Educators share their experiences using arts-based methods in reconciliatory practices
Community-Based Research Projects
The following school and community-based research projects, led by Claudia Mitchell (McGill University), use arts-based practices to engage with Indigenous youth around issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, youth leadership, masculinities, and issues of gender and sexuality.
More Than Words: Studying the Impact of Arts-Based Survivor Engagement on Families and Communities (MTW), 2019-2023
Pathways to Equity: Youth-Led, Indigenous-Focused, Gender-Transformative, Arts-Based Approaches to Challenging Gender Norms in Addressing GBV, 2019-2024
'Walking Alongside' in Arts-Based Curriculum
In this workshop, guided by Jessica Houston (art educator), pre-K and second grade students made paintings inspired by Indigenous and non-Indigenous children’s literature about plants and the natural world.
Walking Alongside: The Songwriting Project
The Walking Alongside Songwriting Project continues the work begun in The Reconciliation Project by bringing together an Indigenous (Kateri School, Kahnawake) and non-Indigenous (St. Edmund Elementary School, Beaconsfield) school to connect and write a song together reflecting on the process of reconciliation.
Bridge to Last Forever
This video reflects the process of 'walking alongside' through the songwriting project between teachers (Jennifer Hayden and Penny Berg-Patton) and students at St. Edmunds Elementary School (Beaconsfield) and Kateri School (Kahnawake) in Quebec.
Canadian Art Education Resource Guides
These guides offer curated lessons for grades 7-12 centered on Canadian visual artists’ work. Various themes are listed under each module, and some include: Family and Intergenerational Knowledge; Community and Land Stewardship; Land and Indigenous worldviews; and Decolonization.