In this excellent article, Truth and Reconciliation educators Melanie Nelson and Dr. Brooke Madden show how Spirit Bear’s book, Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams addresses five interconnected components of truth and reconciliation education: positionality, Indigenous land-based traditions, Canada’s Indian Residential School system, injustice that acts as a barrier to reconcisition, and counterstories. 

This glossary was created for the Spirit Bear Virtual School and is meant to be used in conjunction with Spirit Bear's Beary Caring Curriculum and the learning guides for the campaigns.

Spirit Bear is excited to announce that you can now order Spirit Bear and Children Make History online through book distributor Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited! The book is available in English and French.

Please visit the Fitzhenry & Whiteside website to place your order.

For questions about shipping, please contact Sonya Gilliss: 1-800-387-9776 Ext 250.

Author

Cindy Blackstock

A member of the Gitksan First Nation, Cindy has been working for First Nations children for over 25 years, first as child welfare worker and now as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society and Professor of Social Work at McGill University. In case you haven't guessed, she is also the real-life inspiration behind Spirit Bear’s fashion-loving friend, Cindy the Sheep!

Authors

Cindy Blackstock

A member of the Gitksan First Nation, Cindy has been working for First Nations children for over 25 years, first as child welfare worker and now as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society and Professor of Social Work at McGill University. In case you haven't guessed, she is also the real-life inspiration behind Spirit Bear’s fashion-loving friend, Cindy the Sheep!