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Community Grants

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:03:52 +0000

The deadline for grant applications has passed. The NDHR grant application process is now closed.

Promotional Items

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:07:55 +0000

NOTICE :
The deadline to guarantee on time delivery of promotional items has now passed. There are a limited number of promotional items still available and orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis until quantities are completely depleted. We cannot guarantee on time delivery for orders submitted after April 11, 2012.

Each year we offer campaign materials to organizations and communities considering the launch of their own activities for the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation.

The promotional items for NDHR 2012 are now available free of charge to community organizers. This year we have:
• Draw Sting Back Packs
• First Aid Kits
• Stress Balls
• Twig Pens

We have a map of our partners across Canada that can check by clicking HERE. Are you on the map? You can check your order by clicking on the red dot closest to the address you provided is with in your order form.

If you are not on the map, but would like to receive free promo items, Click here to order»

Deadline to order is April 9, 2012

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There are many things you can do to celebrate NDHR in your community. Some examples of activities from participants last year are:

* Cultural ceremonies
* Candle ceremony to honour those who passed on
* Barbecue with entertainment and speakers
* School displays
* Church services
* Discussion groups on diversity in schools
* Community Walk
* Health Fair
* Play
* Feast
* Sharing circles
* Cultural camp
* Video screening
For more ideas, Order your INSPIRATION BOOK RIGHT NOW!!!

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Here is the map of our partners across Canada. Are you on the map? You can check your order by clicking on the red dot closest to the address you provided is with in your order form. If you are not on the map, but would like to receive free promo items, fill out our forms above!

National Youth Network

admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:10:53 +0000

National Youth Network for Healing and Reconciliation

Join the National Youth Network for Healing and Reconciliation (NYNHR) in Canada. This is a great way for youth across Canada to share your understanding of our shared history in Canada. Indian Residential Schools, Chinese Head Tax, Ukrainian Internment, Japanese Internment, just to name a few. The NYNHR is hosted from the NDHR national office and will focus on sharing knowledge, thoughts and reflections about historical trauma in Canada and what impacts it has had on youth today. The network will also focus on what social justice actions, projects and activities youth are initiating across Canada to build a future based on cultural respect and reconciliation among all Canadians. Like us on our Facebook page.

Project of Heart – Partner Highlight

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:05:03 +0000

Project of Heart is a hands-on, collaborative, intergenerational artistic initiative that brings awareness of the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools to all Canadians.

Project of Heart was created by a teacher, Sylvia Smith, in Ottawa, Ontario to commemorate the lives of the thousands of Indigenous children who died as a result of the residential school experience. Since the inception of the project over one hundred schools from across Canada have implemented Project of Heart in their own classrooms.

In December 2011 Sylvia Smith received the Governor General’s Award for Project of Heart. NDHR and Project of Heart are working in partnership to bring this very important project to as many schools across Canada as possible.
Log on to www.projectofheart.ca to find out how to bring Project of Heart to your school or your community.

To watch a short video and read more about Project of Heart, click HERE»

Project of Heart is an innovative educational tool kit designed to engage students in a deeper exploration of indigenous traditions in Canada and the history of Indian residential schools. It is a journey for understanding through the heart and spirit as well as facts and dates.

Indigenous concepts of education and literacy, such as Grandmother and Grandfather teachings and reading the environment, are fully incorporated into the curriculum. Elders from First Nation, Metis and Inuit communities become regular participants in classroom presentations and discussions. Students lead many of the project outcomes, demonstrating their learning through videos and multimedia presentations and decorating small wooden tiles. Each tile becomes a meaningful artifact, representing one of the thousands of young lives lost due to the effects of the Indian residential schools system.

A key objective of the program is to encourage “ownership” of this historic injustice by enacting gestures of reconciliation for the past and continued oppression of Aboriginal people in Canada. Project of Heart continues to be shared with elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools in other regions of Canada. It was show-cased at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first national event, held in Winnipeg in June, 2010.

Partners

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:40:45 +0000

Every community organizer or community organization that orders promotional items to utilize at the community event that they are planning becomes an NDHR Community Partner. Please use our map below to see who is a community partner in your area and who our community partners are across the country.