Today is National Indigenous Peoples' Day, and all CBE schools are taking the opportunity to reflect on our commitments to Truth and Reconciliation.

One year ago today, Riverbend School committed to bringing more Indigenous voices into our classrooms through print and other resources. We also committed to exploring Indigenous ways of knowing through land-based learning.

For the past year, we have addressed these commitments by ordering books by Indigenous authors and taking students out to learn on the land regularly. Teacher professional learning related to land-based learning has been prioritized, and every staff meeting since October has included a check-in on how this commitment is progressing.

For next year, Riverbend School commits to furthering our land-based learning commitment by engaging Elders and Knowledge-Keepers in helping us answer the question, "What can we learn from the land?" We were inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s call to action number 63 (iii): "Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect."

See the linked document.

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