Where and When

Nelson McIntyre Collegiate

May 10, 2016
8:30 AM- 12:15 PM

Examples of topics:
Work:
Justice Murray Sinclair:
My personal objective is to ensure that
after Im gone in 50-100 years from now,
no one will ever be able to say they didnt
know what happened because there will
be an archive they can go and look at.
And no one will ever be able to deny this
happened because there will be a full and
complete record of it that we have
written.
- CBC. DNTO, October 6, 2012
Elder Reflections:
Chief George Baker:
Grandfather was an expert at making
canoes. Grandma had to gather the
birch bark, the best she can find.
Everything was arranged just so.
-from the novel Forty Years a
Chief

Morning Agenda:

Arrive by 8:30 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Students meet with 3 of their

chosen books with a
refreshment break in between

Closing remarks

Lunch available for speakers

Parking available on-site

Spirituality
Natalie Rostad (Artist, stone
medium)
Spirituality is probably the most
important element of the stones for me
because between the textures and the
lines and the shape of the stone
combined with the energy of the stones,
it cant come out to be anything other
that spirituality.
-from the book Native Voices
www.margiestravel.com

Nelson McIntyre
Collegiate
First Peoples Perspectives
Past, Present, and Future

Everyone has a story

to tell
Nels0n McIntyre Collegiate
188 St Marys Road
Contact: Rose Bird
Telephone: 204-237-0219
Email: rosemary.bird@lrsd.net

Topics to Discuss
What is a Living Library?
At a Living Library, people volunteer to
become Living Books and are borrowed for
a short small group conversation. We have
invited you to be a Living Book because we
think you might have a thing or two to say
about Indigenous Perspectives.
How will it work?
When you and the other Living Books arrive
at Nelson McIntyre Collegiates gymnasium,
you will be matched with a group of our
students. The staff will provide a table for
you to sit and have a small group
conversation, for about a half an hour.

You can discuss your work and carer

relationships, raising children, health,
spirituality, or anything else you would like
to share.

Will I have to do any preparation?

No. Our students will be preparing questions
to ask you about your experience with
Indigenous Perspectives. You are invited to
share as much or as little about yourself as
youd like.
The students who will be borrowing our
living books are interested in hearing your
views including: your story, your upbringing,
culture and tradition, work and play. The
more you are prepared to share, the richer
and deeper the conversation.

What valuable things did you learn

from problems or difficulties you faced
in your life?
What core values and principals have
you lived by? Who taught you those
values?

What advice can you give younger

people ?

Who inspires you and why?

How do you stay connected to your

culture?

The 8th Fire:

The term comes from an
Aboriginal prophecy that says
even after seven generation of
conflict, non-Indigenous and
Indigenous will come together to
build a harmonious relationship.

Storytelling:
For Aboriginal people
storytelling is both a gift, and a
very old custom, sanctioned by
the people, to teach, entertain,

and remember. Everyone has a

story to tell.