{"id":414,"date":"2021-06-09T09:26:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2025-07-04T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:57:18","slug":"indigenous-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/indigenous-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-f3xc6-2fc5a9fdb6736ead66604a794b6da890\">\n.flex_column.av-f3xc6-2fc5a9fdb6736ead66604a794b6da890{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-f3xc6-2fc5a9fdb6736ead66604a794b6da890 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kppopgos-2aeb3ce63f3845d0963911a2cf9ce4cf\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kppopgos-2aeb3ce63f3845d0963911a2cf9ce4cf img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kppopgos-2aeb3ce63f3845d0963911a2cf9ce4cf .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kppopgos-2aeb3ce63f3845d0963911a2cf9ce4cf av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-415 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-415 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/totem_pole_boat.jpg\" alt='' title='First Nations totem poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada'  height=\"786\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/totem_pole_boat.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/totem_pole_boat-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2021\/06\/totem_pole_boat-538x705.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7fmku-3108197876aaf6773e6273355e5e62a5\">\n.flex_column.av-7fmku-3108197876aaf6773e6273355e5e62a5{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7fmku-3108197876aaf6773e6273355e5e62a5 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kppol46r-5cbb31ca502f1cc82e36239556d7aee3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Indigenous Education<\/h2>\n<p>The Indigenous Program here at Brooklyn Elementary is available Monday to Friday during regular school hours and is open to all students of indigenous ancestry; this ancestry can be determined on a voluntary basis through self-identification and includes status, non-status, metis or Inuit ancestry and may extend several generations back in your family history. For additional information and questions please contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachelle Johns<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indigenous Support Worker &#8211; Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li>Phone: 250 339-2232<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:rachelle.johns@sd71.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachelle Johns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Orange Shirt Day<\/h3>\n<p>September 30th is a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.\u00a0 Brooklyn Elementary will be honouring residential school survivors by recognizing the day at school on October 1st (wearing Orange Shirts and reflecting as a school community).\u00a0\u00a0We will as a Legacy School, be on a continuous journey of reconciliation as a school community throughout the school year.<\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangeshirtday.org\/\">https:\/\/www.orangeshirtday.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orange Shirt Day: communities coming together in a spirit of reconciliation and hope because every child matters.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/our-work\/legacy-schools-programs\/\">Legacy Schools Program &#8211; The Gord Downie &amp; Chanie Wenjack Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Legacy Schools program is a free national initiative to engage, empower and connect students and educators to further reconciliation through awareness, education and action (#reconciliACTION).<\/p>\n<p>downiewenjack.ca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nctr.ca\/about\/history-of-the-trc\/trc-website\/\">TRC Website &#8211; NCTR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NCTR\u2019s spirit name \u2013 bezhig miigwan, meaning \u201cone feather\u201d. 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