{"id":738,"date":"2024-07-25T16:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceexplorationforkids.com\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:57:43","slug":"reconciliation-in-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spaceexplorationforkids.com\/?page_id=738","title":{"rendered":"Reconciliation in Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-XFN2WJBLZP\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'G-XFN2WJBLZP');\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplorationforkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplorationforkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1189\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle wp-block-ub-content-toggle-block\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-block-f96ecfca-0ad6-4864-b738-a1c0c1d609ad\" data-mobilecollapse=\"false\" data-desktopcollapse=\"true\" data-preventcollapse=\"false\" data-showonlyone=\"false\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-f96ecfca-0ad6-4864-b738-a1c0c1d609ad\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-f96ecfca-0ad6-4864-b738-a1c0c1d609ad\" style=\"color: #000000; \">Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Call To Action #62<br><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap left\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-f96ecfca-0ad6-4864-b738-a1c0c1d609ad\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TRC Call to Action#62:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, in consultation and collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal peoples, and educators, to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and <strong>Aboriginal peoples\u2019 historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide the necessary funding to post-secondary institutions to educate teachers on how to <strong>integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide the necessary funding to Aboriginal schools to utilize <strong>Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods in classrooms<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From TRCtalk:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Incorporating indigenous knowledge in education is not only useful in building stronger intercultural relationships, and making the classroom more inviting to aboriginal students, it is also provides alternative ways of teaching many concepts to children especially when it comes to topics related to the environment. 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