Wîtaskîwin: Thirteen Guiding Principles for Respectful Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Music Classrooms. This Indigenous-created teacher resource is intended to guide music educators in Canada through the process of understanding Indigenous Peoples and provides steps to consider when inviting and working collaboratively alongside local Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers (also referred to as Culture Bearers and other titles specific to region and territory) in music education and community music programs.

Created by Nicole Schutz and Sherryl Sewepagaham

Destiny Swiderski (b. 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Métis Canadian artist who currently lives and works in Coombs, British Columbia. She is known for site-specific installation art that utilizes everyday materials that follow a precise algorithm. Milled Wood creates an intimate space within a busy setting. Off-cuts of 2×4 spruce were cut, sanded and stained to reproduce an optical illusion of Mill Creek Ravine. This art is located at Mill Woods Seniors and Multicultural Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.

• Study Help for Métis students
  Rupertsland Institute has secured access to Alberta ExamBank for K-12 Métis students to test their understanding through online practice. Métis students can sign up for the RECC Room to find the login for their MNA Region. Questions? Contact education@rupertsland.org.

• Is your child in Grade 12 and looking to move on to post-secondary education? There are a variety of scholarships, bursaries and grants available to First Nations, Métis and Inuit students to attend trade school, college or university.
• The Indigenous Bursary Search Tool is a searchable list of hundreds of bursaries, scholarships and incentives across Canada.

November 4 to 8 - Rock your Mocs

November 4 to 8 - Métis Week for Elk Island Public Schools

November 7 - International Inuit Day

November 8 - Indigenous Veterans' Day

November 10 to 16 - Métis Week

November 11 to 15 - November Break: No School

November 11 - Remembrance Day

November 15 - World Kindness Day

November 16 - Louis Riel Day

November 18 to 22 - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

November 20 - National Child Day

November 20 - Vegreville Indigenous Family Gathering