Wetutoskimetowin eNEWSLETTER

Happy June! June 2023 Manitoba Education announced the 'Treaty Education for All' mandate which requires that all K-12 education professionals take Treaty Education training by December 31, 2025. The announcement also paved the way for the Catalyst Teacher Network tasked with introducing, promoting, facilitating, and delivering local Treaty Education.

With a school year under their belt, we would like to extend a heartfelt shout-out to the Catalyst Teachers! This year was groundbreaking and your work in your respective divisions did not go unnoticed. Catalyst Teachers reported delivering Treaty Education training to 1,861 school staff! Scroll down to see this school year's training wrap-up

Your friends at Treaty Education are looking forward to another school year, supporting you in all your good work!

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Don't forget to join us for our Treaty Education Teacher Summer Institute. We will be touring the Manitoba Museum, Manitoba Provincial Archives, and will be using Lower Fort Garry as our home base. Scroll down to learn more.

Catalyst Teacher Network gathering, May 29 & 30 in Winnipeg

Featured Teaching Resource

Treaty Education partnered with Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) artist Hawlii Pichette and the result is this beautiful colouring book. Everybody loves colouring books, so share widely with your teaching colleagues, friends, and family!

Click the document to access.

For more teaching and learning resources, click below.

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Treaty Sleuthing: Spaces + Places

In June 2023, Winnipeg’s Red River College Polytechnic raised three flags to mark the beginning of National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month. The Treaty One flag, Red River Métis flag and RRC Polytech’s new Pride flag now fly year-round at the Notre Dame Campus. Click Here to read more.

Want to learn more about Treaty-significant sites?

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Treaty Terminology

Join us for our annual Treaty Education Summer Institute!

The theme for this year's institute is 'Curating Treaty Histories' and is framed pedagogically on curatorial thinking skills. Using Lower Fort Garry as our home base, tours are planned to the Manitoba Museum and Archives of Manitoba. Come join us! Registration is $100, non-refundable, and includes cost of tours, educational resources, and a Treaty Education Kit.

Where: Lower Fort Garry

When: August 21 & 22, 2024

Email us to find out more.

Click here to register.

"We were making relatives when we made Treaty 3"

On October 3, 1873, the Anishinaabe of the Northwest Angle entered into a Treaty with the Crown agreeing to share their traditional territory. Check out our new video that tells the story of Treaty 3.

We all know that the core of Treaties is relationships. A great local Manitoba story to share with your students centred on the theme of relationships is the story of John Ramsay. Ramsay, a prominent Anishinaabe, was instrumental in helping the first Icelandic immigrants who arrived in Manitoba in 1875 and settled near present-day Gimli. Follow the links below to read more.

Click Here: Mantioba Historical Society.

Click Here: New Iceland Heritage Museum

Click Here: Government of Manitoba

Treaty Education Training, 2024 - 2025

Training is filling up fast! Consider registering before the end of June/summer holidays!

TRCM is handling all registrations. Participants can register by clicking the link below.

The dates have been set for the Treaty Education training for the 2024-2025 school year!

Sept. 3: Fort LaBosse SD [IP]

Sept. 4: Pine Creek SD [IP]

Sept. 4 & 5: Turtle Mountain SD [IP]

Sept. 9: Park West SD [IP]

Sept. 10 & 11: Poplar River FN [IP]

Sept. 17 & 18: Open Regional #1 [V]

Sept. 20: Prairie Spirit SD [IP]

Sept. 23: Seven Oaks SD [IP]

Sept. 27: Mountain View SD [CT-led]

Sept. 27: Interlake SD [IP]

Oct. 7: Brandon SD [V]

Oct. 9: Western SD [IP]

Oct. 15: SD of Mystery Lake [IP]

Oct. 18: SAGE, Winnipeg [IP]

Oct. 31 & Nov.1: Borderland SD [IP]

Nov. 4 & 5: Independent Schools [V]

Dec. 4 & 5: School Administrators [V]

Dec. 9 & 13: Lakeshore SD [V]

Jan. 16 & 17: Flin Flon SD [IP]

Jan. 23 & 24: Open Regional #2 [V]

Feb. 10: Seine River SD [CT-led]

Feb. 10: Beautiful Plains SD [IP]

Feb. 11 & 12: French Language [V]

Feb. 14: MB Catholic Schools [IP]

April 11: MB Catholic Schools [IP]

April 24 & 25: UW Collegiate [IP]

May 1 & 2: Independent Schools [V]

Aug. 20 & 21: Summer Institute [IP]

Email us to find out more.

Click Here to register.

IP = In-person; V = Virtual;

CT = Catalyst Teacher

Treaty Ed In-School Support Team

We are no longer taking bookings for this school year.

Our In-School Support Team is here to help! We can support you in the classroom in-person or virtually. We offer:

Co-teaching Treaty Education lessons.
Help in implementing Treaty Education Kit resources.
Tips on incorporating local Treaty history.
Support for PLCs and staff professional development.
We also offer French language support for Immersion and French classes. Make sure to note that you would like our French-speaking In-School Support teacher when you book.

Many thanks to all of you who invited an ISST teacher to your school! Please contact us about booking an ISST for 2024-2025. See you in September! Click Here.