We gratefully acknowledge, respect, recognize and appreciate that we live, learn and work and teach on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dun First Nations and the Ta'an Kwächän Council.
Shä̀wnítha / Shro neethun
The Curriculum Documents
All grade 11 students taking English in each secondary school in Whitehorse are enrolled in one of the available English First Peoples courses.
The overall skills (competencies) and general content (knowledge) is the same as in any other English course, and there is the same degree of rigour; the difference is there is more emphasis placed on the study of literature that is written by, about and regarding the experience of Indigenous peoples - in the Yukon, across Canada, throughout North America and indeed, around the World.
It is important to note that these courses are part of the ongoing work that educators are engaging in as part of work on the 94 Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, particularly recommendations 6 - 12 and 62 - 65.
The overall skills (competencies) and general content (knowledge) is the same as in any other English course, and there is the same degree of rigour; the difference is there is more emphasis placed on the study of literature that is written by, about and regarding the experience of Indigenous peoples - in the Yukon, across Canada, throughout North America and indeed, around the World.
It is important to note that these courses are part of the ongoing work that educators are engaging in as part of work on the 94 Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, particularly recommendations 6 - 12 and 62 - 65.
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