Brenda Lee
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Ininew, human being in Cree. For as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow.
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This Thursday, we're launching REVISITING HUMAN RIGHTS IN CANADIAN HISTORY on Zoom! Join us 7pm EST for a panel discussion on Indigenous rights, incarceration and criminalization, LGBTQ+ rights, and grassroots activism with a brilliant group of guest speakers. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This Thursday, we're launching REVISITING HUMAN RIGHTS IN CANADIAN HISTORY on Zoom! Join us 7pm EST for a panel discussion on Indigenous rights, incarceration and criminalization, LGBTQ+ rights, and grassroots activism with a brilliant group of guest speakers. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
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This video from CBC Kids News seems like a good starting point for our discussions today.
www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...
www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...
WATCH — This Red Dress Day, learn more about MMIWG2S+
CBC Kids News contributor Sophia Smoke explains Red Dress Day, missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
www.cbc.ca
May 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This video from CBC Kids News seems like a good starting point for our discussions today.
www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...
www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...
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Check out the Free Press Kid's Book Club! A great list of books, a book giveaway contest and the chance for kids to publish book reviews!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/kids-book-club?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/kids-book-club?
Free Press Kid’s Book Club – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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June 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out the Free Press Kid's Book Club! A great list of books, a book giveaway contest and the chance for kids to publish book reviews!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/kids-book-club?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/kids-book-club?
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I'm in the process of developing a unit about Generative AI to help students develop a more critical understanding about it. It's going well so far!
I found an article that perfectly rounds out my lesson about AI and bias and I'm quite pleased.
www.snexplores.org/article/ai-i...
I found an article that perfectly rounds out my lesson about AI and bias and I'm quite pleased.
www.snexplores.org/article/ai-i...
AI image generators tend to exaggerate stereotypes
The racism, sexism, ableism and other biases common in bot-made images may lead to harm and discrimination in the real world.
www.snexplores.org
August 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm in the process of developing a unit about Generative AI to help students develop a more critical understanding about it. It's going well so far!
I found an article that perfectly rounds out my lesson about AI and bias and I'm quite pleased.
www.snexplores.org/article/ai-i...
I found an article that perfectly rounds out my lesson about AI and bias and I'm quite pleased.
www.snexplores.org/article/ai-i...
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Teachers, if you can check off any of the boxes below (!) then you should clear your calendar for Friday (Oct. 24).
@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Teachers, if you can check off any of the boxes below (!) then you should clear your calendar for Friday (Oct. 24).
@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
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Premier Wab Kinew and chiefs across the province have raised concerns that no Manitoba First Nation representative was appointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Indigenous advisory council for major projects.
Premier, chiefs question lack of Manitoba First Nation voice on major project council
Premier Wab Kinew and chiefs across the province have raised concerns that no Manitoba First Nation representative was appointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Indigenous advisory council for major projects.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Premier Wab Kinew and chiefs across the province have raised concerns that no Manitoba First Nation representative was appointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Indigenous advisory council for major projects.
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Grade 9 students in the province will be getting a mandatory math makeover that education officials expect will add up to better results and an improved learning experience in the core subject.
Doubled Grade 9 math instruction plus overhauled curriculum will equal better high school results, Manitoba Education officials calculate
Grade 9 students in the province will be getting a mandatory math makeover that education officials expect will add up to better results and an improved learning experience in the core subject.
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May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Grade 9 students in the province will be getting a mandatory math makeover that education officials expect will add up to better results and an improved learning experience in the core subject.
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Speaking of hockey: Looking forward to this read. The story of the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks team, from Pelican Lake Residential School, and their 1951 tour of Ontario. The importance of hockey and sports through the hardest times.
May 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Speaking of hockey: Looking forward to this read. The story of the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks team, from Pelican Lake Residential School, and their 1951 tour of Ontario. The importance of hockey and sports through the hardest times.
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Grades 6, 9 and 11 students will receive explicit instruction about the Holocaust and learn about Jewish cultural traditions and contributions to Manitoba in the fall.
Province announces mandatory Holocaust education, partnership with Jewish Heritage Centre
Grades 6, 9 and 11 students will receive explicit instruction about the Holocaust and learn about Jewish cultural traditions and contributions to Manitoba in the fall.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Grades 6, 9 and 11 students will receive explicit instruction about the Holocaust and learn about Jewish cultural traditions and contributions to Manitoba in the fall.
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The NDP has called on the auditor general to investigate a mega-contract to build daycares that it says allowed the previous government to funnel $2.8 million to a Progressive Conservative campaign manager’s firm.
NDP calls for auditor general to probe 2022 PC daycare project
The NDP has called on the auditor general to investigate a mega-contract to build daycares that it says allowed the previous government to funnel $2.8 million to a Progressive Conservative campaign manager’s firm.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The NDP has called on the auditor general to investigate a mega-contract to build daycares that it says allowed the previous government to funnel $2.8 million to a Progressive Conservative campaign manager’s firm.
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THOMPSON — Turns out the troublemakers aren’t big opera fans.
Figaro! Figaro! Go on, off you go!
Thompson mall fights parking-lot criminal activity, loitering with fave tunes from the 19th century
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April 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
THOMPSON — Turns out the troublemakers aren’t big opera fans.
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The Commissioner had the pleasure of meeting with Ministers Christine Boyle (Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation) and Anne Kang (Post-Secondary Education & Future Skills). Great conversations around collaboration on the Commission’s Fluency and Immersion Teacher Training Initiative!
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Commissioner had the pleasure of meeting with Ministers Christine Boyle (Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation) and Anne Kang (Post-Secondary Education & Future Skills). Great conversations around collaboration on the Commission’s Fluency and Immersion Teacher Training Initiative!
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If there’s a more dystopian phrase for our climate ravaged time than “water offsetting” I don’t know it.
This is death & suffering without end, all so that the richest people on Earth can maintain their lifestyle.
And the #UK govt want to give them tax breaks. 🫤
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is death & suffering without end, all so that the richest people on Earth can maintain their lifestyle.
And the #UK govt want to give them tax breaks. 🫤
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If there’s a more dystopian phrase for our climate ravaged time than “water offsetting” I don’t know it.
This is death & suffering without end, all so that the richest people on Earth can maintain their lifestyle.
And the #UK govt want to give them tax breaks. 🫤
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is death & suffering without end, all so that the richest people on Earth can maintain their lifestyle.
And the #UK govt want to give them tax breaks. 🫤
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just a bully picking on small nations this liberation day…whatever!
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just a bully picking on small nations this liberation day…whatever!
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Get me to God's country
March 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Get me to God's country
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Music and storytelling through song contribute to the revitalization and strengthening of language, culture and history for generations to come. Celebrating all the Indigenous nominees and performers at tonight’s #juno awards ceremony.
March 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Music and storytelling through song contribute to the revitalization and strengthening of language, culture and history for generations to come. Celebrating all the Indigenous nominees and performers at tonight’s #juno awards ceremony.
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On Feb 27, Director Robert Watt spoke with CBC North, Iqaluit, about WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit taking place this August in Ottawa, Canada. They also discussed the work the Commission is doing to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen Indigenous Languages.
March 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
On Feb 27, Director Robert Watt spoke with CBC North, Iqaluit, about WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit taking place this August in Ottawa, Canada. They also discussed the work the Commission is doing to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen Indigenous Languages.
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OTTAWA – Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will apologize on behalf of the federal government Thursday for its role in the Dundas Harbour relocations between 1934 and 1948.
Minister to apologize for relocations of Inuit decades ago
OTTAWA – Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will apologize on behalf of the federal government Thursday for its role in the Dundas Harbour relocations between 1934 and 1948.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
OTTAWA – Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will apologize on behalf of the federal government Thursday for its role in the Dundas Harbour relocations between 1934 and 1948.
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It's I Love to Read Month, and our goal is to take you to the roots of Indigenous languages. Each day, a different knowledge keeper will share a phrase.
Today, Jasmine Flett of St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation in northern Manitoba teaches us a phrase in Oji-Cree.
Today, Jasmine Flett of St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation in northern Manitoba teaches us a phrase in Oji-Cree.
I Like To Read - Oji-Cree | Mother Tongue Teachings
YouTube video by APTN News
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February 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's I Love to Read Month, and our goal is to take you to the roots of Indigenous languages. Each day, a different knowledge keeper will share a phrase.
Today, Jasmine Flett of St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation in northern Manitoba teaches us a phrase in Oji-Cree.
Today, Jasmine Flett of St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation in northern Manitoba teaches us a phrase in Oji-Cree.
Proud of the work we did for this resource!
A nursery to grade 12 residential school curriculum will soon be available in Manitoba.
The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre started rolling it out this month to some of its 49 member communities.
The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre started rolling it out this month to some of its 49 member communities.
K-12 curriculum on residential schools will soon be available in Manitoba | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Proud of the work we did for this resource!
Watching the netflix series designated survivor, lesson is there is always hope but right now just insanity.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Watching the netflix series designated survivor, lesson is there is always hope but right now just insanity.
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May you always be aware of the sunshine lighting your way...
February 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
May you always be aware of the sunshine lighting your way...
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This poster is going to take me months to finish, but it's starting to make sense. I blocked in the background colour so I could see all of the animals better. I do plan to squeeze a few more species in as I go (especially insects), but this is the framework for now.
February 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This poster is going to take me months to finish, but it's starting to make sense. I blocked in the background colour so I could see all of the animals better. I do plan to squeeze a few more species in as I go (especially insects), but this is the framework for now.
The Truth & Reconciliation Actions call for equitable access to jobs, training and education in the corporate sector in Canada. TRCM Calls to Action!
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Truth & Reconciliation Actions call for equitable access to jobs, training and education in the corporate sector in Canada. TRCM Calls to Action!
Please watch Sugarcane on Disney Plus, what happened was a tragedy but it was also a crime, it is not enough to apologize for reconciliation. the pope and canada have to charge these known pedophiles they moved from residential school to residential school. Manifest destiny is wrong!
January 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Please watch Sugarcane on Disney Plus, what happened was a tragedy but it was also a crime, it is not enough to apologize for reconciliation. the pope and canada have to charge these known pedophiles they moved from residential school to residential school. Manifest destiny is wrong!