June is designated as Indigenous History and Pride month. We have provided the following resources to help in the anti-oppression work that is done in our classrooms everyday. The cover image is a flag representing 2 Spirits people of the 1st Nations. Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia

For more information about the struggle for LGBTQ2S and Indigenous rights in Canada, please check out the links below.

If you know of resources that centre LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous voices and perspectives please let us know through the comment section.

https://www.queerevents.ca/notable-qipoc

https://www.cbc.ca/books/35-books-to-read-for-national-indigenous-history-month-1.5585489

Residential Schools from Anishinabek.ca

Secret Life of Canada– Autumn Peltier

Secret Life of Canada-Atuat Akittirq

Beyond 94

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-rights-in-canada

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/droits-des-lesbiennes-des-gays-des-bisexuels-et-des-transgenres-au-canada

We Demand

La semaine de l’histoire du Canada 2017 : Nous exigeons

Operation Soap: The police raids that targeted Toronto’s queer community in the 1980s

Opération savon : La série de raids coordonnés sur des bains publics en Toronto en 1981

Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

Minute du patrimoine: Jim Egan

https://www.nfb.ca/film/niish-manidoowag-two-spirited-beings/

https://www.nfb.ca/film/niish-manidoowag-deuxesprits/

Pridehttps://nowtoronto.com/news/44-radical-moments-that-shaped-toronto-pride-history

Zoe Flatman
zflatman@ohassta-aesho.education