🪶 B.C. First Peoples

“Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out of it.” – Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair This year we were required to take a newly added course: B.C. First Peoples 12. This course was dedicated to learning about the horrific treatment of Indigenous people in Canada. One of the first assignments we… Continue Reading 🪶 B.C. First Peoples

🪶 Collaging from Past to Present (not about the history of collage)

Howdy! 🤠 In this project we learned about the many ways Canada has mistreated Indigenous People throughout history to the present. Our driving question for this project was: How can art and text reflect both the history and our current place in time? The collage I created for the final product does a wonderful job… Continue Reading 🪶 Collaging from Past to Present (not about the history of collage)

📝 The Indian Act 1876 | Nationalism

This project was titled “Case for a Nation” and it was centred on Nationalism and Historical Perspective. We started this project started in February, was interrupted for a week by the Loon Lake Learning Advance, and was completed in March. 🚨 Trigger Warning! This post details information regarding Residential ‘Schools’ and the Indian Act. Some information… Continue Reading 📝 The Indian Act 1876 | Nationalism

🦫 The More Things Change… The More Infographics We Get To Make

In this project we worked with a partner to create an infographic about how European settlement affected all of the people involved, which included the French, British and First Nations.  First things first: Thanks to my partner for this project, Julia, for being such an awesome, reliable and hard working partner! I really enjoyed working with… Continue Reading 🦫 The More Things Change… The More Infographics We Get To Make