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Clean Air in Schools

AUGUST 19, 2021 – In January, Regina Public Schools announced that it had enhanced the ventilation systems in all its schools and buildings. In addition to cleaning protocols that were also put in place, the school division is working to minimize health and safety risks to students and staff.

Looking forward to the 2021-22 school year, the enhanced ventilation systems and increased airflow in schools and all buildings are a key component to the safe return to school.

The air filtration systems use a technology called “bipolar ionization.” This filtration:

eSchool Students Recite Treaty 4 Affirmation

June 28, 2021 – After learning about Treaty 4, Regina Public Schools eSchool Grade 1 students were invited to make a video of themselves reciting the Treaty 4 affirmation in English, Cree, or other language used at home. These Grade 1 learners were invited to have these affirmations in a place that is special to them or to what they have been learning about Turtle Island and First Nations culture this school year.

The result is delightful. See the video here.

Knoll Students Contribute to Art Exhibition

JUNE 10, 2021 -- In 2019, The Deaf & Hard of Hearing (DHH) program at Winston Knoll Collegiate was approached by The Dunlop Art Gallery to collaborate with artist Logan MacDonald on an upcoming art exhibition. Logan MacDonald is a queer visual artist and curator from Newfoundland. He identifies as a settler with European/Mi’kmaq ancestry.

Logan is part of a unique yet growing community of settler-identified, newly federally acknowledged Mi’kmaq from Newfoundland, who are looking at ways to revive their Mi’kmaq culture. Logan has toured extensively, exploring Indigenous identity in Canada. Logan has degenerative hearing loss and wanted to explore how hearing loss impacts individuals’ ability to learn about their culture as well as Deaf culture.