Indigenous Learning Series

Mobile App

• Reconciliation: A Starting Point

  This learning application serves as a reference tool to learn about First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, including key historical events and examples of reconciliation initiatives.

Job aids

• Working with Indigenous Communities: A Guide on Cultural Protocols

  Designed to help public service employees understand the importance of existing protocols in Indigenous communities.

• The Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada: A Historical Timeline

  A learning tool that explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Crown in Canada.

• Indigenous E-Learning: Tools and resources

  A list of tools and resources to support those looking to expand their knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, to better understand the realities of their lives, and the role of the public service in advancing reconciliation.

• Indigenous Languages in Canada and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

  This job aid draws attention to the critical loss of Indigenous languages in Canada and around the world and offers resources to help increase awareness of the urgent need to preserve, revitalize, and promote these languages.

• Reading List on Current Indigenous Topics

  This reference tool provides a list of readings that support current understandings of the experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canada.

• Reconciliation: The Fundamentals (Primer and Guide)

  Both resources aim to equip public servants with a basic understanding of reconciliation, and to inform how they approach their work.

• Territorial Acknowledgment

  Ideas and tips on how to acknowledge Indigenous territories before meetings.

• Timeline of Influential Indigenous Women

  Timeline of over 150 influential First Nations, Inuit and Métis women, recognizing the vital roles and contributions of Indigenous women to Canadian society.

• Understanding What Is Behind an Expression
  

  This reference tool provides the cultural and historical context of a number of common expressions and explains why they may reinforce negative stereotypes, racial profiling, prejudice, stigma and discrimination against Indigenous Peoples.

• Elder Talk: Exploring Identity
  Elder Gerry Oleman, a member of the St'at'imc Nation in British Columbia talks about how identity is formed both collectively and for each individual, how identity is imposed on us, and how we can also create our own identities. (Event held on January 13, 2021)
• Indigenous Leaders Panel
  Indigenous leaders discuss how the public service should be approaching its mandate for reconciliation.
• The Indigenous Learning Series Trailer
  A collection of video clips of Indigenous leaders and public servants discussing the meaning of reconciliation.
• Many Eagle Set Dance Song (Michif Song)
  This is the story of the "Many Eagle Set Sundance Song" as told by Folklorist and Author Nicholas Vrooman.
• The Memoirs of Russell Moses, Residential School Survivor
  John Moses speaks about his father Russell Moses' childhood experiences in a residential school.
• The Path of Reconciliation
  A collection of video clips of Indigenous leaders and executives of the Public Service of Canada discussing the path of reconciliation.
• Reconciliation Through the Arts
  Video clips of artists, Indigenous leaders and public servants discussing the role of the arts in the reconciliation process.
• Truth and Reconciliation (with the Honourable Murray Sinclair)
  The Honourable Murray Sinclair discusses the legacy of the Canadian government's policy towards Indigenous people, and the path towards reconciliation.
• What does Indigenous mean?
  From 'Indian' to 'Indigenous': the historical pursuit of one umbrella term that applies to all.
• Why I Joined the Public Service
  Indigenous public servants share their experiences and advice with Indigenous youth new to the public service.