This June, consider attending an Indigenous traditional event! Learn more about Indigenous traditions and culture!
20 Great Ways for Children, Youth & Families to Honour National Indigenous History Month
Visit ALIGN’s 20 Great Ways for Children, Youth & Families to Honour National Indigenous History Month. These fun, interactive flip-cards are fun for the whole family. Discover stories, activities, recipes, videos and more! We’ve added some new activities and resources along with the favorites.
ALIGN’s Indigenous Online Jigsaw Puzzles For All Ages and Skill Levels. The best thing about jigsaw puzzles is that they require you to slow down and look at all the details as you piece the whole picture together. In a fast moving world filled with photos and graphics this is an opportunity for children, youth and adults to relax and appreciate the details of the traditional regalia, food, animals, teepees, totem poles and more! We’ve added new puzzles to enjoy. There is something for everyone from tiny tots to adults!
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness. CONNECTIONS is packed full of learning opportunities that make it easy and fun for the whole family to learn together! Learn about Turtle Island, the Seven Sacred Teaching, what to expect at a Powwow and more
In addition to foster/kinship caregivers, this monthly newsletter is a great resource for daycares, teachers, program coordinators and any and all children, youth and families wanting to learn more about Indigenous, Metis and Inuit Cultural Awareness!
ALIGN’s Indigenous Cultural Understanding Framework in Alberta (ICUF) – A Digital Interactive Journey to increase cultural understanding within Alberta agencies so that all Indigenous children living in Alberta can live in dignity and respect, supported by people with a deeper understanding of Indigenous worldviews, history and current reality.
This tool has been developed with consultation and guidance from elders, ALIGN members, youth, and members of the Indigenous Cultural Understanding Advisory group. We understand that this is a journey and this tool is intended to be a living document; changing, flowing, and moving over time.
Available in both oral and written form, this learning has been purposely created to support agencies to walk together with First Nations and to create a principle based place for individuals to begin conversations that will become a foundation for moving forward in parallel.
ALIGN’s Well-Being Toolkit
The goal for the ALIGN Well-Being Toolkit is to support child and family service agencies and organizations to assess well-being and the impact of their work with culturally diverse children, youth, and families. To do that, ALIGN, in collaboration with PolicyWise for Children & Families, developed a principle-based and culturally rooted Framework and a practice-oriented Toolkit that is reflective of diverse ways of being and knowing and grounded in Indigenous perspectives as parallel approaches to validating practice. We designed the Toolkit so agencies can incorporate and adapt components at their own pace, as their capacity allows, and as they become relevant and helpful to their practice.
ALIGN’s Indigenous Cultural Understanding Resources
Visit ALIGN’s ICU page for more resources!
