Yvonne Poitras Pratt (Werklund School), Billie-Jo Grant (Métis Nation of Alberta citizen), Jennifer Markides (Werklund School)

Billie-Jo Grant (Métis Nation of Alberta citizen) is an award-winning educator with over 20 years of classroom experience. She encourages others to be curious, hold deep and reflective conversations, and learn more in order to do better for all students. Billie-Jo aspires to have Indigenous education omnipresent in our education system.

Promises made, promises broken – how the draft K-6 curriculum recolonizes the Métis in Alberta

by Yvonne Poitras Pratt (Werklund School), Billie-Jo Grant (Métis Nation of Alberta citizen), Jennifer Markides (Werklund School)
April 27, 2021January 30, 2023
General, Social Studies

Yvonne Poitras Pratt and Jennifer Markides suggest that the draft K-6 curriculum now being proposed to educators, students, and families across Alberta is a “white-washed” curriculum.