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To our staff, thank you so much for all the hard work you do for Aboriginal Education. On this page you will find many resources to help you out. If you have any suggestions or items to add to this page, please email Laury or Jesse and we will share it here. 

  • BCTF – Aboriginal Education Teaching Resources
    • Teaching resource guides, lesson plans, classroom activities, all grade levels
  • First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
  • Ministry of Education Ab Ed Resources
    • Principles of Learning
    • Maps
    • Curriculum Documents
  • Focused Education Aboriginal (keyword) and Indigenous (keyword)
    • Resource collection reviewed by BC educators for BC classrooms, with curricular connections, classroom suggestion use, and social considerations. A free subscription is required to view the full reviews.
  • National Film Board of Canada
  • Legacy of Hope & Heart Gardens
    • Downloadable resources for system leaders and school-based educators to deepen their understanding and empathy to inspire action to improve our relationships with Indigenous Peoples today. Access to these resources will help support learning as we celebrate National Indigenous History Month in June and National Indigenous Day on June 21. Districts may want to act upon the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s recommendation to create a Heart Garden in honour and memorial of these children.
  • Music Counts
    • Indigenous Music resources for Canadian students and teachers''
  • Indigenous Education Curriculum Bundles - UBC - "These Curriculum Bundles have been assembled by Indigenous educators from around British Columbia, most of whom are students and graduates of the NITEP program.  Each of them focuses on a particular skill, resource, or place, and includes:
    • important background information for educators
    • suggestions for working in respectful ways and with humility
    • information on how to acknowledge sources
    • how to invite community members in to help with student learning.
      You will also find clear connections to the First People’s Principles of Learning, as well as curricular connections that take into account as many subject areas and grade levels as possible.  Explore the subjects that interest you to develop learning experiences that are meaningful to you and your students.

Indigenous Podcasts

  • History of Blankets – CBC Radio
  • This Land – Crooked – How a string of custody battles over Native children became a federal lawsuit that threatens everything from tribal sovereignty to civil rights.
  • Metis in Space – Chelsea and Molly with guests watch and review “a science fiction television episode or movie from an Indigenous and decolonial persepctive.”
  • Book Women – A podcast where three Metis aunties figure out how to publish, edit, and write Indigenous stories.
  • Think Indigenous – “Think Indigenous is a podcast that highlights its yearly conference keynotes & “Red Talk” presentations sharing best practices, innovation and delivery models of Indigenous Education.”
  • The Henceforward – The Henceforward is a podcast that considers relationships between Indigenous Peoples and Black Peoples on Turtle Island.
  • The Cuts – “Sterlin Harjo interviews friends, artists and unique people”
  • Media Indigena – Interactive Indigenous Insight
  • A Tribe Called Geek – Indiginerdity for the Geeks at the Pow Wow.
  • Unceded Airwaves – “..committed to centering Indigenous voices and offering alternative narratives that empower Indigenous people and their stories. We recognize that media has often been used as a tool to subordinate or appropriate Indigenous voices and we are committed to subverting these dynamics.”
  • Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo – CBC Radio – A story of a family trying to find young Cree girl. 
  • Warrior Life – “Join award-winning host Pam Palmater, Mi’kmaw lawyer, author & activist, as she shares the stories of Indigenous warriors and activists on the front lines of protecting Indigenous lands, peoples, and cultures.”
  • Teachings in the Air with Gerry Oldman -  “A podcast with Elder Gerry Oldman focusing on Indigenous Health and Wellness.”
  • The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures: All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward - Tanya Talaga Massey Lectures – “Prize winning journalist Tanya Talaga explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous Peoples.”
  • Unreserved – “Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders and heroes. Rosanna guides us on a path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.”
  • The Secret Life of Canada – CBC Podcasts - “The country you know and the stories you don’t.” 
  • Boushie – “In 2016 Colten Boushie, a young Indigenous man, was shot and killed on a farm in rural Saskatchewan, inciting racial tensions across the province. This is the story of that man and the white farmer, Ferald Stanley, who was charged in his death.”
  • All My Relations – “..explore our relationships – relationships to the Land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another.”
  • Reclaimed with Jarrett Martineau – “A weekly series that explores the many worlds of contemporary Indigenous music.” 
  • The Jig is Up – “focusing on Metis culture, people, and the issues we face from a grassroots perspective.”
  • Face to Face – “putting the spotlight on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people that are making an impact in society.”
  • Inuuqatigiit – “A series of podcasts designed to offer an introduction to Inuktitut.. the most widely spoken Inuit language.”
  • Voices from the Field – NCCIH - “..a podcast series.. which focuses on innovative research and community-based initiatives promoting the health and well-being of Firs Nation, Inuit, and Metis peoples in Canada.” 
  • Relentless Indigenous Podcast – Powerful Truths from Relentless Indigenous Voices hosted by Dr. Candace Manitopyes
  • This Place – CBC Podcasts – “This Place is a 10-part journey through one-hundred and fifty years of Indigenous resistance and resilience.”
  • Telling our Twisted Histories – CBC Podcasts – “Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds– one word, one concept, one story at a time.”
  • Inuit Unikkaangit – CBC Podcasts – “Host and archivist Mary Powder reunites Inuit with stories from CBC North’s vast Inuktitut language archives by replaying them for the descendants of the original storytellers, some of whom are hearing them for the very first time.”
  • Pieces – CBC Podcasts – “Join 19-year-old Jeremy Ratt on a journey of self discovery as he seeks to understand his roots and all the distinct pieces that form who he is today.”
  • Kuper Island – CBC Podcasts – “An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day.” 
  • Two Crees in a Pod – “..unapologetically creates space for Indigenous resurgence and stories. Honouring Indigenous helping practices and education.”
  • Human, on Rights - Bruce McIvor: What you need to know to Talk Reconciliation - "If your goals for 2026 include actually moving the needle on reconciliation, lawyer Bruce McIvor has news: you need to get uncomfortable.The Manitoba-born author of Indigenous Rights in One Minute joins us to cut through the performative gestures and explain what reconciliation actually demands. Bruce breaks down centuries of Indigenous law and constitutional rights in plain language—then challenges us to move beyond land acknowledgements to action that matters."