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Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, Grade 10, Open (NAC2O)
Identity
– identify issues currently affecting Aboriginal peoples and the responses of local and
national leadership to these issues
Note: Environmental issues are important among the issues currently affecting Aboriginal peoples.
Relationships
– describe the different economic relationships that Aboriginal peoples in Canada have
cultivated with the public and private sectors (e.g., ecotourism, co-management of Crown
lands, banking)
Challenges
• describe the impact of twentieth-century innovations in technology on Aboriginal communities
– describe the impact that technological developments have had on Aboriginal society
during the latter half of the twentieth century
Note: A variety of twentieth-century innovations in technology (e.g., snowmobiles, pesticides)
have had an impact on Aboriginal communities and their environment.
English: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices, Grade 11, University
Preparation (NBE3U)
Identity
– analyse the changing quality of life of Aboriginal communities (e.g., Alkali Lake, Davis
Inlet), as depicted in media works
Note: Students could study media depictions of Aboriginal communities in which quality of life
has been affected by environmental factors (e.g., Grassy Narrows, Kashechewan).
Challenges
– identify challenges faced by Aboriginal peoples (e.g., challenges related to identity,
urbanization, the need for improved educational and employment opportunities, the loss
of extended family), as presented in the works of Aboriginal writers
– analyse Aboriginal writers’ depictions of challenges faced by Aboriginal peoples that have
resulted directly from societal influences (e.g., racism, ethnocentricity, marginalization)
Note: The challenges described in the works of Aboriginal writers would include challenges
related to the environment.
– create media works (e.g., a radio documentary on the social changes occurring within an
Aboriginal community, a photo essay on a day in the life of a community leader, a brochure
on a local entrepreneur, a short video clip promoting an Aboriginal activity) that demonstrate
an understanding of the issues associated with challenges faced by Aboriginal peoples
Note: The media works created by students could focus on environmental issues.
90 Environmental Education, Grades 9−12: Scope and Sequence of Expectations, 2011