• Physical book at U of T Libraries and CTSI

• ebook through U of T Libraries

https://www.michellegood.ca/biography.htm

Example book titles:

-  Truth Telling, Five Little Indians

All Reports: https://nctr.ca/publications-and-reports/reports/

https://outdoorlearning.com/4-seasons/

This free Coursera course uses a two-eyed seeing approach to explore climate change from both an Indigenous science and Western science lens.

https://geoenvironment.uwo.ca/undergraduate/courses/c4cca.html

Workshops offered through the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at U of T:

• Barriers to Reconciliation: Walking the Path of Indigenous Allyship

• Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation: Part 1

• Speaking Our Truths: The Journey Towards Reconciliation: Part 2

• Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgements

Documentary from Inuit communities sharing local knowledge on climate change.

Director: Zacharias Kunuk

Researcher and Filmaker: Dr. Ian Mauro

https://www.isuma.tv/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie

Digital map of Indigenous territories and languages as well as treaties.

https://native-land.ca/

Film directed and co-written by Mohawk (Kanien'kehá:ka) filmmaker Tracey Deer based on her experience of being a young girl during the 1990 Oka Crisis at Kanesatake. (Some scenes are difficult to watch, please take care in viewing)

Can watch for free on CBC Gem https://gem.cbc.ca/beans

Many words and example sentences have audio recordings from multiple elders to help understand how to pronounce the words. They also break words down into parts to help understand meaning. It might also be helpful for getting a better understanding of animate vs inanimate verbs.

Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo

At U of T Libraries: https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107281694806196

"Christi Belcourt (apihtâwikosisâniskwêw / mânitow sâkahikanihk) is a visual artist, environmentalist, social justice advocate, and avid land-based based arts and language learner."

Includes databases and journals

Michelle Porter (Métis) tells a story of 5 generations of métis women (and a buffalo). It is beautifully written - sad, soft, and hopeful, and it challenged some of my ways of thinking. When I finished reading it I recommended it to everyone who would listen.

Porter's previously published works included poetry, and you can feel the influence here (e.g., she doesn't use quotation marks to indicate dialogue). It might take some time to 'get into it', but I think it's worth it.

This workbook is for people who have some sense that decolonizing higher education is important, including those who have not yet begun this work and don’t know where to start, as well as those who have already begun the work and have become confused, frustrated, or disillusioned along the way.

[Image by Indigenous Artist Benicio Pitaguary]

(416) 220-2915

teanbannock@gmail.com

Founded in 2020 by Mitch Gegwetch; Ojibwe and a member of Sagamok First Nation. This journey began with a DIY printed t-shirt adorned with the phrase 'F*CK Colonialism' and worn at local events in Toronto Ontario. This provocative design turned heads and started conversations about resilience, culture and being unapologetically Indigenous. This highlighted a gap in the market of bold Indigenous streetwear. Resist Clothing Company was born on May 31st 2020 and the rest is history.

Since March 10, 2016, we’ve convened a weekly current affairs roundtable hosted by MEDIA INDIGENA’s own Rick Harp, a 20-year veteran of broadcasting including APTN (Contact) and CBC Radio (Edmonton AM). Each week, guests from the worlds of activism, arts, academia and beyond join Rick for lively, insightful conversation that goes beyond the headlines to get at what matters most to Indigenous peoples.

612 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON M4S 2M8

647-692-6809

inhabitbooks@gmail.com

Inhabit Books exclusively sells books from Nunavut and celebrates Inuit authors and Inuktitut language resources. Stocked publishers include award-winning Inuit-owned press Inhabit Media, educational children’s publisher Arvaaq Press, and Nunavut Arctic College’s academic press, NAC Media.

Each episode invites guests to delve into a different topic facing Native peoples today as we keep it real, play games, laugh a lot, and even cry sometimes. This space is for everyone—for Native folks to be joyous, think critically about issues facing our communities, hear new perspectives, look into a mirror of self, and for non-Native folks to listen and learn. 

A selection of excellent fiction and nonfiction Indigenous graphic novels featuring First Nations, Métis, and Inuit writers and artists.

Apollo Hess, Swimming

Kaura Coles, Wrestling

Shalaya Valenzuela, Rugby Sevens

Trinity Ellis, Luge

Tuja Dreyer, Swimming

A personal, wearable, and interactive Indigenous language revitalization robot that responds to being spoken to in the voices of Indigenous children in the endangered Indigenous language Anishinaabemowin which utilizes ethical, sustainable, and internally developed AI. The students build the robots themselves. The robots reimagine a future with Anishinaabe toys and were made to supplement community language learning (never replace it) for free.

Our goal is to promote the use of Indigenous language resources in the Toronto area and make them easier to find. This guide is gradually being developed over time. It begins with languages that are taught at the University of Toronto, and those traditionally spoken by First Nations with traditional territories falling within the boundaries of Ontario.

Owned by David Spence (Nisichawayasihk (Treaty 5) Cree). The storefront is on College street (near Ossington), and is shared with After Hours Creative (woman, settler-owned)

Article in CMAJ co-authored by Cindy Blackstock (Gitxsan) on Dr. Bryce's 1907 report and call for an overhaul in residential schools.

The Anishinaabemowin language app, Aamjiwnaang Da Anishnaabemying (Aamjiwnaang, Let’s Speak Ojibwe), is catered to a beginner learner of the Ojibwe language, but accessible to all ages. Basic words and simple everyday sentences can be heard for the individual to practice on their own with a variety of subcategories to choose from such as animals, body parts and so much more.

What we do: Provide only pre-contact, native ingredient based catering centering around the Great Lakes region, and from the surrounding Aboriginal nations.

Why we do what we do: Food is a gift and we have forgotten from where that gift comes from.

How we do it: Prepare items from only pre-contact ingredients using traditional native cooking methods and re-imagining them with modern cooking techniques.

Where we are: Based in Port Perry, Ontario serving so much more!

Our mantra: The gift of native food.

Our mission statement: Re-integrating truly indigenous food.

2470 County Road 8, Prince Edward, ON, K0K 2T0

At Stella’s Eatery in Waupoos, Prince Edward County, Leah Marshall Hannon honours the legacy of grandmothers, mothers, and her outdoorsman father. In the Ojibwe culture, the moon is thought of as a grandmother; Leah’s restaurant celebrates her grandmother’s tradition while her menus reflect her Indigenous roots. (Description from Watershed)

One of my favourite parts is that she uses anishinaabemowin freely but doesn't always 'translate' it for you. It has been a slow read, as I'm often looking up words, their etymology, places, their history, etc. but it has been really interesting! She is also based out of Nogojiwanong (aka Peterborough) which makes a lot of the text feel 'close to home' and relatable.

September 20, 2025 – March 29, 2026

Early Days presents more than 100 works from the McMichael’s permanent collection spanning more than two centuries, from 18th-century regalia and trade items to Northwest coast masks, to the groundbreaking work of artists from the 1960s through the 1980s, and powerful contemporary pieces by leading voices today. The exhibition showcases work by Norval Morrisseau, Robert Houle, Carl Beam, Alex Janvier, Shelly Niro, Faye HeavyShield, Rebecca Belmore, Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster, and many others. Their works—including painting, sculpture, printmaking, textile, and video— reveal the cultural continuity, resilience, and innovation of Indigenous artistic practices across generations.

A short video on this project by the BBC can be seen here: https://youtu.be/UCxBRad2_3U?si=IFLaIIcH5VRdF13_

Documentary directed by Erica Daniels on the impacts of the Sixties Scoop with a focus on the filming of Little Bird.

Places to watch:

• APTN: https://www.aptnplus.ca/details?assetId=12559218

• Crave: https://www.crave.ca/en/special/coming-home-54625

• Apple: https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/coming-home/umc.cmc.s625ty5k5vss5kqu3pgn6oyi

• TPL: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4528024&R=4528024

https://www.aptn.ca/about/our-story/ and you can watch films through the aptn+ streaming service

Places to watch include:

aptn+

Crave

Apple TV

This article written by science facilitator at the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre and Indigenous star lore expert, Wilfred Buck, explores 'atchakosuk' – the spirit lights up above. Ininewuk (Cree) mythology posits that constellations and stars that are prominent in the northern skies are understood through perspectives that are unique to the Ininewuk. For First Nations students and Ininewuk students in particular, it is important that the ancestral worldviews related to science are reflected in First Nations education in as prevalent a manner as those associated with Greek and Roman mythology. It should be known that many people under the stars have their own interpretations and understandings of constellations and the stories associated with them. The subject matter contained herein is intended to provide students and educators associated with First Nations Education with an introduction to Ininewuk perspectives of astronomy. In this article, the Ininewuk language is in the Swampy Cree dialect.

Indigenous Astronomy Revitalization

Designed by Annette S. Lee (2007), the Native Skywatchers initiative seeks to remember and revitalize Indigenous star and earth knowledge. The overarching goal of Native Skywatchers is to communicate the knowledge that Indigenous people traditionally practiced a sustainable way of living and sustainable engineering through a living and participatory relationship with the above and below, sky and earth.

Our Universes, an inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of the American Indian, focuses on indigenous cosmologies—worldviews and philosophies related to the creation and order of the universe—and the spiritual relationship between humankind and the natural world. Organized around the solar year, the exhibition introduces visitors to indigenous peoples from across the Western Hemisphere who continue to express the wisdom of their ancestors in celebration, language, art, spirituality, and daily life. Included in the exhibition are these 9 animated traditional stories that give special meaning to the stars above.

How the lost constellations of Indigenous North Americans can connect culture, science, and inspire the next generation of scientists.

The cosmic lodge as seen through Anishinaabe eyes: A pictorial guide to the Ojibwe names of planets, stars, and clan-related star constellations

Access the presentation slide deck by science facilitator Wilfred Buck that teaches about the night sky from a First Nations perspective.

Post from Will Morin, Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Sudbury and Bruce Waters, former educator at the McLaughlin Planetarium and founder of the Killarney Provincial Park Observatory.

The links about stars provided on the bottom page provide both International Astronomical Union constellation descriptions and the associated traditional Indigenous Sky Stories.

Article first printed in Winds of Change, v17 n3 p52-56 Sum 2002, ISSN-0888-8612.

a framework and resources for Indigenous community engagement

Places Names (including the Indigenous origins of province names): https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/place-names

Largest cities in Canada with Indigenous Name (including Toronto): https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/largest-cities-in-canada-with-an-indigenous-name

30 Indigenous Place Names and their Meanings: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/30-indigenous-place-names-and-their-meanings

Indigenous Names of Streets in Canada: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-names-of-streets-in-canada

From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.

Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships.

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book powerfully portrays flashpoints in history when Indigenous peoples have risen up and fought back against colonizers and other oppressors. Events depicted include the the Spanish conquest of the Aztec, Mayan and Inca empires; the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890; the resistance of the Great Plains peoples in the 19th century; and more recently, the Idle No More protests supporting Indigenous sovereignty and rights in 2012 and 2013, and the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. Canadian events depicted include the Oka crisis in 1990, the Grand River land dispute between Six Nations and the Government of Canada in 2006, and the Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline protests in 2020.

Tkaronto or what is commonly referred to as Toronto has a rich Indigenous past and present.

Watch a short introductory video for each Indigenous Invention

This non-fiction book is all about the inventions and innovations that Indigenous peoples are responsible for. Some of these include: Diapers, Asphalt, Megaphones, Hair conditioner, Surgical knives and Sunscreen. Rocky Landon is Ojibway.

Learn about inspiring Indigenous peoples who have helped shape Canadian history and continue to impact our nation.

A roundtable discussion on COVID memes, Zoom standup nights and using humour to cope with trauma

Native activists are using comedy to fight cultural invisibility and structural oppression.

The Ongoing Adventures of the Blue-Eyed Ojibway

Amid a legacy of trauma, comedy was used as a "tool for survival" — and is now a platform for education

A listing of Indigenous films and information from the University Library catalogue and other online databases.

Story by Laura Howells

SUBSCRIBE IF YOU THINK LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE!

With locations in Stratford [be sure to stop in if you're going to the Stratford Festival or on your way to Pinery Provincial Park!] and a corporate head office in Toronto, Ontario, and Granville Island, Vancouver, Gallery Indigena offers a diverse collection of artworks. The gallery features art by renowned artists including Nuna Parr, Susan Point , Jim Charlie , Maxine Noel, Michael Robinson, and Irene Klar, reflecting a deep commitment to indigenous creativity.

Oceah Oceah was founded by First Nations sisters Jenifer, Sharon, and Lana, who first discovered stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) in 2009. Instantly drawn to the sport, they combined their love for outdoor adventure, yoga, and surfing to create Oceah Oceah—a space to share their passion with others. Today, the offering has expanded to include kayaking, too.

We make it easy to plant native shrubs, cedars and pawpaw trees on private properties to enhance biodiversity, brighten up your space and support native wildlife and pollinators. Edible species provide a local food source in an urban environment, offering a great opportunity to promote food security and share with your community. Harvest the urban forest, support native wildlife and get the most out of your backyard!

Native shrubs, cedars and pawpaws are available to residents of Toronto, York Region and some municipalities within Durham Region. Click here to see a map of our eligible service areas.

For as long as people have lived, fur has been used for survival.

Indigenous peoples have worked with fur across generations, teaching newcomers how to live with the cold.

Aurora Heat carries that knowledge forward.

When you choose fur, you choose what has always worked.

Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia

By Sean Carleton

Indigenous author who wrote Indian Horse, Embers, and much more.

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/in-search-of-april-raintree-gets-an-update-after-more-than-30-years/