Indigenous Education Newsletter
October 2023
⛄ Hello January ⛄
"Welcome January." Image from Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na.
Image from the Anishinabek Nation.
🗓️ January Dates of Significance 🗓️
Image from Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na.
📌 What's Happening in Indigenous Education at the LDSB?📌
2SLGBTQIA+ Elder Gathering
Winter Solstice Celebrations!
Thank you to all of the families who came out and enjoyed the celebration of the Winter Solstice. We hope everyone had a great Winter Solstice, filled with rest, reflection, and gratitude!
Exploring Storytelling!
The Winter Solstice is also a time for storytelling. It was awesome to see students read the book Storyteller Skye and create their own stories! Students then used clay and natural materials to visualize their stories!
An image of student work.
An image of Storyteller Skye.
An image of student work.
More to come!
We are eager to work with everyone across the district this year to support Indigenous students, families, and community members. If you are interested in working with the Indigenous Education Team, please fill out the LDSB Indigenous Education Referral Form. The form is now open!
📸 Feature Your School Community 📸
We want to celebrate the work happening in schools across the Limestone District School Board in Indigenous Education! If you have an Indigenous community member visit your class, go on a field trip, participate in a community event, or more; email the team to be featured in the newsletter so that students, families, and the community can see what's happening!
Email your submissions to VP of Indigenous Education, Liv Rondeau at rondeaul@limestone.on.ca before the 30th of every month to be featured in next months newsletter.
❗Upcoming Opportunities in Indigenous Education ❗
The next Allyship café will take place on Thursday, January 25th, from 3:45 to 4:45 pm.
The next session will take place on Thursday, February 1st, from 3:45 pm to 4:45 pm.
🐢 Community Corner 🐢
This section of the Indigenous Education newsletter will highlight events and opportunities that are happening in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. If you have something that you'd like to see added, please email it to the VP of Indigenous Education, Liv Rondeau at rondeaul@limestone.on.ca
Please share with self-identified Indigenous students and caregivers in your school community!
Congratulations to Lily Gladstone, for being the first Indigenous person in history to receive this award! If you would like to hear her acceptance speech, which talks about the importance of language, community, and representation, please follow the link below.
One Time Events
Indigenous Night with Kingston Frontenacs
The Kingston Frontenacs are hosting Indigenous Night at their home game Jan 19th, and this year, the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest will be receiving free tickets for Indigenous community members. Please contact Ocean at ol.aa.kncln@gmail.com to have your name put on a list with the number of tickets you would like. Please only reserve tickets if you are 100% committed to going to the game. The number of reserved tickets is to be determined, so please reach out to Ocean to see if you are able to join the list.
Repeating Events
From the Heart
This posting is directly from the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest.
From the Hearth is an in-person poetry and spoken word workshop series that expands our circles of care to embrace the journeys, stories and connections we share as humans. We guide both new and experienced poets through the art of storytelling and finding an individual voice that celebrates collective memory and belonging. We discuss why our stories are important, do exercises in expression and inspiration and think about community and collaboration. This series is facilitated by Billie the Kid who is a K’ai Taile Dené and Nehiyaw spoken word poet and storyteller in collaboration with Mandy Wilson, Community Connection Coordinator at the Kingston Native Centre & Language Nest (KNCLN)
All are welcome and no experience is required. Participants can register for individual workshops, or join the full series.
Please register with the link below