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If you are in Kingston and want to request a book via Curbside Pickup, search for the title in Omni, sign in with your Queen's netID and password via the Sign-in link on the yellow bar and select Request for Pickup.
Not in Kingston? If you are in the ITEP Community-Based program, just email us the title(s) you want and we will work to get the books sent out to you with a return-paid label for you to use with the same packaging.
Need a scan of a chapter or article? Follow the same path, but select Request a Scan. (Scans are limited to 1 article from a journal issue or 1 chapter from a book.)
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Ensouling Our Schools by
In an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise to this book regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.
An Educator's Guide to Ensouling Our Schools, by Jennifer Katz and Kevin Lamoureux.
Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples by
This guide features:
Twenty-two succinct style principles.
Advice on culturally appropriate publishing practices, including how to collaborate with Indigenous Peoples, when and how to seek the advice of Elders, and how to respect Indigenous Oral Traditions and Traditional Knowledge.
Terminology to use and to avoid.
Advice on specific editing issues, such as biased language, capitalization, and quoting from historical sources and archives.
Case studies of projects that illustrate best practices.