Nearly 1,000 students gathered on Thursday for a celebration of Indigenous and western culture.
Students from Tsuut’ina Middle School and Chila Elementary School walked alongside their counterparts from Calgary’s Connect Charter School from the southwest neighbourhood of Lakeview to Mount Royal University.
The students have been collectively studying Indigenous history, including residential schools, and have been identifying ways to move forward together.
“I believe this is the beginning,” said Nicole Rabbit, principal of Chila Elementary School. “Using children for their understanding so when they become adults they can say I was a part of this.”
“Now we’re looking at Indigenous ways of teaching, learning and knowing,” said Phil Butterfield, principal of Connect Charter School. “What can we take from that that can be brought into our classrooms?”
The schools hope the exchange becomes an annual tradition.
