This section provides a selection of resources to support the curriculum including Open Educational Resources (OERs) and openly available online materials.
As a result of colonial influences in education, Indigenous voices and perspectives have been excluded in the curriculum. Integrating Indigenous voices and perspectives serves as a way of decolonizing the curriculum and ensuring that Indigenous Peoples' history, cultures, and perspectives are accurately represented.
When selecting resources, it's important to evaluate the accuracy and authenticity of the material. According to First Nations Education Steering Committee, authentic First Peoples resources include historical and contemporary materials that:
The following best practices are from Community First: Open Practices and Indigenous Knowledge (by Krista McCracken and Skylee-Storm Hogan). Please note that these best practices were developed within the authors' contexts:
For general instructions for importing packages into your LMS course, please see The Learning Portal Faculty Toolkit: LMS Packages.