ISSUE 2, JUNE 2014
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She:kon sewakwekon (Greetings everyone):
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Well summer is in full swing here in Ontario, some of our areas are
LITERACY &
APPRENTICSHIPS
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NINGWAKWE
LEARNING PRESS
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ONLC PROJECTS
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experiencing a very dry season while others a very wet season. I hope all of you
however are enjoying what seemed long awaited warmer weather.
This issue is filled with a great deal of information and would like to encourage
you to open the links made available to you in this newsletter. We have added a
number of items to the website including two very important webinars that can
be of great assistance with your programming including the Apprenticeship
LET’S SPEAK OUR
LANGUAGE
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
& UPCOMING
EVENTS
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MEMBERSHIP
FORM
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AN ANISHINABE
LEGEND
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webinar and a Service Coordination webinar. As usual the website is in constant
upgrade and I encourage you to visit it often.
We have an upcoming webinar in July 24, 2014 @ 1:30pm featuring Rick Hill.
Rick’s webinar will be a look at, ”Re-Examining the Roots of Educational
Dysfunction from an Indigenous Perspective” I sure hope everyone will join us
for this dynamic presentation.
The first quarterly survey has been completed and we received some very good
feedback from those who participated. ONLC will implement your suggestions
in the quarter. It would be great if we could get more participation on the
survey so as to provide better support to you all. We also had a draw to those
who complete the survey and I am pleased to announce the winner of the $100
gift certificate went to Terry Plain of Aamjiwnaang Alternative & Continuing
Education Program, congratulations to Terry.
Enjoy the newsletter and have a very safe and happy summer.
Michelle Davis
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Apprenticeship Myths
Myth: Jobs in the trades are dead-end jobs.
Reality: Apprenticeship is only the first step
to a career in the trades. Once certified you
can expect opportunities to advance to
supervisory roles, management or even
open your own business. The possibilities
are endless.
Myth: Women don’t have the physical
strength to perform skilled trades
Reality: Skilled trades
require dexterity,
stamina, good handeye coordination and
balance—not just physical
strength. Women make
excellent tradespeople.
Myth: University is the
only path to a good career.
Reality: Working in the skilled trades is a
great career choice. Canada is experiencing
skills shortages, leading to higher wages and
more job opportunities in a large number of
trades.
Myth: Skilled trade work is dirty, noisy and
physically demanding
Reality: Most trades involve “hands-on”
work and many tradespeople will tell you
that they like to get their hands dirty. But
for many, this type of work is far more
rewarding than any desk job could be
Myth: The skilled trades are not
for students with good grades.
Reality: If you like to work with
your hands and are creative, the
skilled trades are a good choice.
These careers require people
with strong skills in reading and
writing, math and science
LITERACY & APPRENTICESHIPS
What is an Apprentice?
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An apprentice is a person who works for another to learn a trade
Apprenticeship provides hands-on experience; however, apprenticeship programs
require “in school” training as well
What are the Trades?
There are over 200 designated trades in Canada, and they fall under 4 main headings:
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Construction, which includes trades such as electricians, carpenters, plumbers,
pipefitters, welders, heavy equipment operators and painters, among others
Transportation, which includes trades such as automotive service technicians,
aviation technicians, automotive painters, fuel/electrical systems technicians, and
more
Manufacturing, including trades such as tool & die makers, industrial mechanics
(millwrights), precision metal fabricators, among others
Service, including trades such as horticulturalists, chefs, florists and hairstylists, and
more
Why to Consider a Skilled Trade?
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Opportunity - by combining on-the-job training and in-school learning, apprentices
get the best of both worlds – certification that comes with real world experience,
providing the skills to work virtually anywhere.
Good Pay—according to Statistics Canada, between 2000 and 2011, the average
weekly wages of full-time workers aged 25 to 34 with trades certificates grew by
14%, while bachelor degree holders saw their wage growth slow to 1%. And,
apprentices begin to make money right away, earning a wage from their first day at
work.
Respect—Canada depends on the work of skilled tradespeople working in the
designated trades to keep our country working.
Where to Start
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Although you can only register as an apprentice once you’ve graduated high school,
you can test out your chosen trade and get some work experience by participating in
a youth apprenticeship program.
You can get personal advice by talking to an Employment Ontario service provider in
your community and find out if apprenticeship is right for you. Click here to find this
service in your area.
Resources: http://www.careersintrades.ca/
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NINGWAKWE LEARNING PRESS
Ningwakwe Learning Press is an Aboriginal social enterprise. They create, publish, market and print Indigenous
literacy and cultural learning resources for all peoples.
Ningwakwe Learning Press (NLP) envisions a future world where Indigenous communities and others celebrate and
nurture holistic literacy, language and culture. NLP’s mission is to create, publish, market and print Indigenous literacy
and cultural learning resources for all peoples.
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NLP has successfully published quality books, resources and publications since 1999
they would like every Aboriginal learner in Canada to have access to our materials
want mainstream schools, libraries and bookstores to have access to our catalogue so that Aboriginal culture can
be well represented in their collections.
Ningwakwe George is the founder and
namesake for Ningwakwe Learning
Press. She is Anishnawbe from the
Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in
Southern Ontario. Her Anishnawbe
spirit name is Ningwakwe, which means Rainbow
Woman. Ningwakwe firmly believes in the holistic
approach to literacy and to life – balancing our spirit,
heart, mind and body.
She has been involved in the education field for 35
years. Ningwakwe started in Native literacy in 1987
when she developed the literacy program at the
Native Women’s Resource Centre in Toronto. She has
been extremely instrumental in all avenues of
cultural literacy development at the policy level for
over 20 years in Canada.
Ningwakwe Online Bookstore catagories include:
Bob Rice has been the Executive
Director of Ningwakwe Learning Press
(NLP) since 2001. As the Executive
Director, his primary responsibility has
been to provide leadership and management to NLP
in the development, promotion and distribution of
culture-based Aboriginal learning materials. He has
been instrumental in the distribution of over 100
NLP’s published materials throughout Canada, the
USA and other international locations.
Free Teacher’s Guides at Ningwakwe Learning Press:
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Literacy & Reading
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History & Culture
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Health & Wellbeing
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Workplace & Higher Education
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Workbooks
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Language Matgerial
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Educator Resources
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Print Partnerships
Visit the online bookstore at:
https://www.ningwakwe.ca/books
Ningwakwe Printing information is available at:
https://www.ningwakwe.ca/printing
https://www.ningwakwe.ca/literacy/free-tg
Also
Download the 2014 Catalog
Ningwakwe Learning Press is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. NLP was incorporated in 1999
and operate under the guidance of an elected volunteer Board of Directors .
Source: https://www.ningwakwe.ca/
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ONLC PROJECTS
Financial Literacy and Learning
for Aboriginals Means
Empowerment – FLLAME
ONLC and the Canadian National
Literacy Network (CLLN) are
partnering with Ningwakwe George and Maria
Morrison on a project to create a culturally
appropriate online course that will enable lowincome First Nation, Inuit and Métis people from all
over Canada to build their financial literacy skills.
FLLAME is being developed over the course of the
next six months to holistically and culturally provide
the most up-to-date information that impacts on
course participants’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and
feelings related to financial matters. The way people
think, feel and react to money situations will be
explored to get the students thinking about their
own spending styles and attitudes about money.
This will empower adult learners to make informed
decisions as to what changes they can incorporate.
FLLAME will provide an historical/cultural
perspective on how indigenous people managed
their resources, and how those ancestral values can
be applied to today’s context.
Once completed in the winter of 2014, the financial
literacy course will be delivered online via the
world’s most widely used learning management
system - Moodle.
This project has been made possible by the support
of the TD Financial Literacy Grant Fund, which is
administered by Prosper Canada formerly known as
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations
(SEDI).
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Supporting Learner Gains
Assessment Implementation
for LBS Programs
The Ontario Native Literacy Coalition is working in
partnership with the Ministry and all sector and
stream organizations to deliver a project, lead by the
College Sector Committee for Academic Upgrading,
towards implementation of Learner Skill Gains.
Learner Skill Gains (LSG) is the final element of the
Performance Management Framework. LSG will
involve assessing learners’ essential skills at both
program start and end to determine the “skill gain”
of learners. A Ministry-endorsed assessment tool
will be identified prior to a planned start date of
April 2015 followed by full implementation in 2016.
The sector and stream organizations will be soliciting
input from programs and practitioners to help with
the creation of an assessment tool focusing on Level
1 learners, to identify processes and procedures to
support programs with implementation and provide
input to help inform policies.
Watch for more information and requests for
participation over the coming weeks and months.
ONLC Summer Student
Please make welcome our
Summer Student who will be with
ONLC for the next 7 weeks.
Chezney Martin is a graduating
grade 12 student who will be
attending Niagara College in
September studying Journalism.
Chezney will be working on the Women’s Roles
project assisting with research.
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My
Grandmother
Oneida:
Mohawk:
aksót (ha)
aksótha
http://quizlet.com/1486147/oneida-language-1-flash-cards/
http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Kanienkeha-Mohawk-EN/
word/3c57a0453fd27734/my+grandmother
Anishinabe:
Cree:
Nookomis
nohkom
http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/english/search/grandmother?x=0
http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Cree-Saulteau/word-query-results?
q=Grandmother&btn=Search&archive=Cree-Saulteau&lang=en
Last of the Original Navajo Code Talkers
Dies
Kiowas Cheer On One of Their Own in World
Cup
Chester Nez, the last of the
original Navajo code talkers
credited with creating an
unbreakable code used during
World War II, died June 4 at his
home in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. He was 93.
Members of the Kiowa tribe in Oklahoma
are helping cheer on one of their
members, Chris Wondolowski, playing on
the U.S. Mens National Team at the FIFA
World Cup in Brazil.
Read more at http://
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/06/
10/last-original-29-code-talkers-rememberedcourage-and-humility-155234
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Chris Wondolowski plays for the San
Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. He was the top
goal scorer in 2012 and has become one of the top strikers
in Major League Soccer.
Read more: http://www.powwows.com/2014/06/25/kiowas
-cheer-on-one-of-their-own-in-world-cup/#ixzz3688Xahns
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Announcements & Upcoming Events
Infocmec
Online Clear Writing Course
Fall 2014 Registration in Now Open
The CMEC Early Learning and Development Framework is now
available on the CMEC Web site.
The framework presents a pan-Canadian vision for early learning
that can be adapted to the unique needs and circumstances of
each province and territory. It is designed to serve as a resource
to support the development of policies and initiatives by ministries and departments of education and their partners that enhance the quality and continuity of the learning experience in the
early years and beyond.
CMEC Early Learning and Development Framework
Need more information? Visit our site at www.cmec.ca or contact Colin Bailey, Director, Communications, at
416.962.8100 .259 or [email protected].
Six Nations Polytechnic
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This course is 12 weeks and is:
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delivered using the moodle platform( no live sessions)
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accessible through AlphaPlus’ Virtuual Classroom for Adult Educators
http://educators.apcapps.alphaplus.ca/
Course runs
September 15, 2014—December 5, 2014
Fee
$295 (tax exempt)
Registration
limit of 10 so register early! www.learningnetworks.ca
Deadline to Register September 5, 2014
To register for the online course or for more information visit
www.learningnetworks.ca and click on “LNO Clear Writing” or contact Sara
Gill at [email protected]
To learn how to become an LNO-recognized Clear Writing Editor, Facilitator or
Consultant, contact Leah Morris at [email protected]
May 28, 2014—news release
Six Nations Polytechnic and TAP
Resources are pleased to announce
their successful partnership bid to host the 2017 World
Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE 2017) in
Toronto
Look for on-going updates and information at
www.WIPCE2017.com
Join ONLC for an Exciting Webinar
featuring
Rick Hill , Senior Project Coordinator,
Deyohaháge – Indigenous Knowledge Centre,
Six Nations Polytechnic, Ohsweken ON
Educational Dysfunction from an Indigenous Perspective”
Date: July 24, 2014
Thunder Bay - Anishinawbe Skills Development Program:
Stella Koostachipn is temporarily filling in for Jim Fedick while
he is taking a leave.
Contact Literacy Coordinator, or Literacy Assistant, at:
401 North Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 4P7
Phone: (807) 345-5840 ext. 246 or 247
Marie Belliveau, Program Manager from Niagara Regional
Native Ctr, Literacy Program has created a wonderful resource:
Building Successful Partnerships for LBS Coordinators/Managers
How to make and keep communications open and working for
successful programs
This resource is in the PowerPoint format and can be viewed on
the ONLC website at: http://onlc.ca/wp-content/
uploads/2014/06/Building-Successful-Partnerships-for-LBSCoordinators-Managers.pdf
(click on speaker to hear comments on the PowerPoint)
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Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Register at: http://goo.gl/NT1tBJ
We encouraged you to pre-register in advance
This webinar will re-examine the roots of Educational Dysfunction
from an Indigenous Perspective
Richard W. Hill
Rick is a citizen of the Beaver Clan of the Tuscarora Nation of
the Haudenosaunee at Grand River. He holds a Master’s
Degree in American Studies, State University of New York at
Buffalo. He is the former Assistant Director for Public
Programs, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian
Institution; Museum Director, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe,
NM; and was Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, SUNY Buffalo.
He currently teaches and conducts historical research at Six Nations
Polytechnic, Ohsweken, ON.
In cooperation with
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Continued...Announcements & Upcoming Events
ESKARGO ResourcesONLC in collaboration with MTML is pleased to announce
that the digitized enhancement of the contextualized
ESKARGO and OALCF Implementation Resource (ISR) is now
complete.
This year’s project included the contextualization of some of
the ESKARGO and ISR tools and resources for the Native
Stream.
Visit our website to access these resources:
http://onlc.ca/resources/eskargo-resources/
Name:
Organization:
Address:
Phone:
ONLC SurveyONLC would like to thank all who participated in our
First Quarterly ONLC survey. The survey results are:
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Type of Membership:
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ONLC's Bi-Monthly E-Newsletter
ONLC's Facebook
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Congratulations to Terry Plain from the Aamjiwnaang
Alternative & Continuing Education Program, he wins
$100 Visa gift card for participating in our survey.
Donations:
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making a donation of $ ____________
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It is membership renewal time!!! Those that wish to
continue to be a member or if you know of anyone who
would like to become a new member— please
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Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
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London, ON N6E 2H6
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Charitable Receipt Requested
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition welcomes and respects the
interest of its membership to become involved with the overall
operations of the organization through either involvement on
the Board of Directors, Committees or Special Projects. If you
have experience or skills that you feel would be beneficial to
ONLC please forward your information via email or fax to the
Executive Director at [email protected]
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An Anishinabe Legend
How the Fly Saved the River
When the world was new, there was a great river. The river had many fish and all the animals came
there to drink.
A giant moose heard about the river so he came to drink. The moose was so big and he drank so much
that the river became smaller and smaller after he drank.
The beavers were worried because the disappearing water would destroy their homes. The muskrats
were worried because they would have nowhere to live. And the fish were worried because they would die if the water
disappeared.
All of the animals tried to think of a way to get rid of the moose but they were afraid. He was so big that even
Bear was afraid of him.
Finally the Fly said that he would get rid of the moose. All of the animals laughed and didn’t believe because the
moose was so big and the fly was so small.
When the moose came again, the fly landed on the moose’s leg and bit sharply. The moose stamped his foot to get
rid of the fly but it wouldn’t work. The fly went all over the moose biting and biting until the moose went crazy and ran
away from the river. The moose never returned to the river.
The Fly was proud of his achievements and told everyone, “Even the small can fight the strong if
they use their brains to think.”
Resource: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/HowtheFlySavedtheRiver-Anishnabe.html
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