Blog Posts

Truth and Reconciliation requires deep, personal and professional reflections and shared learning.  Please see the link below for my relfections this year:

Truth and Reconciliation 2022.

Thank you for taking the time to read.

Kukwstsétsemc ~ thank you,

Aboriginal Education in School District 8, Kootenay Lake, is honoured to continue growing awareness for survivors of the Indian Residential School system in Canada, and those who did not return. This year, we recognise Orange Shirt Day at all schools and programs in our District and will provide information and resources for the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.

Read the Superintendent's Report each month on the website for: 

See below for a welcome back letter, from District Principal Aboriginal Education, Gail Higginbottom.

2022 Welcome Back Letter

Today for National Indigenous History Month, the District Aboriginal Team is celebrating everything Indigenous and everyone Indigenous in SD8. We honour the Elders. We amplify the culture holders. We aknowledge the knowledge keepers. We celebrate people who are embedded in culture. We celebrate those who know their language.

Today for National Indigenous History Month, the District Aboriginal Team discusses the land, relationships with the land, and the revitalization of land-based teachings.

For this week in National Indigenous History Month, the District Aboriginal Team offers insight into Indigenous Music and Musicians.

To recognise National Indigenous History Month, the District Aboriginal Team will focus on four themes throughout the month leading up to the celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Here is week 1: Art & Resurgence.

The coaching tips for week eight are in the attached pdf. There is no video currently due to a technical difficulty. We will update the video in this post here as soon as possible.

Welcome to the 2022 #sd8abed Reconcilation Run Walk Wheel Opening Ceremony. 

We acknowledge, respect and honour the First Nations in whose traditional territories the Kootenay Lake School District operates and all Aboriginal people residing within the boundaries of School District #8.

Each video is a link below with time in brackets.