Lesson One: Sateana Goupil
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When inviting an Elder to your classroom, there are certain protocols you must follow. School
divisions and districts may have their own Elder Protocols that should be followed.
Elder Protocol Resources
•The Alberta Teachers Association Elder Protocol
•Learn Alberta Elder Wisdom in the Classroom
•Arrow Lakes Aboriginal Education Advisory Council, British Columbia
•School District 8 Kootenay Lake, British Columbia
•Cultural Protocols, Guidelines for Working with Inuit Elders, Nunavut
•Yukon First Nations Protocols
•Elder/Senator Protocol for Schools, Ontario
•University of Toronto, Elder Invitation Protocol, Ontario
