8,600 textbooks shredded: How can we avoid this happening again?

8,600 textbooks shredded: How can we avoid this happening again?

PC MHA Lela Evans is questioning how long NL students were learning inaccurate information about Indigenous peoples.

APA collates, launches First Nations Publishing resources | Books+Publishing

This month saw the publication of a new set of First Nations Publishing Resources collated by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) to support Australian publishers when publishing First Nations stories.  The resources come in response to a demand to see more books from First Nations authors and illustrators on shelves, while ensuring the publication of […]

8,600 textbooks shredded: How can we avoid this happening again? - The Turtle Island News

By Anasophie Vallee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Telegram PC MHA Lela Evans is questioning how long NL students were learning inaccurate information about Indigenous peoples. In early February, the Department of Education ordered school administrators to shred 8,600 Grade 7 and 8 French immersion textbooks. According to a CBC News article, the books were initially purchased back in January 2023 for $202,140; it was only recently it…