Grade 5 students to get aboriginal history lesson come September – CKNW News
August 30, 2015
When grade five students hit the books next week — for the first time they’ll be learning about residential schools.
One first nations advocate says it could have a huge impact the next generations understanding of aboriginal issues.
“Anyone who’s studied history, we know that in order to understand our contemporary world right now, we have to understand what’s gotten us to where we are.”
That’s Jo-Anne Chrona of the First Nations Education Steering Committee.
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