EducationWe've Been Engaging Curious Minds
For 80 Years
This Online Resource:
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Easy to useBring Indigenous perspectives with no prior expertise needed
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Cross-curricularConnects Social Sciences, Arts, Health, Literacy, and more
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Indigenous-ledHonours voices from coast to coast to coast
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Flexible pathwaysAdapt to your class, your time, your needs
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“Two-Eyed Seeing”Blends Indigenous and Western ways of learning
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AccessibilityClear navigation, captions, and alt text where possible
Learning Outcomes
Designed to inspire action in students, not just inform them, by supporting 21st-century global competencies.
Through this journey, students begin to:
Think critically about the history, culture, and contemporary realities of Indigenous Peoples in Canada;
Understand and appreciate the diversity of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples, languages, and worldviews;
Explore their own identity and relationships and what reconciliation means to them personally;
Engage meaningfully with Indigenous storytelling, art, film, and knowledge systems;
Move from awareness to action by gaining the tools and inspiration to contribute to reconciliation in their own communities.
The Shared Learning Journey. Teach and Learn with Clarity and Care.
This isn't just something to complete—it's an ongoing journey. The components are designed to work together, but there's no single right path to follow. Where you begin, how long you stay, and how far you go are entirely up to you and your students.
The Facilitator Guide: Your preparation companion
Built specifically for educators navigating sensitive and transformative content, so you can lead with care and professional confidence. It includes:
- Sensitive content warnings to help you prepare yourself and your students;
- An educator self-reflection tool to guide your own learning journey;
- Guidance on Indigenous pedagogy and teaching with Indigenous content;
- Practical tools for community and family engagement
Within Pathway 1: Land, four introductory activities help ground students in the core themes of Identity, Relationships, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation. They establish a tone of trust and inquiry that carries through the entire resource.
Educators are encouraged to begin with these activities as a way to support engagement and provide a shared foundation for learning.
Each pathway is anchored by a “big idea” question and brought to life through film excerpts, interactive activities, topical discussions, and sharing circles. The 13 pathways honour the 13 moons of the lunar calendar and cover:
Honouring the land · Preserving language · Respecting Indigenous knowledges · Celebrating cultures · Understanding treaties · Investigating laws and policies · Exploring identity and citizenship · Indigenous governance · Resistance movements · Worldviews · Apologies and acknowledgements · Healing · Indigenous youth
Every pathway naturally flows toward a ReconciliAction: a concrete, community-rooted opportunity for students to move from learning to doing. This is where the classroom meets the world.
There is no single right way to explore Indigenous Voices. Come as you are. Go as deep as you choose.
The National Film Board of Canada acknowledges that this project was created on the traditional territories of many Indigenous Nations.
This educational resource is the result of a collective process guided by the Indigenous Advisory Circle from the very beginning.
- Charlene Bearhead
- Rita Gould
- Sonia Gros-Louis
- Denise Hendry
- Lisa Howell
- Uliut Iksiktaaryuk
- Bobbie-Jo Leclair
- Sabrina Sawyer
We warmly thank all those—and there are many—who contributed to this project by sharing their perspectives, experiences, and knowledge.