Blog Posts

Wildflower Blog Post - Expanding Awareness

May has been a bright, sunny, and busy month in Ab Ed!

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit Peoples (MMIWG2S). It is also known as Red Dress Day. May 1 to 7 is the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Mental Health Week. May is also Mental Health Awareness Month across North America. This report includes articles related to each of these events.

Take Me Outside and Begin to Notice! 

At Canyon Lister Elementary School we have been busy with all our learning. Students have been eager to participate in several different learning opportunities such as the Equity Youth Circle, Soap Carving, and Traditional Medicines.

Salmo Secondary School Aboriginal Education Program and Indigenizing the Curriculum

This year the students in the Aboriginal Education program welcomed elders Donna Wright and Ann-Marie Smith to South Nelson to share the drum making process. This was an extra special project because it was 3 years in the making.

Mental health is described as one’s emotional, physiological, and social well being. At Kootenay River Secondary we are beginning to take the mental health of the student and staff body incredibly seriously.