About STARS

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Student Teachers Anti-Racism Society (STARS) promotes anti-racism education at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan through the support of the College. We work collaboratively to understand, identify, and address individual and systemic racism and its interlocking forms of oppression based on gender, sexuality, ability, class, religion and other socially constructed categories. We believe that anti-racist and decolonizing education, when woven together, can create humanizing and emancipatory change for everyone.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Ab-Originals: Supporting Media Equity

Aboriginal and other racially oppressed artists are underrepresented in mainstream North American media. Expose your students to talented musicians who they don't often hear on TV or the radio. Discuss why you don't often hear these voices in mainstream media...discuss why programs such as "Ab-Originals" exist...
"Ab-Originals is a weekly podcast of the hottest Aboriginal music in Canada. Four of the best-known musical hosts in Indian Country will bring you live concerts, urban and hip-hop music, top 10 chart artists, and all the rest of it in their musical podlatch."

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ab-originals-podcast/id358237885

Download some podcasts- share them with your students!

CHECK IT OUT!

Provincial Aboriginal Education Resources

It is always interesting, and valuable to see the initiatives and goals of provincial and territorial Aboriginal Education departments across Canada. Educators can enhance their knowledge base, goals and objectives and Indigenous resource base by investigating provincial Aboriginal Education policies and curricula:

Provincial/Territorial Departments of Education
British Columbia Ministry of Education: Aboriginal Education Enhancements
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/

Alberta Education: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Policy Framework
http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/nativeed/nativepolicy/

Saskatchewan Learning: First Nations and Métis Education Branch

http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/First-Nations-Metis-Community-Education

Manitoba Education: Aboriginal Education and Training
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/abedu/index.html

Ontario Ministry of Education: Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/fnmiFramework.pdf

Quebec
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/GR-PUB/m_englis.htm

New Brunswick
http://www.gnb.ca/0000/index-e.asp

Nova Scotia
http://www.ednet.ns.ca/

Newfoundland
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/

Prince Edward Island Education: Aboriginal Education
http://www.gov.pe.ca/educ/index.php3?number=79878

Government of Nunavut: Department of Education
http://www.gov.nu.ca/education/eng/

Northwest Territories Teacher Induction: Links and Resources
http://www.newteachersnwt.ca/links.html

Yukon Government Department of Education: Yukon Native Language Centre
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/

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