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Settler Canadians have a responsibility to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous nations on our shared geographic space. This relationship starts with land restitution.
In today’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we take a look at what has happened since the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops B.C.
Contact languages are widely spoken by many First Nations children. These languages must be recognised and valued in the classroom to better meet students’ learning needs.
In the next year, public support will be needed more than ever to ensure that the spirit of the agreement is respected and translated into meaningful change for First Nations children.
First Nations young people make up around 20% of missing children in Australia. However, these cases rarely make national, let alone international headlines.
The recent discovery of the bodies of Indigenous children being found in Canada reminds us of the dark history of Australia’s treatment of young First Peoples and children here in Australia.
Canadians who wish to pay tribute to the children who died at Indian Residential Schools should demand the government stop fighting First Nations children in court.
Canadians need to understand the basic harms and violences that continue to be experienced by Indigenous people across the land we call Canada.
Ground-penetrating radar located the remains of 215 First Nations children in a mass unmarked grave, revealing a macabre part of Canada’s hidden history.
Focusing on the needs of Indigenous children means that foster care must be community-based and emphasize the importance of family and connections.
Indigenous children have poor oral health compared to Australian kids overall. Our research shows involving local Aboriginal people in designing and providing services can make a difference.
To make meaningful progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, all provinces and territories should promptly follow B.C. and ban discriminatory ‘birth alerts.’
Almost half of Aboriginal kids living remotely will have a school sore at any one time. But there aren’t enough of the right antibiotics to treat them.
New research shows that having a child in foster care is often harmful to a mother’s mental and physical health.
The children who are least likely to attend school regularly – and do well – grow up in households where the adults themselves have very poor literacy skills.
Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
Focusing on the opportunity to learn gap removes the emphasis from locating “the problem” in the person, and turns our attention to the differences in access to educational resources.
A New Zealand literacy program is helping to raise Indigenous achievement to mainstream levels.
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Assistant Professor, Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Lecturer, Health Leadership, Macquarie University
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Indigenous policy analyst & researcher, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Indigenous Education, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University
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Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Executive Director and National Campaign Coordinator at The Literacy for Life Foundation; Adjunct Professor , University of New England
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Associate professor, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
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Program Head of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, and Head of Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute
