- Link to download and/or print season posters (created by Peggy Janicki)
Seasons Videos (Approx. 2 min. each, Peggy Janicki, 2025):
- Link to download and/or print poster (created by Peggy Janicki)
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Siwal Si’wes Library Collection: click on the link or image below to access.
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Commemorative Days & Events:
December 3rd – International Day of People with Disabilities
- H.E.A.L Health Care Curricula:
December 6th – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women:
- Link to colouring page. (Free PDF to download and use as coloring pages only. Not for resale, commercial use or to be altered in any way)
- Secondary Video & Lesson: (created and shared by Peggy Janicki)
- KWL (Know, Wonder Learn) Reflection Lesson & Activity (Links to article and video are embedded in the lesson)
December 10: Human Rights Day
- I Am A Witness: Human Rights Case (First Nations Child and Family Caring Society)
- Spirit Bear Resource webpage
Siwal Si’wes Library Book Connections:
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- Link to download and/or print poster (created by Peggy Janicki)
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Commemorative Days & Events:
January 2nd: 4 Boys of Lejac
- Secondary Lessons from FNESC:
January 4th: National Ribbon Skirt Day:
- Siwal Si’wes Library Collection – click on the link or image below to access
January 22nd: Treaty Day – Lummi First Nation
- Treaty Day webpage and video, shared by Ferndale School District
- Governance Collection by Peggy Janicki (document with links to resources)
January 24th: Honouring the Birthday of Mazina Giizhik-iban – Murray Sinclair
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- Link to download and/or print poster (created by Peggy Janicki)
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Commemorative Days & Events:
- February 11th: Moosehide Campaign
- Link to K-12 resources (website)
Book Connection: My Little Ogichidaa – An Indigenous Lullaby
Inspired in large part by the Moose Hide Campaign….
“My Little Ogichidaa is inspired by Indigenous motherhood. It invites readers to explore the compelling dreams and hopes of an Indigenous parent for her soon-to-be-born warrior. This heartwarming and empowering story is a celebration of Indigenous love and the powerful legacy that it creates.
The word Ogichidaa itself means Warrior in Anishinaabemowin, and this beautifully illustrated book is a tribute to Indigenous families everywhere who are proudly raising their children to carry forward their culture, language, and love with resilience, strength, and kindness.” (Source: Publisher website)
February 14th: Have a Heart Day (First Nations Child and Family Caring Society)
- Link to Have a Heart Day campaign (Resources include colouring pages, activities, letters to the prime minister templates and more)
- Valentine Cards in Halq’eméylem (designed by Peggy Janicki)
February 15th: Louis Riel Day (Manitoba)
- Link to Louis Riel Day Website
- Siwal Si’wes Library Collection: Métis Collection (connections to Louis Riel)
February 21st: International Mother Language Day
- Siwal Si’wes Library Collection: Halq’eméylem Collection
- FirstVoices: “FirstVoices is an initiative of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation. It is a free, Indigenous-led technology created in 2003 to support language revitalization for all First Nations in B.C. The platform provides an online space for First Nations in B.C. to share and promote their language, oral history and linguistic history.” (2024 Facebook post to commemorate 20th anniversary of FirstVoices, First Peoples Cultural Council).
- International Mother Language Day resources – UNESCO International Days
February 26th: Pink Shirt Day
- Link to colouring page by Hawli Pichette
- Link to Pink Shirt Day resource (MPSD educators only), shared by Dianna Kay – Lalme’Iwesawtexw.
- Pink Shirt Day resources (CKNW Kids Fund)
- News Article: Indigenous Touch to Pink Shirt Day Design by UFV Student
- First Nations Health Authority Article: Let’s use Lateral Kindness to “lift each other up”
Siwal Si’wes Library Connection: click on link or image below to access.
Circle of Courage – Generosity Collection
Siwal Si'wes Digital Library 