager Alina attends ballet school and dreams of being a...
Return of the Trickster
Robinson, E.

Set in Vancouver, British Columbia and written by Haisla/Heiltsuk author Eden...

Featured Resource

Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
Smith, M. G.
This easy-to-read and well-designed resource introduces upper elementary students to Residential Schools and reconciliation in Canada. Useful as a text for independent reading or read-aloud, it includes many interviews with survivors of Residential Schools and their ancestors who are elementary students. The resource clearly explains concepts and introduces topics such as Orange Shirt Day and the Witness Blanket, and lends itself to discussions that would provide opportunities to extend thinking. Includes an index, additional reading list, online resource list, glossary, list of Residential Schools, and an accompanying teacher’s resource guide.
Collections:
Indigenous
Subject:
English Language Arts
Grades:
  • 4-7
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